La Plata, MO, is a quiet rural town of 1,500 people that still hosts a stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief. The towns proximity to the college towns of Kirksville and Columbia draw a considerable nu... (more)
Crispy... BNSF 7889 is set out at La Plata, MO, after catching fire not far from town.
In the last minutes of the sunset, a westbound Gibson Yard, IL, to Mira Loma, CA, auto rack train screams west on the Marceline. UP at times will bring EMD power to the Transcon Main which is nice... (more)
La Plata, Missouri, has a population of about 1300 people, but by virtue of being located along the route of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, it has an Amtrak station stop. The town’s station... (more)
BNSF 7019 is the lone leader on the point of an eastbound stack train blasting through town on a quiet Sunday morning. The bridge abutment to the left is the remnants of the Wabash main to Des Moi... (more)
BNSF 4516 and two other motors lead a hot Z-train east through the La Plata Crossovers still protected with Santa Fe searchlights.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls in for a station stop at La Plata as a storm pushes through to the east.
A pair of EMD SD70s lead a UP autorack train westward out of La Plata Missouri.
The eastbound Southwest Chief hustles towards it's station stop in La Plata. Minutes earlier the train had to stop because of some computer problems with one of the units.
From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Don Morice photo: ATSF 331 leads four other B-units on a westbound freight at La Plata, MO. The bridge in the background is the Wabash line from Moberly, ... (more)
BNSF 788 is the lead motor on a bare table blasting past the Santa Fe-built Amtrak station in La Plata, MO. With the ever-increasing amount of orange on the BNSF, shots like these are getting hard... (more)
Three NS GE's lead a eastbound hopper train towards La Plata Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Sub.
An eastbound stack train rounds a few curves just east of La Plata Missouri.
The engineer in charge of UP's AGBAM 20 gives a quick wave as his train rips through the quiet town of La Plata.
A ghost of the past. A BNSF Warbonnet leads an earth worm out of La Plata, westward for Kansas City and beyond.
