After a 20-hour shutdown for a winter storm, the KYLE was back to business Thursday westbound towards Limon. Here the crew snakes over the grade between at Levant as the crew does their work on th... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—7
Crossing a fill west of Levant, Kansas, a westbound Kyle plow extra gets a breather from pushing the white stuff on January 2, 2007. Over 30 inches of s... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—6
A Kyle plow extra slowly shoves snow off the track through a cut west of Levant, Kansas, on January 2, 2007, in a series of images of Kyle battling the ... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—5
A Kyle plow extra is heads west plowings snow at Levant, Kansas, on January 2, 2007. The train is powered by two former Southern Pacific, now CEFX EMD S... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—4
A Kyle plow extra is about to crosses County Road 11 at Levant, Kansas, on January 2, 2007. The depth of the snow doesn’t look like much here, but hig... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—3
A Kyle plow extra heads west through Levant, Kansas, on January 2, 2007, after a late December storm buried parts of the region in over 30 inches of sno... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—2
During plowing operations after a large snowstorm, one of the points to be very watchful of is ice and snow buildup at grade crossings. Even though trai... (more)

Smoky Alco built Alco C-425 4264 and 4262 moving an eastbound grain train past windmill. The former Rock Island line to Limon, CO, was abandoned in March 1980. Kyle was formed to operate a porti... (more)

Smoking up the fields climbing a grade were Kyle 4264, 4262, 4252 and 4255. Units all ex-BN, eex-SP&S. Line is former Rock Island line to Limon, CO.