ARGENTINE KS May 1976 -- The hostler guides bookend paint scheme SD45 5512 away from the shops.

It's a race! Not really, but both trains are moving. We are west of Kansas City in March of 1995, and we heard 2 sets of horns blowing for a crossing west of us. Fortunately, the faster train led ... (more)

Standing in Missouri and Photographing in Kansas

BNSF Railway GP39-2R 2761 and SD40-2 1747 wait with a transfer run of intermodal cars at CP Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City, Kansas,... (more)

UP 1988, the Katy Heritage unit, leads a California-bound stack train off the highline and into Armourdale Yard for a crew change before heading for the Golden State Route.

The UP 844 creeps away past a lineup of modern UP power at Armourdale Yard in Kansas City, Kansas.

UP 1988, the Katy Heritage unit, leads a California-bound stack train off the highline and into Armourdale Yard for a crew change before heading for the Golden State Route.

BNSF 580 leads a BNSF SD40-2 and a pair of UP SD40N's west toward 18th St Yard from UP's Neff Yard.

BNSF 580 leads a BNSF SD40-2 and a pair of UP SD40N's west toward 18th St Yard from UP's Neff Yard.

UP 7005, an ex-GECX motor, is on the point of a loaded coal train tied down at Armourdale awaiting a crew for the trip east.

KANSAS CITY KS March 10 1979 -- Frisco U25B 821, GP38-2s 471 and 677 round a curve. The 821 was part of an order of U25Bs which were the first new units delivered in Mandarin orange and white. KC ... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 -- Norfolk and Western SD35 1502 leads a UP mixed freight with the Kansas City skyline as a backdrop.

Sometimes the railfans get lucky! The R-BSIM 24 sits at Armourdale awaiting a new crew to take it east. The UP 1989 and the UP 1983 just happened to be stuck together a couple weeks prior and the ... (more)

A pair of brand new Tier 4 NS GE's have just wyed at Santa Fe Jct after delivering their train to the BNSF at Argentine Yard. The power will now run right back to Avondale in North KC.

A BNSF manifest points east at BNSF's Kansas City Yard as it awaits a crew with a cascade green SD60M on point.

UP SD40-2 No.3339 was changed to trailing-unit status on February 10, 1992 by removal of the cab signals, refrigerator, toilet, and cab seats, and renumbered with a "B" prefix to B333... (more)