A surprised find off the BNSF mainline at Ottawa, KS.

Vivacious Velocity | A vibrant sky grows lighter as the sun rises near Ottawa, KS where an eastbound BNSF "Z" train charges across a road on the stormy morning of Saturday, July 1... (more)

Stormy Saturday Sunrise | A manifest train headed for Newton, KS has just left the town of Ottawa, KS behind as it heads west during a rain shower on the stormy morning of Saturday, July 13... (more)

ATSF 865 leads a hot TOFC train thru Ottawa, KS. on a beautiful day in March of 1995. That paint scheme sure looked good!

Bnsf 8319 runs main 2 as a fleet of westbound's have arrived in the late afternoon. Seen ducking under Us59 just a few miles east of Ottawa Ks.

Stretched out on the Emporia Sub, Bnsf 9648 heads toward the town of ottawa Ks. This one was a reroute from Missouri which normally runs the Hannibal Sub, But do to flooding in the midwest it's se... (more)

CSXT 4063 passes through Ottawa.

Running "wrong main", BNSF Train H KCKBAR9 28 makes its way down Main Track 2 of the BNSF Emporia Sub. as BNSF Train VPHXKCK4 26 makes its way east on 1 behind BNSF 8110 and BNSF 7332. ... (more)

The final Saginaw, TX RoadRailer, BNSF Train Q KCKSAG1 14, makes its way down the BNSF Emporia Sub. behind NS power at Ottawa, KS.

After this day's move, Triple Crown Service using bogie mou... (more)

A PCC streetcar from Kansas City rests in a junkyard in Ottawa, Kansas in March of 1995. I think it may still be there.

OTTAWA KS June 1975 -- Santa Fe GP39-2 3615 and a U23B roll past the station. The engineer and the station operator can be seen exchanging waves.

ATSF 2928 heads up an interesting consist on a double stack train as it blasts thru Ottawa, KS in March of 1995.

A trio of GEVO's lead a KCKBAR westbound on the BNSF Emporia Sub just outside of Ottawa, KS.

Unit ethanol train is stretched out on the rolling terrain of the BNSF Emporia Sub. just east of Ottawa as BNSF Train G SIOWAT7 30A with 1x2 DPU configuration.

Now back under full sun, we again observe BNSF Train M KCKAMS1 31A heading west on the BNSF Emporia Sub. with only 2 orange engines in consist, and even those are EMDs. Consists on the BNSF have ... (more)