Beneath the clouds of a mild January 24, 2022, a BNSF intermodal train heads west through the heart of Kansas City, MO on a portion of the southern transcon.
"Sunset Limited" West approaching El Paso Union Station
Metra SouthWestern Line commuter train 810 has arrived on the Amtrak Terminal’s trackage (in this case, Track 5) and is passing the Amtrak 14th Street maintenance facility. Arrival at Chicago U... (more)
Southbound Floridian is close to on-time on a beautiful summer afternoon.
The northbound Floridian is just a few hundred feet short of Union Station. The engineer has just restarted his train after stopping for an SCL employee to drop from the lead SDP. The SCL man is... (more)
New SDP40Fs - a trio, no less - are in stark contrast to shabby, old Union Station and its shed.
Backing into Chicago’s Union Station is a seven-car Amtrak train. I’d seen these engines listed on being on the City of New Orleans the previous day, although in reverse order (with 15... (more)
Metra Heritage Corridor train 918 is about to end its trip from Joliet to Chicago's Union Station. Metra Cab Car 8412 is on the headend, with F40PHs 124 and 110 shoving on the rear. (Chicago, Il... (more)
NW2 2213 brings two boxcars and a cab through the railroad gulch on the west side of downtown Nashville.
A coal service SD40-2 (SD40-2c to MP) teams with two more SD40s to take a grain extra off the Salina branch. Regular trains on the branch typically rated just a pair of GP38s.
Just minutes after sunset, an eastbound coal train passes Union Station in Kansas City, MO on August 30, 2021.
Blue hour sets in over Kansas City, MO as two manifest trains meet near Union Station on a humid August 29, 2021.
I believe UP 928 was leased by Amtrak, not purchased. At this point, the 23-year-old beauty is looking a little tattered.
Rolling along in the late afternoon sun of August 31, 2021, Union Pacific Big Boy number 4014 arrives at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. It will rest on display at the station for a day before c... (more)
An eastbound BNSF manifest train slowly rolls past Union Station in Kansas City, MO on August 29, 2021 with a brilliant sunset backdrop.
