A unit salt train out of Hutchinson, KS passes an old elevator at Saffordville on its way east.

A rare SD70ACe (for the transcon) leads a Gulf coast bound empty grain train through the west switch at Gladstone.

The Eddyville, IA to Dalhart, TX corn mash train rolls across the bridge spanning the Cottonwood River 14 miles west of Emporia on BNSF's southern transcon in Kansas.

Another corn mash load from Iowa heads for the Texas Panhandle in the late evening sun.

A dirty and faded GE passes an obvious milepost just west of Herington on the 126 mile journey to the next crew change point at Pratt.

Logistics Park Chicago to Long Beach stacks roll through Gladstone, a location appropriately called "Happy Rock" by several railroaders.

After meeting a monster 10,000+ foot long stack train in the siding at Aikman, this westbound roadrailer proceeds on it's westward (and eventually southward) journey to Saginaw, TX.

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.

A warbonnet leads this Kansas City, KS to Galveston, TX manifest off of the Topeka Subdivision at NR Junction, located on the east side of Emporia.

A Kansas City, KS to Barstow, CA manifest rolls west past the MP121.1 detector and into Chase County as the train will hold at Ellinor for a westbound Z train to run around it.

While oil traffic has declined severely over the past few years, BNSF has made up the loss a little bit by successfully marketing unit sand traffic to fracking operations across the system. One su... (more)

The Western Pacific heritage unit and two others grind up Volland Hill and by the small town of Alta Vista with a heavy manifest freight in tow.

Another run of the mill GEVO, though a somewhat rare ES44AC for the transcon, leads this westbound Q train over a rural grade crossing in east central Kansas.

The only routine southbound train to run on the former MoPac from Paola, KS to Wagoner, OK passes by the unincorporated community of Rose on its way to the American Electric Power "Northeaste... (more)

The Amtrak Veterans unit leads the Silver Star across the St. Lucie Canal.