A southbound KC to Shreveport freight pulls into the siding at De Queen to do work. The train is working down the Shreveport Sub towards Shreveport still 120 miles ahead. At De Queen the KCS inter... (more)

Some may recognize this photo from March Trains magazine, this was my 1st cover shot! The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quach... (more)

The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quachita Mountains near the Oklahoma/Arkansas Stateline. Kind of an unusual KCS freight train ... (more)

2 GE's are just beginning the hard shove on the back of this grain train as they dig into the 1% grade towards Rich Mountain. 4 GE's will fight gravity for the next 20 miles as they climb from 538... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

The westbound Artesia to Shreveport freight rolls pass the siding at Gibsland. The train is 34 miles to the beginning of the Shreveport Terminal. Gibsland is a 9,466 foot siding at MP 127.2 on the... (more)

A loaded grain train, 2x1 Dp-d, passes over the Quachita River in downtown Monroe as they work west on the Vicksburg Sub. They are following a slow moving MARSH. They both met the hot IDAAT here a... (more)

Westbound grain train out of Delhi, LA, is back on the move out of Gibsland after meeting the MSHAR/IZLCATI there. The train is 34 miles to the beginning of the Shreveport Terminal. Gibsland is a ... (more)

Mother Nature definitely let all the moisture out of the sky in heavy lunchtime thunderstorms. There was plenty of water on the ground as this grain empty begins slowly working north on the Beaumo... (more)

The KCS Business Train toured the Beaumont Sub enroute to Shreveport on May 4th. The weather this day made things interesting and train traffic moving slowly. This hotshot would have to meet a loa... (more)

One thing in my KCS travels I hadn't seen yet was a KCS intermodal train. So a nice treat was this Monterrey, MX, to NS stacker northbound on the Beaumont Sub. At Shreveport the train will tune th... (more)

This Monterrey, MX, to NS stacker is northbound on the Beaumont Sub. At Shreveport the train will tune the corner and head east on the Meridian Speedway. For now the train makes good time as it ro... (more)

The Butler Job has begun the duties tonight to get all the business switched out here at Butler before heading to Waterloo. It is crazy all the business that keeps coming to this area between Clar... (more)

In somewhat odd circumstances today....the Iowa Northern helped out the CIC to plow open their Amana Line so the IAIS could get service back between Cedar Rapids and South Amana. With stories of d... (more)