It's a good day when you can get 4 matching F-Units in the same shot. Closer to the camera we have the KCS Southern Belle's power, and in the distance we have the former KCS 4, which was one used... (more)

It's 53 miles to Kansas City, but the light pollution is evident, even from here on a clear night. In an hour or so, the Fs will highball to KC. You might even notice a streak from the Geminid m... (more)

KCS Christmas train

KCS Christmas train in reverse as the train is being turned to go back east.

Christmas train

Christmas Train arrives downtown Greenville. The line to the right is the Blacklands RR former Cotton Belt "Commerce Branch" line that ran from Fort Worth to Mount Pleasant, Texas. This line was w... (more)

CEO David L. Starling visits the west end of the KCS arriving Wylie yard. Power is running around the train and will head east with KCS 2 leading.

KCS Holiday Express is between the switches of the wye & will back north before heading in to set up for the night's display.

KCS's Holiday Express is running over UP trackage rights in Victoria, TX to wye its train prior to the evening's festivities. With 11 business cars up front, it looks more like an OCS than a holi... (more)

KCS's Holiday Express is between the switches of the wye waiting on mainline traffic (read: one train!) to clear before heading into the yard to set up for the night's display. At the end of the ... (more)

Definitely one of Illinois' lesser-known drawbridges.

KCS Business train just outside of the Knoche Yard office. It had just been brought over from Mid-American in the pouring rain.

The Southern Belle crosses the 1900 Chicago & Alton Missouri River Bridge on the KCS Mexico Sub. on its way to East St. Louis to check out the new work done along their route in the St. Louis area... (more)