A unit sand train from the Minnesota Commercial in St. Paul, WI heads west through Kansas on its run to Ft. Worth, TX.
This Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z trains rolls west out of Emporia, kicking up what little snow is left after the previous nights "snowstorm".
There is just enough evidence left of last nights "snowstorm" for this westbound Z train to kick up as it heads through the crossover plant at Merrick at 70 MPH.
A Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest rolls west through Merrick with the city of Emporia off in the background.
The sun is barely above the horizon as the daily Kansas City, KS to Denver, CO manifest heads west after picking up a couple of locomotives in the yard at Emporia.
Rolling west into the setting sun, this Kansas City, KS to Southern California stack train heads west through the crossovers at Merrick onward to the next crew change point at Wellington.
After completing work in the yard at Emporia, the daily Kansas City to Denver manifest heads west, soaking up the last rays of sunlight on a warm mid November day here in Kansas.
A pair of warbonnets lead this Chicago, IL to Houston, TX Q train out of Emporia and into the setting sun. In 2012 a solid set of warbonnets on the point of any train on the BNSF is a very rare ev... (more)
The tail end of an eastbound Z train can be seen in the distance as this westbound Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA Q train heads west through Merrick, just west of Emporia. This train will hold jus... (more)
DS4 uses the 50MPH crossovers at Merrick to his and the train crews' advantage as they cross over from Main 1 to Main 3 here which eventually turns into the Emporia Sub main just west of here at E... (more)
With the Irsik & Doll grain elevator in Emporia in the background, this westbound grain train roars westward into the setting sun.
Black Thunder Mine to Red Rock, Oklahoma coal loads roll west on the elevated Main Three between Merrick and Ellinor on the BNSF transcon in east central Kansas.
