At daybreak, a Westbound NS train passes the 84th Street grade crossing, nearing the end of its trip to NS' Avondale Yard in Kansas City, MO.

Kansas City Southern De Mexico ES44AC #4719 leads an empty Texas Utilities coal train towards BNSF interchange, and eventually, the powder river basin in Wyoming for a refill of "black diamonds." ... (more)

NS 8102, the PRR unit, trails BNSF 5282 on its way to Galesburg, IL after bouncing around the Western end of the BNSF system for the better part of two weeks.

At the peak of a fiery sunrise, a Westbound NS train passes CP Curry - Bound for Avondale/Voltz in Kansas City, MO

A BNSF local train returning from Olathe, KS backs its way under under the BNSF/UP flyovers at Santa Fe Jct on a very windy January day.

Hot UPS & JB Hunt traffic flys eastbound with holiday-peak traffic in tow.

AMTK 42 splits the endangered searchlight signals at CA Jct., MO.

AMTK 311 passes a "saved" MOPAC-era tri-light dwarf signal in the siding at Strasburg, Missouri. This signal was recently re-lit with new LEDs and placed on a new gravel base where it sat before. ... (more)

UP 5992 passes through the small community of Kingsville, Missouri on its way back to the North Antelope Mine on a pleasant fall afternoon.

The serenity of a peaceful Midwestern scene is broken by a BNSF stack train as it rockets towards Argentine Yard, and points west on a humid late summer morning.

A battle worn GE leads a BNSF manifest train over the 84th street grade crossing on it's way into Lincoln on a beautiful July evening.

A pair of American icons, each in their own light, meet at "The Steak House" restaurant and bar for the first and likely last time. The famous "Warbonnet" paint scheme adorns a C44-9W, still earni... (more)

A Grinstein SD70MAC sreams by as the DPU on this loaded taconite train bound for Eagle Pass, Texas.

With 645s howling and the Airchime P3 Screeching, a pair of ex. SP SD40M-2s and an ex MP SD40-2 grind the daily MNA wayfrieght uphill at MP 260. Eventually, the train will return to Carthage Misso... (more)