It's early morning in Henrietta, MO along the Missouri River bottoms as the 5005 - looking Santa Fe all the way - and its consist slam the switch frogs. Santa Fe got the most from its power roster... (more)

Westbound New York to LA Q-train off the NS at Chicago hustles west on the Marceline Sub few miles west of Fort Madison. The train has the Pennsy heritage unit in trail as the train makes their wa... (more)

A loaded sweet brand train out of Eddyville, IA, fights the .75-.80% grade into New Boston as they pass the approach signal for the Argyle crossovers in southern Iowa and pass under highway 218. H... (more)

BNSF MofW forces are probably real tired of inspecting track this spring in a boat. Here a crew works their way thru the Fort Madison Yard as a eastbound UP train pulls into town for a crew change... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

A tiny New York to LA Z-train blast off from a crew change at Fort Madison. As one can see the whole yard is under water here and even a blue dumpster has wandered off in the flood waters!. The Mi... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

Amtrak 4 passes under one of the last Santa Fe Signals on the Marceline Sub

It's a warm June afternoon as ATSF 646 West prepares to take the diverging route at CA Jct., around the bend from Camden, MO. Three main tracks handle traffic of both BNSF and NS (nee Wabash) bet... (more)

A Beautiful Sunset looks at the old Santa Fe Signals still in service in Bucklin. Not having too much longer for this world.

I was told by an old-timer Santa Fe Engineer once that you could tell on the Marceline Sub when you were going up or down on the hills. The top of most grades were at an overpass, and the bottoms ... (more)

As time marches on and the signal gangs of Class 1's push hard for the PTC deadline for 2018, somehow old time signals can still be found in a few little pockets. Case in point is the 3 intermedia... (more)

For whatever reason the west end of Baring on the Marceline Sub still has ex-Santa Fe signal system in place in 2018. The BNSF went thru in 2012-13 area and replaced all the control points on this... (more)

Westbound Global 4 to City of Industry, CA, hotshot Z-train is fresh off a crew change at Fort Madison. The train makes time as they work towards KC as the UP utilizes trackage rights over the BNS... (more)