Now back under full sun, we again observe BNSF Train M KCKAMS1 31A heading west on the BNSF Emporia Sub. with only 2 orange engines in consist, and even those are EMDs. Consists on the BNSF have ... (more)

A colorful consist brings BNSF Train H KCKOMA1 19A up the high line next to US Highway 169 and Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.

GE's lead UP Train AASFX 22 towards Fairfax Yard on the UP KC Metro Sub. at Hickory Street on a beautiful afternoon accompanied by the KC Skyline.

Locomotives: UP 6049, UP 7140

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Amtrak Train 4 briefly visits this old barn just west of Floyd on the BNSF Marceline Sub., bound for Chicago and running on time in 90 MPH territory.

Locomotives: AMTK 166, AMTK 84

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Elephant style GE's bring UP Train IDULB 29 through Hickory Street on the UP KC Metro Sub. in the West Bottoms.

The Watco Companies Business Train using Wisconsin & Southern equipment leaves the new 3 Million bushel facility which has just finished construction outside Great Bend, KS. The grain elevator is... (more)

With only 15 cars from the UP in Kansas City today, MNA Train KCMNA 24 with Engineer Tony and Conductor Tim heads south at NSS Ore to Harrisonville where they'll tie it down in the siding.

CSX power leads UP Train ASMAR 01 past the MFA Elevator at Bernie. A tornado watch has just been issued for the area, and I'll be watching one touch down near Ash Hill in about an hour and a half... (more)

A ballast tamper and regulator wait in the clear in the siding at Junland for UP Train ZLDYC 01 to pass on the UP Hoxie Sub. Behind this train visible in the distance is the LSI55 02 coming out o... (more)

The Norfolk Southern Monongahela Railway Heritage Locomotive leads NS Train 112 west on the BNSF Marceline Sub. at CA Jct. I shot the MGA Unit almost 2 years ago but trailing, so it was nice to g... (more)

With the F-Units up front on the OCS, NS Train 956 charges out of town beginning its trip to Decatur, IL on the Ex-Wabash trackage of the NS Kansas City District.

Nearing its first station stop is Amtrak Train 316 sprinting up Independence Hill on the UP Sedalia Sub. at Wilson Road.

Locomotive: AMTK 64

9-9-16
Independence, MO

At 60 MPH, UP Train LSI55 30 bolts past the detector at MP 144.8 on the UP Hoxie Sub. on the way back to Poplar Bluff after meeting the MNLAS 30.

Locomotives: GMTX 2160, HLCX 1046

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The morning's eastbound out of Chama chuffs up what was once known as the Rio Grande San Juan Extension towards Antonito just shy of Lobato Trestle.

Locomotive: CTS 484

7-26-16
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The dilapidated but sill standing Rock Island Freight House soaks up the last rays of the day before sunset adjacent to the UP Trenton Yard.

4-27-16
Trenton, MO