Back in 2021 the CN had their mind set on scenes like this coming soon to their railroad. Unfortunately that would not be the case, as in the long run the CP would get them. However in late 2021 t... (more)

KCS 4857 leads a manifest West through Franklin Park.

KCS Belles are getting tougher to shoot on the Dallas,TX - Atlanta,GA intermodal trains with the new invasion of CP power

KCS 5004 leads a manifest East through Joliet.

The power for the Midwest Mexican Express waits on the south end of Bensenville Yard prior to departure later in the evening.

A pair of KCS units leads a loaded southbound grain train through Noel Missouri on a nice sunny afternoon.

Lazy Morning at Juniata Quite the interesting lineup here at Juniata today - two ex Norfolk and Western high hoods and a KCS ACe awaiting emissions testing.

Waiting for maintenance of way to finish up ahead, a former PC, ex CR "retread" idles away. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Sometime in the late 1960s a couple of units in the original "Southern Belle" scheme share duties. KCS 25 was a "rebuild" of an E6A which had apparently been wrecked. As I un... (more)

The transition period is well under way as a mix of KCS and CP power takes a rest while taking on fuel at CPKC Bensonville Yard in Franklin Park.

Kansas City Southern Dash 9-44CW 4400's heritage is easy to discern, as it still wears the colors for BNSF Railway, from which GECX acquired it, and from whom the KCS leases it for "horsepowe... (more)

KCS 4819 leads a CPKC manifest down the C&M sub on the west side of Chicago O'Hare Field.

Its a beautiful sunny morning as KCS 4150 brings up the rear of a westbound intermodal train at Tower B12.

A pair of Kansas City Southern GE's and a CP GE head into the rising sun as they lead CP grain train 375 around the bend approaching 270th Avenue outside of Ollie, Iowa. The train is up to track s... (more)

KCS 4596 (AC4400CW) leads Soo 4448 (one of the last active Soo GP38-2s on the CPKC roster) and a KCS SD70MAC on CPKC 248 through Des Plaines, IL.