The daily roadswitch out of Argentine over the Topeka sub makes the bend southward past the Amtrak depot after passing the old ATSF shops area in the upper left.
BNSF roadswitch rolls past the shops in Topeka westward. Note the Santa Fe logo on the smokestack.
UP 3813 leads a westbound past the massive UP depot at Topeka in the last light of the day in late September.
A one-of-a-kind Baldwin Locomotive Works rebuild with EMD products still works tirelessly at BNSF's Topeka Shops.
Another view of the "Beep" at Topeka, Kansas.
The "Beep" sits at BNSF's Topeka shops. This Baldwin switcher, re-worked with a Geep long hood by the Santa Fe Topeka forces served as the shop switcher.
The roster shot of MRL 253 at Topeka.
Once an Amtrak locomotive pulling passenger trains across the country, BNSF 6975 has all of its miles behind it. Missing are number boards, number 2 axle, air filter grid, dynamic brake fans, and... (more)
A good portion of BNSF's fleet of SDP40F-2s is overgrown by weeds as the mothball fleet in Topeka bakes in the sun.
Unlikely company is kept in the BNSF yards at Topeka as former BN SD9's and former ATSF SDP40F-2's await their fate after long and different careers.
UP GP38 750 and GP38-2 333 are "in the weeds" as they wait for local work by one of the many Grain Elevators to be found in Kansas.
