The old Farmers Co-op Association elevator on the northside of Chariton doesn't sound long for the world. Guy at the feedmill next door said the elevator is privately owned now and plans are to t... (more)

Westbound auto train rolls thru the hills of north-central Missouri on the Marceline Sub. The Marceline Sub is the busy double track Transcon mainline from Fort Madison, IA, to KC. This location i... (more)

The endless movement of containers on the BNSF Transcon mainline never seems to end. A train with containers is bound for the Logistical Park on the westside of Kansas City. The train passes this ... (more)

Getting BCOL barns to lead on CN is getting harder to do now days with PTC in service and all the new AC's the CN took delivery of. Around only 10 of them were in service starting the month of Feb... (more)

While working west on our trip we stopped by the roundhouse at Huron. Huron has been the base for operations for many years for the railroads that have owned this railroad across South Dakota. Now... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

A complete waste of time is this 1000 foot Z-train bound from LA to Willow Springs. With 18 trailers/containers total, and no UPS type hot stuff, one would wonder why the BNSF would waste fuel on ... (more)

This Phoenix to Chicago Q-trains pokes along climbing the .80% grade out of Elmer. The Marceline dispatcher is in a hot hurry to get this train crossover to main #1 at LaPlata to get 2 hot Z-train... (more)

A Blue Island to KC auto train drifts downgrade between Ethel and Marceline on the Marceline Sub. These old style ex-Santa Fe signal bridges are about all done being in active service on the Marce... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Palo AL, roll east (south) on the St. Joseph Sub at Hall. The train has just top a small .5% grade as they make their way between Lincoln and KC. I like how the mainl... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Palo, AL, rolls pass West Nodaway. The train is working east (south now) from Lincoln to KC. Nodaway is a 10,000 foot siding located at MP 77 on the St. Joseph Sub, a... (more)

Probably the prize shot I have been after has been this remaining ex-CB&Q single bridge on the St. Joe Sub at Armour northwest of KC. This cool old signal is probably one of a kind still moving tr... (more)

These 2x2x2 unusual coal trains on the BNSF are a product of where the trains must go. These trains go to the CP at Ottumwa and on the CP they must transverse the 1.8% Rutledge Hill to get out of ... (more)

The CB&Q originally built across the Missouri Rive back in 1880. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad had reached Plattsmouth in 1870 while working west from Creston towards Lincoln. The CB&... (more)