A UP Coal Train and BNSF Grain Train passes each other on the KCT Main by Union Station with a UP rebuild leading.

Just north of Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City, Missouri, a pair of BNSF trains meet as they roll through the city. A pair of BNSF GE's lead a loaded grain train as it heads west having just gotte... (more)

Local depart Argentine Yard

Tulsan arrives EB at Kansas City

#2 San Fransisco Chief and #24 formerly Grand Canyon are read for departure to Chicago.

Union Pacific yard from 7th street overpass

Light Power as seen from 7th street ovverpass

Saturday Sundown In Southwest Missouri | About fifteen minutes past sunset on a mild Saturday, June 7, 2025 evening, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train passes farmland near Neosho, MO.

I expected a rather large town when we booked at the Depot Inn. Wrong! Evidently Amtrak requires a stop after a certain mileage so this tiny village was elected. Despite the rain and few places... (more)

Oil In The Bottoms | On the sunny morning of Sunday, June 1, 2025, Union Pacific crude oil train OWUSJ2 makes its way through the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, MO.

Stacked Up Empties | Around 1:30 in the morning on Sunday, June 1, 2025, an empty train of coal hoppers rolls into Kansas City, MO shortly before stopping at a red signal. Already waiting a... (more)

Down With The Old | As the sun rises over Kansas City, MO on the morning of Sunday, June 1, 2025, a hot shot Union Pacific intermodal train rolls beneath the BNSF and the remnants of the ol... (more)

Graveyard Shift Yard Job | Just past 2 o'clock in the morning on a quiet Sunday, June 1, 2025, a yard switcher from Union Pacific's Neff Yard ambles past the General Mills plant in Kansas C... (more)

WB Stacker. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

Empties After Midnight | A single Union Pacific GE unit leads a double-length train of empty coal hoppers through Kansas City, MO just past 1 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, June 1, 2025.