203 heads south in the evening light just after crossing the Potomac River.

An eastbound intermodal crosses the ex-Rock Island track on the directional running portion of the Transcon. The now Union Pacific track splits off the Golden State Route at Herrington and passes ... (more)

No better time of day than sunrise with the nice light and cool weather.

Just a normal scene on the busy Transcon. Two intermodal trains meet in downtown Emporia.

Just another eastbound on the directional running segment of the Transcon between Mulvane and Ellinor.

A detoured empty coal train heads west on the Transcon near Newton. These coal trains have been a double plus this summer. They break up the monotony of eastbound trains as well as all the stacks ... (more)

Santa Fe a third of the way..... But it's leading and doesn't look too shabby. I'll take it any day over all the orange.

An early morning autorack passes by the only green things in Kansas, fields of soybeans.

A CP trackage rights train passes under a restricting signal at the Waterloo Amtrak "station" to cross over to the other main to head north on the Huntington District at Butler.

A fast flying van train breaks the silence of the cool morning in an otherwise hot, muggy Ohio summer day.

The tri-weekly train passes through Hesston going the slowest speed you may ever see on welded rail. The Union Pacific upgraded this branch after they bought Missouri Pacific to haul coal trains. ... (more)

The K&O pulls it's string of tank cars up out of the Emma Creek "valley" in Hesston on it's return trip to McPherson after interchanging with the BNSF in Newton.

Restored ATSF 3415 appears out of the trees as it reaches its turn around point at Enterprise.

BNSF's Employee Appreciation Special waits at the Newton depot as employees and their families board the train. This is the 6 o'clock trip that will depart west towards Hutchinson and Abbyville wh... (more)