AUGUSTA KS Feb 17 1985 — Santa Fe B23-7 6355 rolls through Augusta with a mixed freight. The unit was built by GE in April 1978. It became BNSF 4212 on Feb 14 2000. I believe it is still operati... (more)

“Wow, that thing is really loud” I can imagine our little spectator saying as yet another westbound stack train roars by this busy crossing just north of where the Transcon and the Texas lines... (more)

A country mile east of Wichita is the small community of Augusta that rates a very nice ATSF station on the Transcon. This eastbound passing the station on a summer morning is lead by 3 Superfleet... (more)

BNSF7922 leads a stack train under C.P. 1853 in Augusta, Kansas.

BNSF6505 leads a Z train westbound near M.P. 181.5 on the Emporia Subdivision.

The sun is fading fast as the 18 car O-TOPBEL1 28A rolls through E. Salter near Augusta, Kansas.

BNSF Westbound Doublestack Train at Augusta, Ks. on BNSF'S Emporia Sub

BNSF Westbound Grain Train at Augusta, Ks. on BNSF'S Emporia Sub

BNSF Westbound Doublestack Train at Augusta, Ks. on BNSF'S Emporia Sub with a Warbonnet C44-9W leading a BN Cascade Green SD40-2

Notice the rain on the rails being sprayed off by the front wheels

This ex-passenger unit is southbound at Augusta

The tower was closed a couple of years after this shot.