A fast moving eastbounder passing under a decommissioned ATSF signal bridge seen from the new Bayport Avenue bridge. This photo is from the BNSF Marceline Sub.

This BNSF train is headed west on the BNSF Marceline Sub near Ethel, Missouri. In this area there is a little piece of mountain railroading called Cardy Hill where grades approach 1.8 percent.

Most days the BNSF runs alittle shooter Z-train from Willow Springs to Kansas City. Normally it isn't too big, but stays with the hot status, and usually it is a mid-morning train on the Marceline... (more)

A Ferromex ES44AC and a Fakebonnet Dash 9 trail two orange BNSF motors on a westbound manifest passing through Ethel, MO, on BNSF's busy Marceline Subdivision. The classic cantilever and signal br... (more)

The unique cab profile of a General Electric C32-8 shows well in a view from the overpass at mile 332.6 at Ethel, Missouri, as Conrail No. 6020 leads a westbound Santa Fe freight at 4:26 p.m. on t... (more)

This westbound stack train is negotiating a small piece of mountain railroading in Missouri known as Cardy Hill. This hilly area has grades up to 1.8 percent. This shot was taken at Hwy. Z.

An eastbound stack train moving along on the BNSF Southern Transcon at the Bayport Ave. bridge near Ethyl, MO.

An eastbound stack train with five locomotives moving along on the BNSF Southern Transcom at the Bayport Ave. bridge near Ethyl, MO.

UP 8668 is on the point of a UP stack train moving westbound at Ethel, MO. New signals are up along the Marceline Sub but not all have been cut in yet, as seen here at the east Ethel crossover.

First run at Ethel
At 4:31 p.m. on June 16, 1990, Santa Fe GP60M No. 114 makes its first trip west as it curves through Ethel, Missouri. Santa Fe ordered 63 of these custom-designed Nor... (more)

Iron ore Rolling down the old ATSF Main

Old Santa Fe type signals are soon going to be a thing of the past. The BNSF signal gang is working hard to replace these old search light signal bridges and cantilevers on the Marceline Sub. Here... (more)

Spring flowers are in full bloom on this gorgeous spring Missouri morning as a van train cruises eastbound.

Westbound stacks roll through the Missouri countryside approaching Ethel on a beautiful spring day.

With the old signals being an endangered species on the Marceline Sub these days we try to catch as many classic ATSF scenes as we can...here at East Ethel stacks roll west on track 2 into the lat... (more)