Northbound BNSF grain empties pass the westernmost signal on KCS' Alliance Sub at Metro.

The conductor of KCS 2810 West steps off his lead unit to help hand off pigs to a northbound BNSF Z train.

Right at sunset, a pair of KCS B-Bs pull a string of pigs out of Metro siding left by a southbound BNSF Z train.

Amtrak train No. 821 passes a northbound Z train in the hole and her conductor on the ground.

BNSF freights meet at south Metro, with a Z train holding the main in the distance, and a northbound manifest in the foreground about to enter the siding.

An ex-Conrail Dash 8 leads a loaded grain train past a northbound manifest in the hole at Metro.

A brand-new DC GEVO leads a southbound vehicle train out of the siding at Metro.

An H1 Dash 9 leads a heavy unit grain train up a hill at Metro.

With his ETD in hand, a KCS conductor bids farewell to his BNSF counterpart whose train has just picked up a string of pigs from the former's.

The two Geeps on a KCS pig train are about to pull forward so a BNSF Z train can couple up and tie it into its consist bound for Kansas City.

As a pair of KCS GP38s in the distance depart for Dallas with pigs from the Z train at left, the BNSF 5423 South prepare to back up into the siding at Metro to allow a northbound manifest to get b... (more)

A southbound BNSF Z train pulls slowly up alongside a pair of KCS units at Metro. The KCS locos will take part of this train on to Dallas, while the BNSF train will terminate at Alliance.

Experimental paint scheme locomotive 9297 leads a short, southbound unit grain train past a pair of KCS GP38s awaiting a Z train coming right behind the grain load.

BNSF 7822 North waits on the main as a southbound heads into the siding at Metro.

The crew of a southbound grain train in the hole at Metro prepares to swap trains with the crew of the manifest creeping up the main line.