Sitting pretty in the sun! KCSM 4877 in fresh Retro Belle paint pauses at the fuel rack to take on fuel before continuing south toward Rich Mountain. Wondering if this was the last Retro Belle pai... (more)
Empty unit oil train breaks the silence of New Albin, IA.
Empty unit oil train breaks the silence of Lansing, IA.
Three units brings up the rear of a southbound loaded TXU coal train as they pass Butler Creek in Noel Missouri. Thanks to the drone, I did not have to go out for a swim with all the snakes for th... (more)
Morning Dew at Flint Creek | A few minutes after sunrise on a very pleasant Wednesday, May 31, 2023 morning, CPKC manifest train M261 heads past the Flint Creek Power Plant spur near Gentry... (more)
CPKC 260 crosses Miller's Pond after departing Bluff on the CPKC Marquette Subdivision. Next stop is 60 miles south at Marquette, IA where they will set-out 55 cars.
Yesterday was Taco, erm... Wednesday, on the Huntington Sub, as KCSM 4538 led a westbound manifest. I was still in bed when I received word they were working at N459, the west end of Nampa Yard, a... (more)
I don't think anyone was expecting a lash-up like this out of Galesburg today! KCSM AC4400CW #4555, still in its classic grey ghost scheme, leads a pair of Ferromex locos through Hodgkins, closing... (more)
After cresting the summit at Rich Mountain, KCSM 4537 leads a train around the curve at Eagleton picking up speed as it descends the grade into Mena Arkansas.
A Kansas City Southern de Mexico (now CPKCS) ES44AC shoves the rear of NS 19M just past control point Montgomery.
A Kansas City Southern de Mexico (now CPKCS) ES44AC shoves the rear of NS 19M west through Shawsville, VA.
A pair of Taco Belle's leads a manifest train southbound on the Beaumont Sub on their trek to Mexico.
A loaded oil train rolls upgrade through Rich Mountain on a very nice evening in the Ouachita Mountains.
KCSM 4537 leads the Kansas City to Shreveport manifest through Page Oklahoma on a beautiful afternoon.
KCSM 4093 on a loaded coal climbing Rich Mountain
