Tuesday afternoon, I was able to get out for a little bit to catch the Big Boy rolling into Topeka on its jaunt west from KC. These photos were taken from MP 67 on the Kansas Sub, otherwise known ... (more)

4014 sits quiet in Topeka for the night. She was staged next to a patched SP unit making for the fun photo op.

This afternoon, I shot this light power move in Topeka pulling onto the BNSF Topeka Sub main from the Shops. Although it was running (railroad) west at the time, the train would soon head east to... (more)

BNSF 6580 brings up the markers on their 2018 Holiday Express, as it departs from Topeka. This 15 car train had engines on either end of it (5544 is the other unit), and will be touring the syste... (more)

Thanks to work, travel, and poor weather, I hadn't yet had a chance to photograph this year's beautiful fall color in Kansas, so with nothing on the agenda today and what turned out to be about 90... (more)

UP's brand new Tier 4 SD70 #3059 leads the IDULB 03 onto the ex-RI Golden State route in Topeka, KS. This unit was apparently delivered to the UP in Chicago on 3/31, but was just now making its f... (more)

Just an everyday scene at BNSF's Topeka shops. As often as this scene repeats itself, I rarely stop in to document it. However, while down there for something else, I decided to spend some pixel... (more)

After work on Monday, I caught the UP 1995 in Topeka, KS leading the GSCPWA 27. This train had come up the Golden State route from Herington, hung a left at SJ Jct. in Topeka and pointed itsel... (more)

UP 1943, the Spirit parked west of SJ Jct. in Topeka tonight just long enough for me to fire off one shot. Thankfully, it turned out fairly well. This train was returning to Council Bluffs by way... (more)

Just as the sun was about to hit the horizon tonight, I shot the UP 7702 leading the G-EN4IL 06 off of the "New South" in Topeka, KS for the ex-RI towards Herington.

The "Trek to Tennessee" running as UP Train PKCMV2 29 comes through East Topeka nearing Porubsky's Curve on the UP Kansas Sub. Main Track 2.

Locomotive: UP 844

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After a brief service stop at the Union Pacific Great Overland Station, UP Train PFBKC2 15 departs for Lawrence and KC on the UP Kansas Sub. behind the Living Legend, #844.

Locomotive: UP 84... (more)

What ended up being one of the last moves to traverse the UP Topeka Sub. for a while was UP Train ZG4TU 26, headed west from the "SP Yard" along the Ex-Rock Island Golden State Route. <... (more)

With at Tornado Watch in effect, but still under blue skies, BNSF Train R KAN0051 26I goes about its work near the depot in the Ex-ATSF Yard, kicking cars and building their train. The lead unit ... (more)

A trio of Ex-ATSF Warbonnet Dash-9's sit stored at the BNSF Topeka Shops. You'll be hard pressed to find another side by side by side trio of these just about anywhere else these days.

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