On the former Rock Island main line to Limon, an eastbound Kyle grain train switches grain cars at Flagler, Colorado, on May 6, 2014. Kyle EMD SD45T-2 No. 3099 is the repainted former Southern Pac... (more)

The Kyle Railroad has replaced the Cadillac & Lake City as the operator of the former Rock Island across Kansas, bringing former SP&S #320 for motive power.

A former SP Tunnel Motor resting in the MNA yard in Carthage, MO.

A trio of former Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead a KYLE train across the desolate Kansas landscape.

A trio of former Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead a KYLE train across the desolate Kansas landscape.

A proud pup and his tunnel motors.

Night falls on the open prarie in far northern Kansas as a trio of Southern Pacific tunnel motors drag an enormous train over the former Rock Island mainline to Colorado.

Sunset fades away over desolate northern Kansas as a Kyle westbound wanders across the prarie with a long train for Limon, Colorado in tow. The classic Southern Pacific tunnel motors are reflecte... (more)

With an unbelievable lashup of three Southern Pacific tunnel motors, a Kyle Railroad westbound rounds the curve at Almena, KS as storm clouds loom over the prarie behind the train.

KYLE 3204 leads the southbound MNA local as they pass a bluff along the White River in Northern Arkansas.

Formally MNA 2760, KYLE 3207 leads the Northbound MNA local as it rounds the curve in Calico Rock.

UTAH 5004 and company are tied down on the ex-Missouri Pacific rails east of Concordia, KS.

An eastbound Kyle grain train storms out of Flagler, Colorado, after switching the elevator there on May 6, 2014. This location is on the former Rock Island main line to Limon. In this view, Kyle ... (more)

After a 30-inch snowstorm, Kyle plow MWK 06 zips through the white stuff as the extra works west on the Phillipsburg Subdivision west of Brewster, Kansas, on January 2, 2007.

Three former Southern Pacific SD45T-2s drag a train across rural Kansas.