The Santa Fe Trail was used from 1821-1880, it was a major artery for expansion westward during the "Manifest Destiny" days. I wonder which mode of transportation replaced these trails? Some Santa... (more)

Waiting for the ok to head west as the sun hangs low. Oil wells are frequent in this area, on a calm day one can hear them ticking away as they pump up this ever so demanded resource

Two stack trains wait side by side. The delay I'm assuming is from the tie replacement going on south of Hutchinson

Eastbound speeding towards McPherson.

Perfect morning as a stack races east to McPherson, another busy day on the Herington Sub. The ICIBP intermodel train is almost always rerouted off the Herington Sub at Hutchinson and proceeds on ... (more)

Short autorack gets the order to stop just before the Apache Road crossing, mow crews have been replacing ties between McPherson and Hutchinson for the past week.

Mike Rich taking over the world, that's what is written on the nose by im assuming Mike Rich himself, the first photograph taken with my new Canon 400D with 28-135 lense.

844 is resting on the old MoPac track coming out of the yard. It is laying over and then coninuing its journey tomorrow morning.

I didnt catch it at first but someone doesnt think too highly of good old UP. Look closely to the left of the nose light.

After stopping in McPherson for 10 minutes a westbound autorack with a KCS unit in the mix picks up speed.

Not surprising, AC4400's dominate the consist on this grain train with one 9043Mac

Very short manifest follows soon after a westbound stack.

After a meet with an eastbound autorack at Galva siding, a GEVO leads a stack towards McPherson.

Eastbound finally arrives with a SD60M leading the way.