A rare sight these days. An early three-window SD60M leads the Fort Scott local out of Kansas City heading south.

Kansas City West Bottoms 1415 is working State Line Road in - where else - Kansas City's West Bottoms. The KCRR took over this former Union Pacific trackage in 2024. Incidentally, the train is i... (more)

Kansas City West Bottoms' ex-Canadian National GMD1 - sporting the unique KCRR "noodle" on its nose - is working along State Line Road on a warm November afternoon.

US Army GP10 4613 departs Baldwin City for Norwood with the 2:30 "Santa Rocket." This unit was built in 1956 as a GP9 for the Illinois Central. It served on several military bases, in... (more)

Pioneer Lines (now BUGX) 402, a former C&NW F7A, is stored on the Ottawa Northern at Baldwin City, Kansas. The "Santa Rocket" is about to depart the station behind a former US Army/IC G... (more)

Ottawa Northern Railroad's "Santa Rocker" operating on a former AT&SF branch between Ottawa and Baldwin City, Kansas. The line is owned by Rock Island Rail. Motive power this year is a ... (more)

The 2025 edition of CPKC's Holiday Train, led by CP 2246, rounds the curve at Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City as it heads back to CPKC's Knoche Yard to tie down for the night.

CP 2246 rounds the curve at Cowgill on its southbound run into Kansas City.

The 2025 edition of CPKC's Holiday Train arrives at Union Station via the Kansas City Terminal.

Blast From the Past Rio Grande Southern 20 leads "RGS 455" (D&RGW 463 in disguise) upgrade at Gravity Hill during the Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern photo charter.

Racing Across the Desert Denver & Rio Grande 168 approaches Antonito, Colorado, after an all-night run from Chama, New Mexico. Photographed during the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup.

Ain't it Grande? Heber Valley Railroad GP9 5926 does its best to channel the D&RGW vibes as it rounds Deer Creek Reservoir on its trip to Decker Bay. The Rio Grande often used Geeps on th... (more)

The Challenger Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985 inside the former Rock Island shop at Silvis, Illinois. Built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company, 3985 has been donated by Union Pacific R... (more)

Relics of the Steam Era Union Pacific 2-10-2 5511 and Union Pacific business car "Stanford" (ex-WP) inside the former Rock Island shop at Silvis, Illinois. These are two of several historic... (more)

Through the Paint Booth Union Pacific 2-10-2 5511 is eased into the backshop at Silvis on the evening of November 19, 2022. This historic locomotive has been donated by Union Pacific Railr... (more)