BNSF 7012 leads two other GEs past the intermediate signal halfway between the sidings at Aikman and Chelsea on the western end of the Kansas Flint Hills.

The 2011 AAPRCO Convention Special, appropriately named, "The Kansas City Chief", rolls down rare mileage between Emporia and Kansas City on the freight only "Ottawa Cutoff".

A US Sugar Corp freight rolls west over RIM Ditch C-24 on its way back to Clewiston after interchanging with the FEC in Fort Pierce.

An empty grain train eases through NR Junction on the east side of Emporia where the line through Topeka and Lawrence branches off of the Emporia Sub.

A seven car Topeka, KS to Pueblo, CO officer special is seen deadheading west through east central Kansas.

From a ridge high above Eisele siding (formerly known as Clay) we see BNSFs daily freight from Denver to Provo slowly crawling up the eastern side of the Continental Divide.

A factory fresh ES44C4 leads a short Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z train by a newly installed flange oiler just past the west siding switch at Gladstone.

Z KCKLAC rolls across the bridge over K-177 near MP148 between Matfield Green and Cassoday in the middle of the scenic Flint Hills of eastern Kansas.

This westbound Chicago to Los Angeles Q train crawls its way up the east side of the Arizona Divide and into the setting sun.

The 2011 BNSF Employee Special rolls west through the Flint Hills of east central Kansas under hazy skies on this late spring day.

Eastbound stacks roll under the old Santa Fe style and the newer, less eye pleasing aluminum signal bridges at NR Junction on the east side of Emporia.

A month old ES44C4 passes by a sign marking the location of the Southfork Ranch Cattle Pens just by the detector at MP138.1.

A "silvered up" Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z train rolls west by the old grain elevator at Lebo, still in use by a local CO-OP, on the shortest day of the year.

An all EMD head end consist guides a 150 car Red Rock, OK load over the hump at Wellsville.

A pair of CSX GEs lead a Galesburg, IL to Tulsa, OK manifest under a recently retired former Santa Fe signal bridge. PTC is coming to the Marceline Sub in the near future and the last of the searc... (more)