SP 8701, a rebuilt former C&NW SD45, is mated with a Cotton Belt GP60 passing through Camden, MO. This is joint track territory with the NS (former Wabash) track operated as a third mainline besid... (more)

After the merger, BN SD40-2s were ubiquitous on former Santa Fe lines. Here the 6365 West slams through Camden, MO on the home stretch into Kansas City, passing the old magnetic flagman wig-wag cr... (more)

ATSF 5003, an SD40u, leads an eastbound through Camden, MO with the old magnetic flagman swinging and clanging away.

Slam, bang! A four-pack of warbonnets are in full flight as yet another intermodal hotshot sails through rural Camden, MO on a June morn. The old wig-wag crossing signal here would have been clang... (more)

Getting used to Santa Fe rails, a pair of BN motors lead a fast rolling eastbound through the curves in Camden, MO. The venerable wig wag crossing signal here started clanging well before a train ... (more)

Before the Super Fleet Dash8-40BWs arrived, AT&SF had a fleet of Dash8-40B standard cabs in the tasteful blue and yellow warbonnet scheme. Trailing the 7419 is one of predecessor BN's cabless B30-... (more)

Cruising through the Missouri River bottom lands east of Kansas City, NS 9055 West is on joint track with the BNSF as it passes Camden, MO and its wig wag crossing signal.

NS 110 flying through Camden.

Santa Fe run through with newly created Conrail highballs across Missouri.

BNSF 7574, pulls the first westbound of the day (FINALLY) outside of Camden, Missouri

An eastbound redball sails into Camden, MO on a Sunday morning, making haste for Marceline and beyond. A pity the Frisco locomotive colors didn't last into this era, but it's nice to see the coons... (more)

It was always a thrill to see the Wig Wag crossing signal in action in this small Missouri town, but unfortunately it was retired on 1/22/03.

The clanging of the bell and swinging arm of the magnetic flagman proclaim the arrival of LMX 8530 bringing a westbound manifest through the Missouri River bottom lands at Camden, MO.

The magnetic flagman is wig-wagging its heart out amidst the clang of its bell as BN 3510 West comes rip-roaring through Camden, MO on the home stretch into Kansas City. Fuji Astia.