What used to be the hump yard at UP's now-shuttered Neff Yard in Kansas City, MO is now packed to the gills with units that are now considered to be surplus. Shutting down humps and storing locom... (more)

On the afternoon of September 20th, I ran by BNSF's Topeka, KS shops, and found their Hydrogen powered switcher #1205 sitting outside with its hood removed, giving us a rare view of it's innards. ... (more)

BNSF 6022 suns itself on the west end of KCS' Knoche Yard in Kansas City, MO, resplendent in its new garb, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the BNSF merger. The unit was repainted at Mid-Ame... (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)

Well, I had been hearing all day about the UP 1982 leading the IG4SI, a stack train headed towards Santa Teresa, NM, and by the end of the day, I was able to track it down. Here, the train is s... (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)

On Saturday, I caught the BNSF 3788 and five other brand new ET44C4's leading the Z-ALTWSP through Zarah (Shawnee, KS) on the Emporia Sub. In a few months, these will blend in with all of the othe... (more)

This evening, I took off to Kansas City Union Station to photograph the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train that came in behind the CP 2246. This was my first time seeing this train, and it was really ... (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)

Earlier this week, I was turned onto this interesting switching operation in suburban KC by Zach Pumphery, and with free time at my disposal, I knew I HAD to get out to shoot them. This is Spac... (more)

After stopping by Doc's Caboose this afternoon, I had some car troubles along I-635 and happened to have seen these two ex-New Haven FL9's down in BNSF's Argentine Yard. These two are in transit ... (more)

This afternoon, I was able to track down the KCS 4006 on the point of the QSHKC13. Here it is pulling north through the siding at Jaudon, MO, some 30 or so miles south of Kansas City. This un... (more)

Like so many others, I was out at Union Station Kansas City Inc. on Sunday night to watch the arrival of Union Pacific's Big Boy. After cutting its train in half, the 4014 backed onto one of Unio... (more)

After picking up an order from the Local Pig in KC's City Market, I ran out to Zarah and shot the Z-ALTWSP9-30, running into town with a quartet of FRESH GE ES44C4's on the point. These are the c... (more)

This afternoon, BNSF's two new "Snow Coaches" left Topeka for the first time on a shakedown run behind the BNSF 4477. These are now the BNSF 70 and 71, and each one of the ex-Santa Fe H... (more)