ARGENTINE KS May 2 1982 — Santa Fe slug 129 was built by EMD (s/n 25408) in July 1959 for Union Pacific as SD24B 420B. UP retired the unit in April 1978 and sold it in August 1978 to Naporano Ir... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief glides through Santa Fe Junction, here living up to its reputation with a three-train meet.

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 — Illinois Central GP40 3016 is in need of a paint job as it sits on a track in what appears to be what is left of a roundhouse. EMD built the 3016 (s/n 31464) in 1966.... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS March 10 1979 — Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MP15AC MILW 440 awaits a call to switching duties. EMD built the unit (b/n 75629-7) and delivered it to the Milwa... (more)

A coal drag is headed east into the morning sun, splitting the classic UP signals outside of Solomon, Kansas.

OLATHE KS March 10 1979 — UP U30C 2959 leads a mixed freight. Note someone cleaned select characters on the nose. Maybe no connection but Wikipedia records, “U-29 was responsible for sinking t... (more)

KANSAS CITY March 10 1979 -- Kansas City Southern SW1500 4328 and slug 4250 handle switching duties. My photo.

KANSAS CITY March 10 1979 — Kansas City Southern SD40-2 646 rests while waiting for work. EMD built the unit in January 1972. My photo.

Southbound local departing Pittsburg, KS.

High plains drifter. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local rolls across the high plains of eastern Kansas, just east of Abilene, at sunrise.

This image depicts AT&SF 3415, a Class 3400 P... (more)

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Kansas Prairie Dawn. Just minutes after sunrise, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local makes its way across the Kansas prairie east of Abilene, with a few passengers, some small freight item... (more)

Up 6450 heads a westbound freight through Armourdale yard. Meanwhile a few loads and empty coal's awaite crews.

Originally US Army, later Johnson Co. Industrial Railroad, slide labelled "Midwest Historical Society" but unable to find this organization in KS and later history of locomotive is unkno... (more)

ATSF 865 leads a hot TOFC train thru Ottawa, KS. on a beautiful day in March of 1995. That paint scheme sure looked good!