Still in primer awaiting its turn for a coat of famous yellow paint, UP 2533 sits outside Mid-America Car, and was at the time UP's newest locomotive on the roster (and by default their newest GE)... (more)

With the rear end still on the Hannibal Bridge, BNSF Train G CBLPLX9 21A drops down onto KCT Track 80 at 12th Street on the KCT North-South Corridor.

Locomotives: BNSF 6428, BNSF 7558

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Manifest freight UP Train MKCCB 21 splits the Rock Island abutments and embankment from when a flyover for their Topeka-St. Joseph line spanned the Mo-Pac here. Hard to believe that some of these... (more)

A trio of GE's lead UP Train UEDPDG 17 past South Shannon into some great afternoon light on the UP Falls City Sub.

Locomotives: UP 7877, UP 6577, UP 9338

3-21-15
Shannon, KS

After a grass fire along the right of way was extinguished and the all clear was given, northbound trains stated flowing, starting with UP Train CTUBT 19 negotiating the undulating terrain of the ... (more)

BNSF Train C RWMDOL0 25C eases to a stop at the Armour Crossovers for traffic ahead as BNSF Train H KCKLIN3 21A stops at West Armour. Did I mention it's busy up here today?

Locomotives: BNS... (more)

BNSF Train H KCKLIN3 21A passes one of the few cantilever CB&Q Searchlight Signals ever installed within Missouri, and to my knowledge the last one remaining in the state. It narrowly missed a pr... (more)

Eastbound grain shuttle UP Train GSJOMR 21 is exercising trackage rights established between St. Joseph and Kansas City by the BNSF and Union Pacific after the branch from here to Atchison was dev... (more)

Wagon wheel SD70MAC leads an oil load, BNSF Train U STNSAP0 38T past East Leavenworth on the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. and the CB&Q Searchlights that surely aren't long for this world with the looming ... (more)

A pair of EMD's move UP Train YFX82 21 down the Omaha Main on the UP KC Metro Sub. The leader exhibits an uncommon and early variation of the UP lightning stripe paint scheme, in that the color s... (more)

BNSF Train C BTMPAT0 03A comes down The Coal Route, BN 2 with more of the route specified commodity for the deep south.

Locomotives: BNSF 8451, BNSF 9888

3-21-15
Kansas City, MO

A clean pair of ACe's lead BNSF Train C ATMRRS0 17A, the Red Rock Coal Train down KCT Track 81 at 23rd Street.

Locomotives: BNSF 8433, BNSF 9091

3-21-15
Kansas City, MO

Stored units look forlorn at the UP Armourdale Yard diesel shop. UP has placed a number of Dash-8's and SD60 variants back into storage for the time being. The SD38-2 is here for wheel truing. ... (more)

An RCO job works the TTX RIP track at NS Avondale Yard with an Ex-Southern High Hood GP38-2. Now there's one type of engine that I really haven't gotten used to being around on a regular basis. ... (more)

The class UP C40-8, and the first one ever built is seen outside the fence at Mid-America Car. It carries the GE builder number 45549 and was built in November 1987. It's wearing its second coat... (more)