The hoghead on this westbound is enjoying a beautiful last full day of summer as they roll through "Happy Rock".

After a meet with a westbound at Matfield Green, the eastbound roadrailer continues its eastward journey through the Flint Hills of east central Kansas.

A colorful consist leads a westbound manifest along the countryside in east central Kansas

A California bound Z train rounds a curve on the triple track section of the Emporia Sub between Merrick and Ellinor and heads west into the lowering sun.

Eastbound Saginaw, TX to Kansas City, KS roadrailer rolls down the main at Ellinor, meeting a westbound Q stopped in the siding. Ellinor is the location where the original ATSF passenger main over... (more)

A "wagon wheel" SD70MAC leads the daily Kansas City, KS to Denver, CO manifest through the small hamlet of Elmdale, on the eastern end of BNSF's La Junta Subdivision.

Rolling through the Flint Hills of east central Kansas, this Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA Z train is doing the maximum authorized timetable speed through Cassoday as the crew onboard draws c... (more)

One of UPs "monster trains", the North Platte, NE to Ft. Worth, TX manifest freight pulls up the 1.14% grade just a few miles north of Moran with 131 loads, 63 empties, 19,167 tons and 1... (more)

Four units have this long Houston, TX to North Platte, NE manifest train well under control as they pass over a small creek.

The Emporia to Wellington local heads up through Matfield Green towards their first work of the night at the refinery in El Dorado.

It's hard to believe it's the year 2017 when two cascade green BN SD60Ms and an orange GP60B lead this Everett to Custer manifest across Chuckanut Bay just south of Bellingham on a remarkably warm... (more)

A short Chicago, IL to Houston, TX Q train leaves Emporia with a UP SD70ACe second out in the consist. UP power is becoming a routine sight on BNSF trains systemwide.

A pair of old school geeps, both still in Santa Fe paint, pull a short 18 car local south to Oklahoma City right before sunset on a rather warm first day of December.

A "silvered up" Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z train highballs west out of Emporia on its trip to the west coast.

The sun is hovering just above the horizon as a late running Kansas City to Denver manifest heads west on it's journey to "The Centennial State".