Times have changed quickly on the Kyle. Flashy "new" GEs sporting various commemorative paint schemes and plenty of G&W orange with recently arrived RCPE SD40-2s. An orange unit was hard... (more)

KYLE KYLSALI-01 with UTAH 5005 leading.

A lot of people say that they find the KYLE by driving the length of the railroad and "happen" into the 1 of the trains. We got lucky enough our 1st morning we ran into this westbound Li... (more)

With some excellent help, we did a great afternoon chase with the Salina to Limon local freight train. As anytime with the Kyle, these jobs do things as hard as possible. With 2 hour of work at Bu... (more)

With some excellent help, we did a great afternoon chase with the Salina to Limon local freight train. The sun came out at the right time, as they got to Burlington. As anytime with the Kyle, thes... (more)

The old Rock Island west of Bethune gets to be the wild west alittle bit with rolling hills and grades. Unfortunately when we were out here in 2023, we never got a train between Bethune and Flagle... (more)

KYLE KYLSALI-01 is starting its climb the South Almena Hill after leaving Phillipsburg on its trip West to Goodland.

UTAH MK50 #5003 leads KYLE Railroad Train SALI westbound through the open country just east of Phillipsburg, KS.

UTAH MK50 #5003 leads KYLE Railroad Train SALI westbound through the open country near Athol, KS.

KYLE Railroad westbound train SALI is seen tied down for the night in the small town of Smith Center, KS. with one of the last UTAH MK50's still in active service.

It's morning at the Wildcat coal loader near Martin, Utah. This 4 pack of unique MPI 5000C locomotives has just pulled under the loadout and is waiting for the loader operator, Jennifer, to begin ... (more)

There were a couple ex-KCS (ex-BNSF) dash 9s sitting at P-burg. From what I hear the Utahs will be fazed out as they fail. Looks like couple of them maybe in the dead line now. These unique units ... (more)

We had high hopes for an early crew to cab to Salina and pull cars from the UP. Unfortunately, the KYLE has parked a Glen Elder grain train at Solomon that UP didn't move for 2 days. That delay ca... (more)

The westbound Salina to Limon train departs Dresden after getting cars spotted at the elevator. The crew will run 9.4 miles ahead to Sleden before tying down for the winter weather coming in tonig... (more)

As the day comes to an end, the 2nd crew of the day has just begun and will start the evening tasks on this westbound train. Here at Brewster they will set out some cars before heading to Goodland... (more)