A BNSF stack train barrels east under one of the few untouched ATSF bridge signals left on the TransCon.

A westbound Z-train approaches the endangered Santa Fe-era signal bridge west of Bucklin.

The first light of the morning sun makes an eastbounder glow as it approaches Bucklin, Missouri.

The quiet of early morning is put on hold as a high speed eastbound stack train approaches Bucklin, Missouri.

First light on an eastbound stack train at Bucklin, Missouri.

The weather forecast said it would be sunny, but they were wrong. The sun managed to pop out occasionally and luckily lined up with the arrival of this eastbounder at Bucklin, Missouri.

First light of the day on an ES44DC passing under one of the decreasing number of old searchlight signal bridges on the Transcon.

On the evening of March 6, straight-line winds toppled a stopped westbound train near Mendon. The derailment blocked both mains of the busy Marceline Subdivision and diverted a few trains to the p... (more)

Amtrak Train #4 makes 90 MPH thanks to the ATS inductor next to the baggage car and the pickup shoe on the lead unit's head axle highlighted by the dust kicked up on the crossing. This Ex-ATSF si... (more)

A pair of trains meet between Bucklin and Marceline on the BNSF Transcon. The eastbound coming towards the camera is passing under US Highway 36 as a westbound passes under the 342 signal bridge ... (more)

BNSF 5833 passes beneath the ATSF-vintage signal bridge at Bucklin with a westbound stack train in tow.

A zooming intermodal train lights up the eastbound signals at Bucklin, Missouri at 1:07 AM. The fate of these signals are unknown, but for now they stand tall.

A particularly colorful stack train heads east at Bucklin.

There aren't many searchlights left on the BNSF Marceline Sub, but there are still two sets standing tall and proud. One of them is here in Bucklin, MO. The sun is peeking through a storm cloud as... (more)

On a fine gorgeous evening in rural North/Central Missouri. We see BNSF 7818 and company roll underneath a dying breed of signaling.