A BNSF Dash 9 and ES44C4 lead an oil train as it snakes its way through the Kansas City West Bottoms over Kansas City Terminal Railway trackage.

New Passing the Old. Big Boy on Display at Union Station. People from Far and Wide came to see Big Boy 4014 at Union Station.

A Southbound UP Manifest passes through Leeds.

Awaiting renumbering and repainting, a GM&O Redbird waits for its next assignment.

Eastbound transfer at Lydia Avenue.

Westbound manifest at Lydia Avenue.

DRGW units were relatively new to Kansas City having attained entry using the former MoPac line from Pueblo, CO.

Firsco Baldwin no. 234, a VO-1000, four stack version, rolls a load of Dodge Rams and some tank cars past a tower labeled "Old Union Depot Interlocking" in Kansas City, MO in March 1972.... (more)

A southbound KCS manifest is nearing the end of its climb out of the Missouri River Valley onto Blue Ridge.

What used to be the hump yard at UP's now-shuttered Neff Yard in Kansas City, MO is now packed to the gills with units that are now considered to be surplus. Shutting down humps and storing locom... (more)

BNSF 8178 flies through the heart of Kansas City

A pair of Union Pacific GEVO's pull a loaded coal train as it heads through the West Bottoms of Kansas City. The train is passing through the K901 St. Louis Ave. Control Point and under the Forres... (more)

BNSF 8235 leads a stack train featuring the golden swoosh past Kansas City Union Station

Like so many others, I was out at Union Station Kansas City Inc. on Sunday night to watch the arrival of Union Pacific's Big Boy. After cutting its train in half, the 4014 backed onto one of Unio... (more)