La Plata, MO, is a quiet rural town of 1,500 people that still hosts a stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief. The towns proximity to the college towns of Kirksville and Columbia draw a considerable nu... (more)

Crispy... BNSF 7889 is set out at La Plata, MO, after catching fire not far from town.

High priority manifest train from Galesburg, IL, to Barstow, CA, flow down between Bucklin and Ethel. The train is passing one of the few location where 2 intermediate bridges still are in service... (more)

Westbound stack train rolls across the stair step grade a few miles west of Wyaconda on the Marceline Sub. The Santa Fe 816 was renumbered to the BNSF 816 on 8/96, and was painted into the H2 sche... (more)

An eastbound bare table train rolls thru CA Jct, west of Camden. Work continues to change out all the signals along the Marceline Sub for the upcoming PTC. New signals are placed here at CA Jct, b... (more)

Westbound stack train rolls pass the control point at Mendon, MP 360.7. This Q- train is bound from Chicago Corwith Yard, IL, to Houston, TX. BNSF is extremely short power for the holiday season, ... (more)

Westbound UP stack train rolls across the Missouri River Bridge at Sibley. UP has trackage rights over the BNSF's Transcon Mainline from Chicago, IL, to Kansas City, MO.

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and are dorm... (more)

This Alliance, TX, to Willow Springs, IL, Z-train has all 4 ponies hammering as they get back up to speed after clearing the 30 mph permanent slow order over the Missouri River Bridge at Sibley. H... (more)

This Barstow, CA, to Galesburg, IL, manifest train has just passed thru CA Jct, MP 418. The 2nd unit is BNSF 894, ex-ATSF Dash 8. Alot of the Dash 8's were stored around the property or have been ... (more)

A westbound Gibson Yard, IL, to Mira Loma, CA, auto rack begins to slow up for the bottle neck at Sibley over Missouri River bridge. The crew has a flashing yellow signal here at MP 420, as an eas... (more)

In the last minutes of the sunset, a westbound Gibson Yard, IL, to Mira Loma, CA, auto rack train screams west on the Marceline. UP at times will bring EMD power to the Transcon Main which is nice... (more)

An westbound Logistic Park, IL, to Long Beach, CA, stack train slowly rolls west into the sunset after letting a 70 mph Q-train around them at West Marceline. The train will take their time to the... (more)

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and just dor... (more)

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and just dor... (more)