The engine I made my first trip on marked up as a conductor on the UP in 2008 leads UP Train ZMQG4 07 at Junland, passing a dead UP Train QNLIN 07, tied down here since last night.

Three of the few remaining Mo-Pac Signals in the area (on the system for that matter) still protect Charleston Jct. on the UP Chester and Hoxie Subdivisions. This one is the NBCS and routes train... (more)

Coming into the town I resided in from 2005-2007, UP Train MASPB 07 passes the new signals at North Malden, which replaced the Cotton Belt Searchlights earlier this year. This line just doesn't l... (more)

St. Joseph bound UP Train CATSJ 03 heads up the KCT Connection at St. Louis Avenue, where it will climb up into The Gooseneck and utilize trackage rights over the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. to its desti... (more)

UP Armourdale Yard bound NS Train 239 makes the turn at 23rd Street on KCT Track 80 as BNSF Train Y KCM1911 05 starts its day in the distance in BNSF 19th Street Yard.

A recently shopped MAC sits outside Mid-America Car showing off its freshly painted, recently swapped EMD 710 Prime Mover.

After spending time on the Amtrak Exhibit Train on display in KC, the F40PH NPCU, AMTK 406, was put into service on the Missouri River Runners, and leads Amtrak Train #314 east into the morning su... (more)

The Amtrak Exhibit Train arrived at KC Union Station a few hours earlier on the 100th Anniversary of the terminal's opening date, October 30, 1914. The Amtrak Exhibit Train, the NS Exhibit Car, a... (more)

Running down KCT Track 80, BNSF Train C NRMRRS0 62A negotiates the curve at Old Union Depot Interlocking, accompanied by the namesake tower which once controlled the plant.

Thankfully the Oakway SD60's got a new lease on life, and avoided being cremated, scrapped, or otherwise eradicated. Today this one is wearing CN paint and is leading UP Train AFXAS 01 off the Sh... (more)

CN power leads UP Train AFXAS 01 at St. Louis Avenue on the UP KC Metro Sub. at the beginning of its trip to St. Louis. I'd never shot one of the Ex-Oakway SD60's in CN paint until now, even thou... (more)

An SD60-SD60M pair brings UP Train MSIKC 31 east at St. Louis Avenue on the UP KC Metro Sub. in the West Bottoms.

A fine looking pair of SD60M's bring UP Train YKS87 31 past St. Louis Avenue in the KC West Bottoms on the way from UP Neff Yard to UP 18th Street Yard.

Power parked on the KCS Rice Lead just across Front Street from Knoche Yard is the power off Run 39 the night before, and a unit out of Mid-America Car.

Thomas Hill load, BNSF Train C NAMTHH1 90A is about to hammer the CP diamond at Birmingham on the BNSF Brookfield Sub.-NS Kansas City District. These Tommy Hill loads are massive trains, some o... (more)