The daily Chicago-to-KC freight rolls through what's left of the ex-IC yard just after meeting KC-2 (KC to Chicago). In a few minutes, at a spot called Brickyard, the train will curve onto a form... (more)
A few weeks into the era of N&W control of IT, a freight behind mixed IT and N&W diesels comes out of IT's little Springfield yard and is about to cross over onto the N&W main to end east.
Geeps bring the Chicago-Kansas City train out of Springfield on a cold, gray day. This track and the parallel ex-Wabash main were reconfigured/rerouted in the 1990s to reduce auto/train conflicts... (more)
A pair of GP35s - with Chessie System numbers, but still in faded WM paint - are assisted by a GP30 and GP9 in CS colors as they head east from Springfield with a short freight (that includes a fl... (more)