UP 3095, an apparently fresh SD70ACe-T4 posed for a few minutes just east of Kansas Ave. in North Topeka on the point of the MTPHN. This train had been put together in the Topeka yard, shoved eas... (more)

BNSF 4000 West leads a westbound oil train across the new bridge over the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, NE. This train had come north on the St. Joe Sub and turned west at Pacific Jct. in Iowa, ... (more)

Amtrak Charger no. 300 rolls into Chicago, trailing on the eastbound California Zephyr. There were plenty of clouds in the area, and the train itself was running about four hours late by this poi... (more)

Fresh off of BNSF CEO Carl Ice's "Farewell" trip to Amarillo (O-AMATOP), TX, the recently-repainted 6078 spends the night outside of the Business Car Shops in Topeka, KS. The 6078 is th... (more)

Topeka's East Field has been a holding area for stored engines for quite some time, and when I recently noticed that Santa Fe-painted B40-8 no. 584 was on the end of one of the tracks, I had to ge... (more)

This ex-BN SD60M #8131 has been rebuilt and repainted for yard service at RELCO in Albia, IA. It's HP has been derated, and had RC equipment installed, along with the electronic brake, while losi... (more)

UP 1943, the Spirit parked west of SJ Jct. in Topeka tonight just long enough for me to fire off one shot. Thankfully, it turned out fairly well. This train was returning to Council Bluffs by way... (more)

At the west end of Neff Yard in KC, MO, light BNSF power rolls west past a UP yard job, led by the UPY #844. Regardless of the paint job, I love the look of the GP30 carbody, and BNSF's H3 paint... (more)

Thanks to the derailment of their new SD70ACe's, the Arkansas & Missouri has been forced to go retro and run as an all-ALCO property again.  Continuing north out of the hills, this scenic ex-Fris... (more)

Mid-America Car in Kansas City, MO can always be counted on for variety, and my trip there this past weekend was no exception. Here, we've got a BNSF 70MAC in for engine work, a wreck damaged CSX... (more)

Tuesday evening, I ran out to Kansas City with the intention of sticking around long enough to get some night shots, and imagine my surprise when Stephen Priest, and his crew from https://www.clas... (more)

This evening after work, I saw Dalton McAdams' post about this trio of new Tier IV GEVO's heading out of KC, so I decided to run out and try to catch it myself. Sure enough, I was able to catch th... (more)

A few miles east of Lawrence, KS on the UP Kansas Sub, the late afternoon light just seemed to 'pop' on the scene in front of me while I waited on the westbound parade to arrive. The farmhouse in... (more)