Beneath the clouds of a mild January 24, 2022, a BNSF intermodal train heads west through the heart of Kansas City, MO on a portion of the southern transcon.
Kansas City Southern SD40 3144 was found sitting in a deadline at the railroad’s Knoche Yard, along with a bunch of other surplus SD40s. KCS 3144 was built by GMD as CN 5085. When first acquir... (more)
KCS Knoche yard to UP's 18th street yard transfer heading west at Standard Seed on the UP KC Metro sub.
Here comes one of the UP trackage rights intermodal trains that run the Transcon to access the former Golden State Route. On KCT track it is crossing the UP (ex-MP Coffeyville Sub) diamonds at She... (more)
A former UP unit is at Union Station with the EB passenger train. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler.
The one and only Gateway Eastern GP38, No. 2000, is in the company of Gateway Western No. 2001 as they bring 55 cars across the UP diamonds at Sheffield, KCMO. Gateway Eastern is a short line in t... (more)
A KCS transfer holds just outside of Knoche yard with a pair of Maces on the point while a yard transfer rolls past and the final light of day glows around the city Skyline.
Ex BNSF Dash 9-44CW.
After the conductor aligned the switches, Union Pacific transfer job YKS62 pulls forwards and heads towards the KCS yard in Kansas City, Missouri. A KCS GP38-2 in the gray ghost scheme awaits its ... (more)
An empty coal train rolls by Union Station in Kansas City, MO as it heads west on September 27, 2021.
A hotshot intermodal train cruises through Kansas City, MO on its way east on a sunny September 27, 2021.
A train led by four brand new AC4400CWM rebuilds on its way to the KCS Knoche Yard with the Kansas City downtown skyline in the background.
Four brand new AC4400CWM's lead this manifest through the Kansas City West Bottoms area.
A KCS grain train gets on the move south out of Kansas City, Missouri down the Pittsburg Sub behind a pair of ES44AC's, crossing over the Blue River just as the sun breaks through the clouds.
Just minutes after sunset, an eastbound coal train passes Union Station in Kansas City, MO on August 30, 2021.
