KCS 4819 leads a CPKC manifest down the C&M sub on the west side of Chicago O'Hare Field.

A single engine at the front and one near the end bring the Q KCNL south along the Pittsburg Sub as the train rolls through a nice broad curve in South Kansas City.

After waiting for westbound traffic on the adjacent Capital Subdivision, K551 is on the move east.

Q KCNL crosses the Blue River, southbound for Pittsburg, KS and points south. This particular train was operating with a 1x1x0 distributed power configuration.

Q KCNL stretches out in a broad curve near the 86th street overpass on the southern edges of Kansas City.

Eastbound empty slab train K551 with a KCS leader, holds on the Old Main Line awaiting a signal to proceed, as the rear of Q217 speeds west on track 1 of the Capital Sub.

Got cloud dinked when this made the southbound run a few days ago as K680. So it was nice that a nice sucker hole timed itself nicely with the cold front passing over the region with clouds and... (more)

CSX coal train N928-18 with loaded GGPX hoppers heads west towards Russell, KY passing the former 34th Street Yard in Ashland, now used by AK Steel as a staging yard for coke hoppers and by Progre... (more)

Looking as if it is straight out of the paint booth, KCS 4819 is in an unusual location, tied down at Glidden, deep in the heart of Kentucky coal country. This "foreign power" was a highlight of ... (more)

KCS 4819 leads an empty slab train by the St. Denis MARC station. K551-25 is headed for Philadelphia and another load of steel slabs bound for Toledo, OH.

Empty slab train K551 hammers east on the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, passing under the new westbound signal bridge at Bailey, as it starts to round the wye towards HB and the west end of the ... (more)

KCS GP40-2 4819 with the KCS Holiday Express test rolling the cars onto the siding to make sure it is clear for the return arrival later that night.