After pulling north into Kansas City earlier in the day, the KCS 1 is seen pulling south towards Pittsburg, KS near the tiny town of Amsterdam, MO. While not exactly mountainous, this area has ce... (more)

I ran up to the UP in Topeka today and shot this neat consist pulling out of the yard, and onto the main. EMDX Tier 4 SD70ACe-T4s 7239 and 7219, along with the KCS 5022 led a KCS Bean Train (GLTP... (more)

Closeup on the nose of Metra's recently repainted Rock Island heritage unit no. 425. The 425 was recently repainted in this quasi-Rock scheme (complete with nose logo!) to honor their retiring... (more)

Chicago's Tower 18 Junction at the corner of Lake and Wells was long billed as the world's busiest junction, and while I certainly can't vouch for that claim's accuracy, I can definitely tell you ... (more)

Thursday night, I made it out to Kansas City Union Station to shoot Amtrak no. 3 coming into town with an old Pepsi Can on the point. Here's the Southwest Chief, as it arrived in KC with the #5... (more)

On Saturday morning, I photographed KC Streetcar #802 passing the Muse of the Missouri fountain south of 8th & Main. This fountain was dedicated on December 2. 1963 in memory of David Woods Kemper... (more)

Kansas City Union Station was absolutely packed tonight with families lined up to see the Kansas City Southern Holiday Express, including the star of the show, the faux-steam engine "Rudy!&qu... (more)

On 3/6/2015, I caught the UP 6374 in the process of yarding its train (M-WTKC) in Topeka, before proceeding light to Kansas City. While the rest of the neighborhood was gearing up for the NOTO Fi... (more)

Just an everyday scene at BNSF's Topeka shops. As often as this scene repeats itself, I rarely stop in to document it. However, while down there for something else, I decided to spend some pixel... (more)

A pair of UP's great looking SD40N's roll west through Kansas City's West Bottoms neighborhood with the Neff-18th St. transfer. At the time, the UP 669, a GP38-2 with the Baby Wings was working t... (more)

Well, this may not look like the Union Pacific, but sure enough, this overly colorful meet is at mp67 on the UP Kansas Sub in North Topeka, KS.  The KCS "Chicken Train" is the GHVKC 13,... (more)

On Friday night, I ran out to Kansas City to photograph the NS 8099, the Southern Heritage unit, and after it tucked itself away in the yard, my other half and I were heading out to the City Marke... (more)

UP 4404, a fresh-looking SD70M leads a nine car business train westbound past Topeka’s Calhoun Bluffs on the Kansas Sub. At SJ Jct. in Topeka, the train would turn onto the ex-RI towards Heringt... (more)

UP's brand new Tier 4 SD70 #3059 leads the IDULB 03 onto the ex-RI Golden State route in Topeka, KS. This unit was apparently delivered to the UP in Chicago on 3/31, but was just now making its f... (more)