A friendly wave and horn from the engineer acknowledge the photographer as the Texas Eagle makes an on time departure from St. Louis towards its final destination of Chicago, IL.
About an hour before thunderstorms would arrive on this hot 95-degree afternoon, BNSF 4678 passes by the Kansas City Union Depot with a string of grain cars.
Sitting at what was once the largest passenger and freight station in the world with 32 tracks for service, RPCX 738 and some passenger cars sit on the few remaining tracks that barely see service... (more)
BNSF 4598 west with an Ash Train heads west towards Argentine Yard while a coal train from Juliette, GA/NS comes off the Fort Scott heading towards Murray.
Although KCS's flag has fallen, I was able to get a nearly 'pure' image of the railroad (spoiled by one CP interloper hidden behind the fuel rack), with Kansas City in the background. This is, in ... (more)