A UP grain train coming through downtown KC with the iconic Western Auto sign in the background

BNSF 5878 shove on the rear of a grain train heading towards BNSF Murray Yard for a crew change.

A pair of KCS geeps pulls a massive Run 12 with interchange traffic from CPKC Knoche Yard, NKC, MO to UP 18th St. Yard, KCKS

A CPKC grain train heads west on the KCT towards Santa Fe Jct.

Something Old, Something New (somewhat) A BNSF manifest heads westbound through the West Bottoms with a recently rebuilt CN SD75ICC leading a CN C44-9WL and another CN GE.

EMDs Doing All The Work A trio of KCS EMDs takes CPKC YKK12-02 across town to UP 18th St/Armourdale Yard with interchange traffic.

UP 3772 leads a quartet of SD40-2s into Sheffield interlocking in Kansas City, MO. The southbound grain train is about to cross the Kansas City Terminal Rwy. where there seemed to be a continual p... (more)

BNSF GP39E 2931, is one of the first locomotives to carry Burlington Northern Santa Fe markings. No other locomotives wore this exact scheme (BNSF 2911's scheme was similar, but not identical). ... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-CHISBD7-02 passes Kansas City’s Union Station as it heads from Chicago, Illinois, to San Bernardino, California. A qua... (more)

Couldn't let this one go unremarked. I've always wondered about the purpose of that little door in this 1957-58 built cab. Photo by Gary Zeitler. From my collection.

BNSF 9232 and UP 7009 meet in passing at Old Union Depot Interlocking in the West Bottoms of Kansas City.

Three aging Santa Fe Warbonnets being upgraded to RCO by Mid-America Car in Kansas City.

"Eli" is a full size, 3-foot-gauge steam locomotive built by Crown Metal Products in 1973 for Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. The railroad was initially sponsored by Burlington ... (more)

BNSF 7755 leads a twelve-unit consist on an empty grain train through the West Bottoms of Kansas City.

When I lived in Atlanta, used to enjoy catching the NS 732 in the area as it was guaranteed BNSF power in the land of CSX and NS. Now, after moving to Kansas City, I can catch it on home rails. ... (more)