High plains drifter. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local rolls across the high plains of eastern Kansas, just east of Abilene, at sunrise.

This image depicts AT&SF 3415, a Class 3400 P... (more)

Kansas Prairie Dawn. Just minutes after sunrise, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local makes its way across the Kansas prairie east of Abilene, with a few passengers, some small freight item... (more)

Ric Jung eases Santa Fe 3415, a 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive operated by the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad, out of the engine house for its day of service pulling excursion trips between ... (more)

ATSF 3415 whistles through the Kansas farmlands outside of Abilene.

The locomotive was originally for the Illinois Central in 1957 as #9231, and later rebuilt by the IC as a GP11. Now leased by Tank Line Service, the locomotive has found a home switching grain ca... (more)

THERE IS A PROTOTYPE FOR EVERYTHING: An International Harvester School Bus has been converted to the Silver Flyer to carry passenger on the A&SV tracks from Enterprise, KS to Woodbine, KS.

Former Santa Fe Pacific #3415 is running its last season before its 15 year inspection takes it out of service. The locomotive has uncoupled from its train and the engineer acknowledges the brake... (more)

An airplane flies over Santa Fe 3415 on a windy day in Abilene, Kansas.

ATSF 3415 departs out of Abilene with the ten o'clock train.

ASV 4 approaches Jeep Road with the 10am run on the way to Enterprise, KS

The BNSF yard at Abilene, KS on a sunny spring afternoon.

Originally built for the ATSF in 1979, BNSF 1612 rests in the Abilene yard on a late winter afternoon.

A few minutes after getting a track warrant to move toward Concordia, BNSF 8038 West crosses Mud Creek with the Gavilon grain terminal looming in the background.

BNSF 6677 west waits at Jeep Road with a covered hopper train.

UP 6303 leads a blade train west on the KP near Abilene, KS