One of the B1-1B SD70ACe units leads an older GE and an intermodal train up the grade out of Neosho.

NB grain empties pass Herzog work train at Neosho, once the site of a helper pocket where diesels were added to southbound trains.

UP ES44AC brings up the rear of an empty coal train in the siding at Dalby, while a KCS Tier 4 Gevo leads grain loads south on the main.

An SD70MAC leads a mixed freight south past a new customer at McElhany - a pole transloading business. Built in November 1999, the 'antique' SD70MAC is a bit of a catch these days on KCS.

Coal loads head south on the main while the nb Pittsburg Dodger sits in the 8,900' passing track behind a nb empty grain train. You can see the Dodger's crew and a bit of the red of their GP.

I have lived right beside mainline railroads a couple times, and it was great. But think about having your own private grade crossing, and then decorating it with a big Ponderosa-style entryway. ... (more)

A sb loaded coal train behind UP power waits on the main for a nb freight to clear on the KCS Shreveport-KC line.

A grain train rolls down the valley alongside Shoal Creek. That odd-looking contraption is a high-water warning signal.

Unit coal behind an SD70ACe passes m.o.w. train behind an SD70MAC.

After a meet between two mixed freights, a crew member climbs aboard his southbound's lead loco after giving the northbound a roll-by.

KCS freight crosses BNSF at Neosho, MO. Just ahead is McElhany grade, which will test the two locos up front, and the additional diesel on the rear of the rain.

The dodger works Neosho customers using a pair of geeps, with an ex-PC unit in the lead.

After letting the Pittsburg dodger (long-distance local in KCS parlance) slip into the passing track, the engineer aboard the lead ACe of a PRB coal train is restarting his train.

BNSF uses a one-and-one power set-up to take a long train of turbine components across the old SL-SF main.

Coal loads behind BNSF power wait on the main while two geeps take a short Pittsburg Dodger into the 8,900' passing track at Dalby.