Train 120, the Kansas City, MO, to Detroit Oakwood, MI, auto parts train rolls east thru the town of Sadorus on the NS Lafayette District. The train will take a brief break here in 7 miles at the ... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that might not b... (more)

Roadrailer service just isn't what it use to be, and I wonder how much longer it will last? This once well known service is down to just 2 trains a day between KC and Detroit, and that's only 5 da... (more)

The daily stacker from Harrisburg, PA, to Voltz Yard in Kansas City, MO, passes over the switch at Rensselaer on the Hannibal District. Rensselaer is the east end of a 12,000 foot siding 12 miles... (more)

The westbound Blue Island, IL to Kansas City, MO, vehicle train has couple NS motors as they hammer west between Bosworth and Carrollton on the BNSF Marceline Sub. Country Rd 314 bridge here over ... (more)

The daily Kansas City to Decatur freight train passes over the west end of the siding at Salisbury. The train is about 20 miles from the next crew change and work location at Moberly. This large b... (more)

Near MP 369 on the Marceline Sub, the railroad crosses the Grand River on this fairly new bridge that was replaced in 2019. Here we have the hotshot Z-train from Logistic Park Kansas to Willow Sp... (more)

NS eastbound train #125 is just off the BNSF Marceline Sub at Carrollton. The train is working east from KC to Moberly, MO, and the next crew change point. This train runs from the NS Avondale Yar... (more)

Westbound NS train #115 races west on main #3 a few minutes after sunrise. Between WB Jct and CA Jct the NS and BNSF use joint trackage on the Marceline Sub. Between Hardin and WB Jct there is 3 m... (more)

The daily Kansas City to Jasonville, FL, intermodal train rolls east on the NS Kansas City District. The train is just east of Dalton on a short 10 mile section of double track between Brunswick ... (more)

The NS Kansas City District west of Moberly doesn't seem to have any PTC projects going on in 2020, so it seems the old Wabash signals are left in tact for now. The NS PTC starts at CA Jct with th... (more)

If you are going to chase the Lake State Job Z127, better bring your racing tires that day! These boys rolls down this ex-CSX trackage on the way back to Wixom. Here the job dips over the hills an... (more)

The Wixom to Flint turn local is passing the north end of Holly. The LSRC trains will hold back north of here if they do not have a signal across the CN Holly Sub, which is controlled by CN. Today... (more)

The afternoon job begins their task around the shops in Owosso. The crew will shove out to the yard south of town and somehow spend the rest of the evening switching. We gave up and went onward fo... (more)

The GLC crews spent most of the week switching cars for hours on end at Owosso before departing, which made for some missed opportunities on the chase to Ann Arbor. The job is seen here with 3 bea... (more)