August in Kansas can be hot and this afternoon was no exception. Thankfully, there was a breeze as UP 4740 flies by at track speed just north of Hanover, KS on the Marysville Sub.
Two days after Christmas, a BNSF coal train led by an EX BN SD70MAC slowly rounds the banked curve around the Galesburg yard.
BNSF 6719 races east through Coal City, IL with a hot intermodal train in the late fall sunset. 1/500 F8 Ektachrome 100VS
The BNSF/KCS Schneider transfer is returning with cars from the KCS on the other side of town. The conductor on the front of the engine was cleaning windows.
Very interesting power on the BNSF/KCS Schneider transfer in the morning. Good to see rebuilt GP-30's still out in service.
SP 9721 leads the UP MBNAS south on the former GM&O mainline at Shirley, IL. The only evidence that it's 2012 and not the 90's is the yellow UP Mirror and a small UP herald on the left side of the... (more)