BNSF 788 is the lead motor on a bare table blasting past the Santa Fe-built Amtrak station in La Plata, MO. With the ever-increasing amount of orange on the BNSF, shots like these are getting hard... (more)

Three NS GE's lead a eastbound hopper train towards La Plata Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Sub.

BNSF 7279 leads 3 other 6-axle GE's on a westbound intermodal near Carrolton, MO. Threatening skies across the river don't have much effect on the many BNSF trains flying across the Missouri River... (more)

The engineer in charge of UP's AGBAM 20 gives a quick wave as his train rips through the quiet town of La Plata.

A ghost of the past. A BNSF Warbonnet leads an earth worm out of La Plata, westward for Kansas City and beyond.

NS 2588 leads an eastbound rack train across the flat and wide Missouri River bottoms at sunset. This train is closing in on WB Jct. where the NS line will split off from the BNSF and head toward ... (more)

BNSF 7489 is leading a stack train that is pacing an NS auto rack train led by NS 9726. The two will continue side-by-side all the way to CA Jct. where the NS train will split off and stay north o... (more)

BNSF 7081 leads a westbound stack train into Hardin.

Back in 1998 an A-B-B-A consist hustles this hotshot intermodal train thru northern Missouri. This train is between Baring and Rutledge on the BNSF Transcon.

Westbound hotshot Z-train races thru northern Missouri with old school power enroute to Kansas City and next crew change. The signal bridges along this ex-Santa Fe Marceline Sub, like one in the b... (more)

BNSF 4880 leads a fracking sand train bound for Texas and will be handed off to the Ft. Worth and Western at Ft. Worth.

A trio of GEVO's fly a westbound stack train across the Missouri River basin. In early June, the corn crops aren't tall enough to block the view of the raised joint tracks operated by BNSF and NS.... (more)

UP 7715 is in charge of a westbound stack train holding short of the Owensby St. crossing. 7715 is waiting for an eastbound BNSF intermodal to crossover to main to 2 before proceeding toward Kansa... (more)

BNSF 7463 leads another speeding intermodal westbound past the old Santa Fe art-deco-style Amtrak station in La Plata.

Amtrak 124 leads #4 into La Plata a few minutes ahead of schedule.