April doesn't normally mean snow showers. An unusual wet heavy mid-April snow storm yesterday evening has everything covered in slush and snow this morning. That doesn't stop the endless container... (more)

Bnsf 4713 Hammers on a eastbound as they near La Plata Mo.

BNSF 7749 leads. DDG train eastbound though the signals at La Plata, Missouri.

Bnsf 7590 rumbles into La Plata Mo, Passing the soon to be replaced Santa Fe signal bridge. Not long after this shot did the bridge come down ending an era at La Plata.

The La Plata station is welcoming to patrons of the Southwest Chief.

A Ft. Madison to Marceline dodger works customers at La Plata, MO.

Westbound Conrail and ATSF run through freight passes La Plata, MO depot.

The Ft. Madison to Marceline dodger works customers at La Plata, MO.

West of the town of La Plata Mo, BNSF 6916 leads a westbound stack train through the rural farmlands of Missouri.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight blasts past the Amtrak station in La Plata Mo on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The depot was built in 1945 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and still sees ... (more)

Amtrak #4, the Southwest Chief is about to come to a stop in the little town of La Plata Mo on the BNSF transcon. The train will terminate its journey upon arrival into Chicago Union Station later... (more)

BNSF 4392 east through La Plata, MO past the Amtrak station in the morning hours.

Glint light shines off this eastbound empty sand train as they blast thru La Plata. La Plata is located at MP 313 on the Marceline Sub in north-central Missouri. It is amazing how many units train... (more)

A BNSF train heads east on the BNSF Marceline Sub. Here its passing the little town of La Plata Missouri ..

BNSF 5360 glides down the hill into La Plata, Missouri in the early morning hours.