The daily Parsons-St Louis freight passes through Nevada, MO behind a trio of minimally-patched ex-CR/PC GP40s.

A nice gathering of power is lined up at Missouri-Kansas-Texas’ Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, and brighten up a dreary and cold December 8, 1985. All EMDs, Nos. 601, 624 and 629 are SD4... (more)

Classy Katy signage faces the street on the yard office at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 8, 1985.

I’m not sure exactly how old this Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines semi trailer is, but it was still being used for storage in the railroad’s Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 8, 1... (more)

A coal train led by Katy EMD GP39-2 No. 379 waits at West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri, for an apposing light engine move of Katy SD40-2 No. 626 to pass by on December 8, 1985. Trailing locomo... (more)

M-K-T EMD SD40-2 #617. A Mike Bledsoe photo.

The Katy had a number of Baldwin switchers on the roster right up to the end that were re-engined with EMD prime movers in the early '60's. This DS4-4-1000 was built by Baldwin in 1946. Everything... (more)

Set of power MKT Parsons engine facility

MKT northbound (railroad east) is running on Rock Island tracks at Holdenville, Oklahoma, in July 1978. The primary traffic for this train was scrap metal. F3A 70-A leads the charge, wearing a c... (more)

A southbound loaded coal train navigates past an arm of Lake Eufaula in July 1985. The lead unit was leased from Morris-Knudsen, while the three UP engines have come from the mines in Wyoming. T... (more)

MKT GP40 No.243 Ex-Conrail No.3133. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

MKT Wide Vision Caboose. Built by the International Car Company in 1966, No.109 and 24 identical units, numbered 100-124. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

Six MKT GP39-2's waiting for their next road assignment, April 14, 1987. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.