MP Topeka local preparing to depart the capitol city for points east

Tonight's M KCKEMP features a trio of SD60M's that have been running between Hutchinson and Kansas City for the last week or two. The 74 axles that make up tonight's train include a KRL depressed-... (more)

After leaving its last stop at Topeka, Ks. with three E7s, Rock Island's Train 4 Golden State Limited is eastbound passing by "Calhoun Bluffs" on Union Pacific trackage rights en route Kansas City... (more)

Rock Island ran whatever it had as evident in May 1965 when EMD F2 No. 40 led an Alco FA-1, an EMD BL-2, an F-7 and the newest of the bunch, No. 1348, a GP-18, off the Kansas River bridge at Topek... (more)

A westbound U.P. freight with Alco RS-27 678 in the lead is northwest of Topeka, Ks., headed for Marysville and on to North Platte, Nebr. on July 9, 1967. A DD35B and two GE units are in the cons... (more)

UP GE U50s 31 and 33 lead 40-ft. box cars west out of Topeka, Ks. at Menoken Jct. in pouring rain and head to Marysville and on to North Platte, Nebr.

Eastbound UP Train 10 City of St. Louis at M.P. 66 has just departed North Topeka depot and is en route Kansas City where it will be handed over to the N&W (former Wabash) for delivery to its name... (more)

Two F's and two Geeps cross over at Menoken Jct. west of Topeka to get westbound tonnage rolling to North Platte, Nebr. The track in the foreground is the "K.P." across Kansas.

Pausing at the yard switch with a SP Leader is UP Train LCM51 12 with the UP Great Overland Station in the distance.

Santa Fe 2-8-0 #1, the “Cyrus K. Holliday,” was originally Santa Fe 2-8-0 #132, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1880. In 1898 the locomotive was renumbered #912, and it was renumbe... (more)

UP 844 limps along the Marysville Subdivision at the blistering speed of 30 miles per hour with a bad bearing. The Mopac heritage unit, UP 1982, is lending a hand to help the northern. This pleasa... (more)

BNSF ES44DC 7380 pulls up to the Topeka, KS Santa Fe passenger station; an office car train in tow. Next will be a backup move into the shops complex. She's all clean and polished, looking sharp... (more)

trio of new GP40-2's lead an eastbound on exRock Island Golden State Route main into Topeka, KS