Recently repainted Ex-KCSM MP15AC at Mid-America Car in KC. Note the almost GTW ripoff logo. This engine also sports the name “Ashley” under the cab window.

In a rare occurrence, the MP Heritage Locomotive ended up on a UP coal train bound for the Entergy Power Plant at Independence, AR on the Missouri & Northern Arkansas, and the empty train is seen ... (more)

It's a wonder they can find anything here at Mid-America Car & Locomotive.

"ALCO": a simple acronym that rolls off the tongue. The same one that will make grown men drive hundreds of miles only to take in the sights, sounds, and even smells that exit th... (more)

Just before midnight, crews from BNSF and Hulcher Services go about picking up BNSF Train at H PASKCK9 07, which derailed at MP 22 on the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. about 1900 this evening attributed pr... (more)

The power from CP Train 474-30 sits in the old roundhouse at KCS Knoche Yard. The leader is a rare for this area CP SD90MAC. I hadn't seen one of these since I was working into Chicago years ago... (more)

The Lenexa Switcher shoves north with a 5 man cab GP50L as a coal load blasts south on Merriam Hill along the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub.

Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion has just returned from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to the Friends of the 261 Enginehouse at Minneapolis Jct. The crew cut the... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 leads Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion returning from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to Minneapolis on the BNSF Hinckley Sub. near Braham, MN, ... (more)

A perfect set of 4 ALCO C420s bring A&M Train MNTN, the Monett Turn, into its namesake town as viewed from the US Highway 60 Overpass. I really wanted to shoot the train from this bridge, sin... (more)

A pair of brand new EMD SD70ACes and an older GEVO lead UP Train KG4LB 26 across the Missouri River on the BNSF Marceline Sub. at Sibley. This is the 1st road trip for these engines after being s... (more)

The Amtrak Exhibit Train is spotted at the Santa Fe Depot in Topeka for today, holding the main line.

UP Steam Conductor Jim Coker's blue flag tag hanging in the cab. Shot on black and white print film.

The runthrough tracks at UP Armourdale Yard are loaded up with eastbounds ready for new crews. From left to right we have UP Train CBTWB9 21, 2CNAIM9 20, MNPFW 21, and CNAFG9 21.

A pair of freshly repainted GP38-3s sit at K&O Orient Yard near the shop. These were in Bangor and Aroostook Paint until recently.