Cooperating on coal. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler, from my collection.

Nightfall In The City | A bit of muted color remains in the sky on the evening of Sunday, May 7, 2023 as a Union Pacific yard transfer train creeps forward, heading east in Kansas City, MO ... (more)

Missouri River Crossing | Heading south across the Missouri River on the Hannibal Bridge, a loaded coal train enters Kansas City, MO (leaving North Kansas City) at a snail's pace on the eve... (more)

Transcontinental Stack Train | One of BNSF's many intermodal trains through Kansas City is headed east on the flyover at Santa Fe Junction, crossing from the Kansas side of town into Missou... (more)

Holding at West Bottoms | A trio of ES44AC engines on the head end of a northbound empty coal train, seen here on May 7, 2023 holding at a dwarf signal (just out of frame to the right), pau... (more)

OBEX coal train back when it seemed like it would last forever. I think I remember saying "If I see one more SD40-2 on a coal train I think I'll toss my cookies." Photo by Gary Zeitler... (more)

It seemed to us that the U-boats and SD40-2s and nicely matched coal trains would last forever but in hindsight it wasn't that long. Photo by Gary Zeitler.

On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)

Photo by Gary Zeitler, from my collection. Scapegoat?Maybe. A major wreck was determined to be caused by the trucks, at high speed, so the entire class was scrapped (oops, recycled). I have to ... (more)

Photo by Gary Zeitler. From my collection.

At Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in Kansas City, Missouri, several UP machinists wrestle with a drawbar after installing new draft gear in the front of UPY EMD GP15-1 No. 697 o... (more)

With dynamic brake grids needing replacing in Union Pacific GE C44-9W No. 9666, a machinist in UP’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility prepares to perform this maintenance up on the access panels o... (more)

BNSF Railway train Y-KCM3461-04 approaches Santa Fe Junction as it rolls through the city’s West Bottoms District. This trackage is owned by Kansas City Terminal (their North-South Corridor). ... (more)

A lineup of traction motors and other locomotive parts can be found in the main shop at Mid-America Car. Taken with permission on a guided shoot.

If you like old warehouses and other industrial (and repurposed) buildings? Head to Kansas City’s West Bottoms area, where Union Pacific SD70Ms 4996 and 5107, departing Armourdale Yard across t... (more)