A BNSF stack train negotiates Cardy Hill in northern Missouri. I'm not sure what town to say this is because there is nothing around for miles. It's certainly interesting to hear the dynamic bra... (more)

A BNSF stack train tops the hill at Medill just after dawn.

A westbound UP stack train is passing in front of the old Marceline station, which is now the Walt Disney Hometown Museum.

A tired old dash 8 pounds along climbing the grade out of the Des Moines River Valley on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The train is about to the top at Revere and will pickup alittle speed, trying hard ... (more)

A Galesburg to Kansas City freight lumbers along thru the northern Missouri countryside. The train is working west on the BNSF Marceline Sub. A pair of KCS motors were a neat treat for us on a nor... (more)

The UP only runs a pair of trains over the trackage rights agreement they have with BNSF. These trains run in and out of G4 and operate over the BNSF Transcon towards KC. Usually, the westbound is... (more)

Bnsf 8381 Takes a Hot Z1 West down the Marceline Sub.

BNSF Railway train Q-SBDCHI6-16K, ferrying containers from San Bernardino CA to Chicago IL; traverses eastward on Kansas City Terminal's East-West Corridor through downtown KC. BNSF ES44C4 6636, ... (more)

Amtrak Train #31, the westbound National Limited, arrives at the iconic Kirkwood Depot.

A street fair is interrupted by a heavy manifest as it crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri.

Belles After Dark | As the 11 o'clock hour nears, southbound CPKC intermodal train I180 crosses the Elk River at Ginger Blue, MO on a cool Saturday, April 20, 2024 evening. Just behind the ... (more)

Bnsf 7259 has just brough the H-NTWTUL into town. Surprise visitor 2nd out and a long way from home rails.

The Southwest Chief rolls along authorized for 90 mph across most of the Marceline Sub. The train will have to slow to 50 mph for the curves down into the Des Moines River Valley here in a few mil... (more)

A meet on the Hannibal Sub at Gibb.

On a rare visit to the Kansas City area, a quartet of GM&O SD-40s have uncoupled from their train, likely #91, and are headed back to the engine house. The SD-40s were purchased by the GM&O to ha... (more)