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.

Pennsylvania E8A 5898 heads out of town with an afternoon excursion run on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. It was later Amtrak 497 and was one of two Pennsy E units on the Blue Mountain &... (more)

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

Budd and EMD teamed up in 1939 to built the Silver Charger, which was part of the Burlington's General Pershing Zephyr trainset which ran from Kansas City to St. Louis. It was the last of the sho... (more)

Steam locomotive "Tommy G. Robertson" in operation on the Six Flags Railroad at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri. The 36"-gauge locomotive was built by Crown Metal Products ov... (more)

USRA light Mikado 551 is the only surviving steam locomotive from the Chicago & Illinois Midland. It was donated in 1955 to the Museum of Transport in Kirkwood, Missouri, where it remains on stat... (more)

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

Missouri's Belton, Grandview & Kansas City tourist railroad operates over a portion of the Frisco's "Blair Line" that was abandoned by the Burlington Northern in 1986. Motive power is a... (more)

Frisco Silver Dollar Line 0-4-0T 43 is departing the station for another trip around Silver Dollar City. The two-foot-gauge tank engine was built in Germany in 1934 and is the smallest locomotive... (more)

"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.

Canadian Pacific 1401 crosses over the former Kansas City Southern bridge spanning Gregory Boulevard with a southbound passenger move to Shreveport.

Branson Scenic's new CB&Q-inspired SD40-2 (introduced in 2025) rests at the Branson depot between runs.

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)

CP + KCS=CPKC CPKC YKK12 is seen making their way west on the KC Metro Sub with a pair of Geeps with traffic for UP.