New signals are about to take hold at WB Junction, just west of Carrollton. The railroad is Norfolk Southern, but you can still tell it was Wabash 49 years ago, and Norfolk and Western as recentl... (more)

RoadRailer NS Train 267 makes its way down the KCT North-South Corridor on Track 81 as BNSF Train BNSF Train J KCMSXR1 14A, the Ringling Bros. circus train, doubles up in BNSF Kemper yard. This N... (more)

Yard job NS Train DK22 07 works Midwest Shredding Service near Harlem Interlocking adjacent to NS Avondale Yard.

Locomotive: NS 5231

5-7-15
North Kansas City, MO

After getting slammed by a red at CP 215 on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub., the engineer on BNSF Train M KCKTUL1 11 has them back underway after a dispatcher gives them a clear signal towards Bonita and ... (more)

N&W 611 with NS Train 957 is making great time across the rolling Virginia countryside on the NS Blue Ridge District as thunderstorms fire along the horizon, and behind us.

Locomotive: NW 61... (more)

Descending into UP Armourdale Yard off the KCT High Line is ArroWedge equipped UP Train ZG4CI 16 at Terminal Jct.

A trio of factory fresh, brand new C45AHs bring UP Train ZG4CI 23 with an ArroWedge across the KCT East-West Corridor at KCUS. Nice to see these on their first trip, but in my head those road num... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s bring UP Train YFX82 04 through Troost on the UP KC Metro Sub. Main Track 1. This is the UP Quindaro Yard to UP Neff Yard transfer, and has again drawn this former Mo-Pac SD40-2... (more)

Amtrak Train 314 takes off after a brief station stop at the 1890 Ex-Mo-Pac Depot, 4 minutes late on a cool October morning on the UP Sedalia Sub. The hogger gave us a pretty good horn show as he... (more)

You know those headlights have illuminated millions of miles of track in their day from Kansas City, to Canada, and to the east coast along the vast post 1964 N&W system.

This is Wabash 1189... (more)

Biz Special KCS Train B-KCSH 12 blasts back south on the KCS Pittsburg Sub. for Shreveport after a quick jaunt into Kansas City this morning.

Crossing over from Main Track 1 to 2 of the UP Kansas Sub. at Muncie is the Susan G. Komen Pink Ribbon Unit leading UP Train IDULB 03.

An all EMD consist including the MKT Heritage Locomotive heads up UP Train MNPNL 06 at 67th Street on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. I ran across this train while headed to work and was pretty surprised... (more)

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 1944 Lima 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at the Metra Western Avenue Shop after spending the afternoon on display at Franklin Park Fest's Railroad Day. Tomorro... (more)

Reminder of the railroad that "used" to pass through town.