With three GE units on the head end, a northbound manifest train cruises by the old depot - now a museum - in the middle of Mena, AR mid-morning on a hot and humid Sunday, June 26, 2022.

After meeting a westbound train at Tiger, an eastbound unit train heads across the Verdigris River just west of Verdigris, OK on a hot and humid June 22, 2022 evening.

With the sun having been up for less than an hour, a BNSF manifest train rolls past Union Station in Kansas City, MO on a warm Sunday, June 19, 2022.

The sun rises over Kansas City, MO on June 19, 2022 where the Santa Fe's celebratory Bicentennial unit number 5704 rests on display next to Union Station. Only five ATSF units were originally pain... (more)

Led by an AC4400CW and an ES44AC, a KCS grain train heads north across the Elk River near Ginger Blue, MO on the bright morning of June 13, 2022.

Three units push on the rear of a southbound Union Pacific coal train in Heavener, OK late in the day on June 6, 2022. Having attempted to - but failed at - catching the KCS business train one las... (more)

The Kansas City Southern business special heads south through Poteau, OK on June 6, 2022. This particular running of the business train included five Canadian Pacific cars on the rear.

Southbound manifest train MKCSH-6 rolls through Poteau, OK on the afternoon of June 6, 2022. In the background - due east from Poteau - are the Sugar Loaf Mountains, a small group of peaks on the ... (more)

A unit oil train from Canada heads south on the Kansas City Southern main line, crossing the Elk River in Ginger Blue, MO on a warm June 6, 2022.

The sun shines on a southbound crude oil train near Asbury, MO on June 6, 2022. Canadian Pacific periodically sends these unit trains south to a refinery on the Gulf Coast, connecting with the Kan... (more)

A few clouds roll in on an otherwise sunny Monday, June 6, 2022 morning as the Kansas City Southern business special cruises past a group of grain bins in the commmunity of Stotesbury, MO. Having ... (more)

The last rays of sun fall over the Gentry Cemetery as a southbound KCS grain train clears the Flint Creek signal in Gentry, AR on June 2, 2022.

An AC4400CW and two SD70ACe units lead southbound KCS manifest train MKCSH through the center of Gentry, AR on a warm and breezy May 29, 2022.

About an hour after midnight on May 23, 2022, a southbound KCS manifest train crosses the Illinois River at Watts, OK. Just ahead, visible to the right of the bridge structure, the signal at the n... (more)

Darkness falls over the Illinois River in Watts, OK as a northbound empty oil train heads north on a cool May 22, 2022 evening. I've seen trains at this location many times, but this was my first ... (more)