Spanning the Freight House and Union Station, The Freight House Footbridge in Downtown Kansas City is one of the best places in the country to watch trains, seeing upwards of 100 movements per da... (more)
Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad is seen working their yard at the UP interchange.
BNSF unit grain train is seen at West Bottoms. The area behind the train were the MOW equipment is was once the site of the old Union Depot.
The Union Pacific Armourdale Yard to CPKC Knoche Yard transfer job is seen running through the West Bottoms with classic EMD power. The train is passing a row of warehouses in the once busy meatpa... (more)
The Union Pacific Armourdale Yard to CPKC Knoche Yard transfer job is seen running through the West Bottoms with classic EMD power. The train is crossing the diagonal crossing at Saint Louis Ave a... (more)
A BNSF empty coal train is seen at West Bottoms. The area behind the train were the MOW equipment is was once the site of the old Union Depot.
A unit grain train is seen snaking through the West Bottoms of Kansas City just before crossing the Missouri River on the Hannibal Bridge to Murray Yard in North Kansas City.
A BNSF empty coal train and a unit grain train are seen passing through West Bottoms and the Union Depot Interlocking Tower in Kansas City. The coal train will pause and then follow the grain trai... (more)
A Union Pacific grain train train is seen heading toward West Bottoms after crossing the Kansas River at Santa Fe Junction.
Another BNSF empty coal train is seen at Santa Fe Junction and heading toward what is known as the "Gooseneck" in the West Bottoms.
A neat looking A-B-A set leads 114 cars eastward near Dexter Missouri in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.
As an afternoon thunderstorm approaches, Norfolk Southern manifest freight 181 is seen passing the busy West Bottoms area of Kansas City. The empty warehouses were once bustling with meat packing... (more)
