A pair of GEVO's lead an "earthworm", BNSF Train X EAPVNG9 01A west up the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. at Clark.

Locomotive: BNSF 6720, BNSF 5863

5-4-16
Riverside, MO

A matched set of GEVO's bring empties on KCS Train G-KCSR-04 up the hill at MP 477 of the KCS Mexico Sub. headed for Corder, MO.

Locomotives: KCS 4786, KCS 4772, KCS 4816, KCS 4817

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On the heels of the Z Train ahead, BNSF Train Q CHILAC6 28 swings around the 55 MPH curve at Neosho Rapids behind a quartet of orange GE's using Main Track 2 of the BNSF Emporia Sub.

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Running "wrong main", BNSF Train H KCKBAR9 28 makes its way down Main Track 2 of the BNSF Emporia Sub. as BNSF Train VPHXKCK4 26 makes its way east on 1 behind BNSF 8110 and BNSF 7332. ... (more)

The dilapidated but sill standing Rock Island Freight House soaks up the last rays of the day before sunset adjacent to the UP Trenton Yard.

4-27-16
Trenton, MO

This former Cotton Belt unit came into town from UP Leeds Yard in Kansas City on UP Train MLETN 25, and will head back tomorrow on the MTNLE 28, and soaks up the sun after a line of severe thunder... (more)

Passing through a brief period of sunlight between a line of storms receeding to the east and sunset, UP Train AGBML 27 blasts by the Ex-Rock Island Depot on the UP Trenton Sub. portion of The Spi... (more)

What ended up being one of the last moves to traverse the UP Topeka Sub. for a while was UP Train ZG4TU 26, headed west from the "SP Yard" along the Ex-Rock Island Golden State Route. <... (more)

With at Tornado Watch in effect, but still under blue skies, BNSF Train R KAN0051 26I goes about its work near the depot in the Ex-ATSF Yard, kicking cars and building their train. The lead unit ... (more)

A trio of Ex-ATSF Warbonnet Dash-9's sit stored at the BNSF Topeka Shops. You'll be hard pressed to find another side by side by side trio of these just about anywhere else these days.

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A pair of Ex-Santa Fe Warbonnets sit in repose at the BNSF Topeka Shops in storage. The 662 has had paint repairs since the merger and sports BNSF on the cigar band and an orange air conditioner,... (more)

A pair of SD40N rebuilds take UP Train MKCSJ 23 past the CB&Q Searchlight Signals at CP Clarke on the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. Aside from the PTC antennas in the background, the SD40-2's and signals ... (more)

A BNSF switch engine slumbers the night away at 10th Street Yard as the KC Skyline forms a backdrop above the equipment.

Locomotive: BNSF 2358

4-22-16
North Kansas City, MO

Screaming through my alma mater town of Drexel is KCS Train XW-KCPB-16 hugging the Kansas State Line through town on the KCS Pittsburg Sub. past the elevator. From here the train will proceed sou... (more)

Now clicking off the KCS Pittsburg Sub. at about a 90 second per mile rate, KCS Train XW-KCPB-16 rolls downhill through East 259th Street just south of Cleveland.

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