Good Morning Topeka. Running about 6 hours after the revenue train, the Southwest Chief Inspection Train arrived in Topeka, Kansas at sunrise on the morning of August 4, 2016. Led by the 40... (more)

Geeps in the Evening | With the sun setting over Union Pacific's yard in Topeka, KS, a GP60E and a GP40N sort cars for their turn based there on the evening of Saturday, July 26, 2025. Para... (more)

Midwest Manifests | On its way from Hearne, TX to North Platte, NE, a westbound manifest train cruises through Topeka, KS late in the day on the mostly sunny afternoon of Saturday, July 26,... (more)

Bridging The Kaw | Crossing the Kansas River in Topeka, KS, an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train is seen coming off the Topeka Subdivision moments before heading towards Kansas City ... (more)

Both old and newer sit in the storage lines at Topeka Ks.

BNSF 166 is near the BNSF Shops waiting for a possible new coat of paint with other former Santa Fe power. Note the unit behind in primer paint.

Santa Fe FM H16-44 roadswitchers Nos. 3013, 3005 and 3012 layover at Topeka between runs in September 1968. Photo by Ed Spitzer, part of my slide collection.

After putting together its tool cars, UP 3985 is ready to depart the fairgrounds where it has been on display for Topeka Railroad Days.

UP 3095, an apparently fresh SD70ACe-T4 posed for a few minutes just east of Kansas Ave. in North Topeka on the point of the MTPHN. This train had been put together in the Topeka yard, shoved eas... (more)

Fresh off of BNSF CEO Carl Ice's "Farewell" trip to Amarillo (O-AMATOP), TX, the recently-repainted 6078 spends the night outside of the Business Car Shops in Topeka, KS. The 6078 is th... (more)

UP 4404, a fresh-looking SD70M leads a nine car business train westbound past Topeka’s Calhoun Bluffs on the Kansas Sub. At SJ Jct. in Topeka, the train would turn onto the ex-RI towards Heringt... (more)

I ran up to the UP in Topeka today and shot this neat consist pulling out of the yard, and onto the main. EMDX Tier 4 SD70ACe-T4s 7239 and 7219, along with the KCS 5022 led a KCS Bean Train (GLTP... (more)

A quite Sunday afternoon at Topeka finds BNSF 2940 switching the south end of the small yard here.

BNSF 2940 and others lay over in the Topeka yard following a day full of rain. More rain is on the way tonight, but I was happy to get out and get some shots in between the storms. For the ros... (more)

Well, I had been hearing all day about the UP 1982 leading the IG4SI, a stack train headed towards Santa Teresa, NM, and by the end of the day, I was able to track it down. Here, the train is s... (more)