UP 3985 arrived early into Kansas City Union Station tonight on UP Train SSDKC 10, which was today's segment of the "Missouri River Eagle". I asked Steve Lee to keep the dynamo going and the head... (more)

"The Spirit of Union Pacific" leads UP Train PCBFR2 05 south past Wolcott on the UP Falls City Sub. en route to Ft. Riley, KS for a display appearance on the 6th as part of its Salute to the Milit... (more)

Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain, built in 1926 for the Frisco. Engine was restored between 1985 and 1988 and operated in excursion service until September 2002. One of the reasons I came out to the MOT w... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 765 sits at NS Berkeley Yard after a day of running down from Decatur, IL as NS Train 099. A pair of Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Watchmen are up on the engine keeping... (more)

The switch heaters are working nicely at the Claycomo Spur turnout off the NS Kansas City District-BNSF Brookfield Sub.

Yep, it's that time of year again, folks.

2-20-15
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A set of power off a dead transfer sits in Track 41 at NS Avondale Yard after bringing a train up here last night.

Contrast this with looking into the belly of an oil burner like UP 844. Certainly a different animal in a lot of ways, but once you have steam, it's pretty much the same. Taken with permission f... (more)

KCT Train 311 is pointed towards KCS Knoche Yard on KCT Main Track 4 as UP Train KLBG4 30 sits on the High Line waiting for the stack train and coal empty to clear.

As a KCS Crew gets ready to take their grain train from the CP south, UP Train SCBSP 21 cools its heels waiting on the outbound crew to show up at around 0230 in the morning at Air Line Jct.

Taking The Kenefick Connector for the first time is UP 844 with UP Train SKCMA 15, dropping down to the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. from the KCT High Line. Passing overhead is a westbound BNSF intermodal... (more)

UP Train ZTUG4 28 negotiates the KCT Kaw River Bridge with a mostly EMD consist, headed up by a 2008 order SD70ACe. This particular shot I've been trying to get for years now. Seems like every t... (more)

It's a good day when you can get 4 matching F-Units in the same shot. Closer to the camera we have the KCS Southern Belle's power, and in the distance we have the former KCS 4, which was one used... (more)

The OOS BNSF Atchison Branch sits in disrepair after the 2011 Missouri River Flooding heavily damaged this segment of the line. The UP Missouri River Swing Bridge is still in service, because loc... (more)

En route from Council Bluffs, IA to Spring, TX, UP Train PCBSP2 27 passes 12th Street on the UP KC Metro Sub., leaving town after a crew change at Neff Yard.

The massive 28 car car business ... (more)

Kansas City Union Station is host to the 2015 KCS Holiday Express, and by default the KCS Southern Belle Business Train in KCT Track 281.

It's not every day you see a railroad's "one sp... (more)