Here's the UP 8014 leading the PPTMV2 5 through Topeka this morning. It was an awfully convenient day for one of my classes to be off on a field trip, as I saw this thing hopping onto the Kansas ... (more)

This morning, I stumbled upon this eastbound BNSF manifest (M HUTKCK1 27A) with about as colorful a consist as you'll find these days. BNSF 7130 east passes the signal between Topeka and Tecu... (more)

Rocky Lives! This great looking relic of Great Northern's Big Sky Blue era has been hidden away in BNSF's Topeka, KS yard for a few weeks now (mp51w first tipped me off to it), but has seemingly... (more)

Well, I'm a day late with this (thanks, Sporting Kansas City), but here's the 1989 rolling east through Bonner Springs on Sunday morning. I had to wait here for some time, as MOW had the line down... (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)

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

While A&M's operating road power gets the glory, they've got an amazing collection of stored units as well that function as a parts source for the operating fleet, seeing that one can't exactly ca... (more)

The highlight of the trip? It was very likely this. Just north of the A&M shops, we see this ex-N&W ALCO T6 kicking cars in the Springdale, AR yard. While the road trains had the bigger power, t... (more)

Well, thanks to the beginning of a LOOONG weekend, I finally got around to shooting Amtrak's Phase III Cabbage #406 on the Mule (Amtrak train #313) last night. Due to the platform work at the depo... (more)

Thanks to the derailment of their new SD70ACe's, the Arkansas & Missouri has been forced to go retro and run as an all-ALCO property again.  A&M C420 #54 turns 50 next year, having been built for... (more)

Thanks to the derailment of their new SD70ACe's, the Arkansas & Missouri has been forced to go retro and run as an all-ALCO property again.  Continuing north out of the hills, this scenic ex-Fris... (more)

After dropping off their train at UP's Neff Yard, BNSF GP39-2R #2830 rolls light past CP M281 Lydia Ave. on the Kansas City Terminal. The 2830 was built as the CB&Q 944, though the GN-inspired co... (more)

Mid-America Car in Kansas City, MO can always be counted on for variety, and my trip there this past weekend was no exception. Here, we've got a BNSF 70MAC in for engine work, a wreck damaged CSX... (more)

At the west end of Neff Yard in KC, MO, light BNSF power rolls west past a UP yard job, led by the UPY #844. Regardless of the paint job, I love the look of the GP30 carbody, and BNSF's H3 paint... (more)