A&S 2205 leads the daily transfer over to Saint Louis Mo.
Busy times at Birmingham Jct. Wamx pulls a cut of cars west meanwhile Ns 224 waites to pull ahead and shove into Voltz yard.
UP on NS heading to UP NS 115 hanging the left at North Chicago Junction with a pair of UP GEs as they're making their way to Union Pacific's 18th Street Yard on the other side of the Kan... (more)
UP 7817 is shoving on the rear of a tank car train diverginig on to the BNSF Fort Scott Sub as a BNSF Stack Track climbs the Argentine Flyoer headed for Argentine Yard. UP has trackage rights... (more)
A friendly wave and horn from the engineer acknowledge the photographer as the Texas Eagle makes an on time departure from St. Louis towards its final destination of Chicago, IL.
About an hour before thunderstorms would arrive on this hot 95-degree afternoon, BNSF 4678 passes by the Kansas City Union Depot with a string of grain cars.
Sitting at what was once the largest passenger and freight station in the world with 32 tracks for service, RPCX 738 and some passenger cars sit on the few remaining tracks that barely see service... (more)
BNSF 4598 west with an Ash Train heads west towards Argentine Yard while a coal train from Juliette, GA/NS comes off the Fort Scott heading towards Murray.
Although KCS's flag has fallen, I was able to get a nearly 'pure' image of the railroad (spoiled by one CP interloper hidden behind the fuel rack), with Kansas City in the background. This is, in ... (more)
Pair of consecutively numbered SD40Ns lead the transfer run to CP Knoche Yard.
Wabash EMD E8 1012 leads a seven car train at Thompson Missouri in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
DPUs from a BNSF manifest to Argentine Yard passes through the old Union Station area westbound.
BNSF Manifest preparing to head north over the Kansas River, and on towards Minnesota.
On a 95-degree hot afternoon, a BNSF Z Train heads west by the KC Union Station.
Night In KCY. The Amtrak Southwest Chief (Train #3) arrived on the evening of August 3, 2016 with an even larger consist than usual. With the Amtrak Exhibit Train on its way to Pueblo, Colo... (more)