Light engines head through Topeka with the UP 949 in tow.

A pair of GP's work Langley's Recycling in downtown Topeka.

Parked under the view of the Santa Fe Unclaimed Freight building and the Topeka Shops smoke stack, AMTK 406 is tied down with the Amtrak Exhibit train.

Rock Island rebuilt motor car 9090 into a self-propelled weed sprayer; note the booms on the side that swing out. It was photographed with its tank car of herbicide at Topeka, Kansas

A pair of Amtrak heritage units leads a 3 hour late #4 into its station stop in the state capital of Kansas. Photo taken by a railroad employee wearing the prescribed PPE.

Led by an F and two E units, Rock Island's "Golden State Limited" rushes into Topeka, Kansas where it will cross the Kansas River and enter Union Pacific trackage rights for the run to Kansas City... (more)

With E8 653 and a passenger Geep, Rock Island's mail Train 39 "Imperial" with one coach leaves Topeka, Ks. on a dreary Nov. 5, 1966. At Tucumcari, N.M., Rock Island will hand the train over to SP... (more)

UP 7752 leads an eastbound manifest towards the start of double track at Soldier Creek northwest of Topeka, Kansas.

Walt Evans photo.

On the afternoon of September 20th, I ran by BNSF's Topeka, KS shops, and found their Hydrogen powered switcher #1205 sitting outside with its hood removed, giving us a rare view of it's innards. ... (more)

Union Pacific eastbound freight prepares to depart Topeka Yard after making a set out and pick up. Leading the train are passenger units E9A 910, B-units 957B-910B-955B-962B, and Geep 229.

MP Topeka local preparing to depart the capitol city for points east

Tonight's M KCKEMP features a trio of SD60M's that have been running between Hutchinson and Kansas City for the last week or two. The 74 axles that make up tonight's train include a KRL depressed-... (more)

After leaving its last stop at Topeka, Ks. with three E7s, Rock Island's Train 4 Golden State Limited is eastbound passing by "Calhoun Bluffs" on Union Pacific trackage rights en route Kansas City... (more)