On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)

Photo by Gary Zeitler, from my collection. Scapegoat?Maybe. A major wreck was determined to be caused by the trucks, at high speed, so the entire class was scrapped (oops, recycled). I have to ... (more)

Photo by Gary Zeitler. From my collection.

At Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in Kansas City, Missouri, several UP machinists wrestle with a drawbar after installing new draft gear in the front of UPY EMD GP15-1 No. 697 o... (more)

With dynamic brake grids needing replacing in Union Pacific GE C44-9W No. 9666, a machinist in UP’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility prepares to perform this maintenance up on the access panels o... (more)

BNSF Railway train Y-KCM3461-04 approaches Santa Fe Junction as it rolls through the city’s West Bottoms District. This trackage is owned by Kansas City Terminal (their North-South Corridor). ... (more)

A lineup of traction motors and other locomotive parts can be found in the main shop at Mid-America Car. Taken with permission on a guided shoot.

If you like old warehouses and other industrial (and repurposed) buildings? Head to Kansas City’s West Bottoms area, where Union Pacific SD70Ms 4996 and 5107, departing Armourdale Yard across t... (more)

Back in the day when a name would suffice. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler.

BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 4676 and 470 bring train Q-CHIPHX6-07 through downtown Kansas City (as if you couldn't tell from the iconic Western Auto sign). This Guaranteed Service Intermodal train is headi... (more)

A freshly repaired AC44 rests outside Mid-America Car under threatening skies.

A drop table operator checks the progress of a new axle being switched out on Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4831. The locomotive is having its fifth wheel set/motor assembly replaced at UP’s Kansa... (more)

A pair of BNSF Railway locals meet on the Norfolk Southern’s Kansas City District (of the Illinois Division), which connects to the BNSF Brookfield Sub just to the left of here … BNSF GP39E 29... (more)

BNSF 1102 in the Heritage 1 scheme is seen leading a freight off the Ft Scott sub at BN Xing and will be ending up in Murray Yard shortly.

Southbound unit coal. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler. From my collection.