Near Marceline, the BNSF Transcon passes through scenic rolling hills, providing nice, varied scenery. This photo shows a BNSF stack train east of Marcelline at Bucklin with the sun just barely a... (more)

A high priority train heading east on the BNSF Marceline Sub at Bucklin, Missouri.

A Blue Island to San Bernardino auto train works west on the Marceline Sub. The train passes under a skeleton ex-Santa Fe signal bridge near Bucklin. Few of these bridges made into late 2019 befor... (more)

Hotshot Z8 rips under one of the few remaining Santa Fe signal bridges along the Marceline Sub, Now day's i modern equipment is fast replacing them.

This high priority train full of FedEx and UPS containers blasts through Bucklin, Missouri on its way to Chicago.

An early morning stack train races east at Bucklin, Missouri.

Plenty of power on a massive stack train just after dawn near Bucklin, Missouri.

BNSF 9942 leads a Galesburg bound freight towards the small town of Bucklin, Missouri. Locomotives: BNSF 9942, BNSF 8078 & BNSF 8467.

A Beautiful Sunset looks at the old Santa Fe Signals still in service in Bucklin. Not having too much longer for this world.

BNSF 6614 leads a long autorack train under the few remaining ATSF signal bridges left in northern Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision. Locomotives: BNSF 6614 & BNSF 8048

As time marches on and the signal gangs of Class 1's push hard for the PTC deadline for 2018, somehow old time signals can still be found in a few little pockets. Case in point is the 3 intermedia... (more)

Over the weekend I headed out for some Missouri BNSF trains action. The Brookfield Sub was on my mind since some of the old Q-signals are left along the line. Luck would have it we would score 4 t... (more)

The sun has just cleared the trees and lights up this monster stack train at Bucklin, Missouri.

Storms were close, but luckily they didn't interfere with getting this photo at first light near Bucklin, Missouri.