A pair of SD70Ms head through the West Bottoms section of Kansas City, Missouri, as it departs Armourdale Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on March 4th, 2016.

BNSF Railway SD75M 272 sits at Mid-America Car in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3rd, 2016. Built as Burlington Northern Santa Fe 8272 in February 1996, it was later renumbered (by removing the ... (more)

ex-IC 9360

A Gateway Western local heads west through Santa Fe Junction on its way back to Mill Street Yard. The mid-90s were a last stand of sorts for the Kansas City railfanning scene. Many railroads whi... (more)

A colorful lashup in Kansas CIty

The KCT GP39-2 pair lead a transfer from the KCS through Santa Fe Jct. and heading for Mill St. Yard.

A nicely painted switcher doing its mundane duties. Photo by Gary Zeitler.

Two years ago Missouri Pacific asked the ICC for permission to drop number 16, the Missouri River Eagle. But on April 26, 1965, the train known to local railroaders as the “Bird,” is still fly... (more)

On Friday night, I ran out to Kansas City to photograph the NS 8099, the Southern Heritage unit, and after it tucked itself away in the yard, my other half and I were heading out to the City Marke... (more)

UP train using KCT trackage rights Sheffield interlocking

Ordered by the Rock Island, sold to the North Western.

A pair of KCS geeps lead a transfer from Knoche toward BNSF's Argentine Yard. The transfer is passing under the massive 12 St Viaduct that connects the West Bottoms to downtown KC.

Coal empties slowly traverse the curving mainline tracks in the west bottoms area of KC being lead by an all EMD swooshed consist with the famous vomit bonnet riding second out.

Looking like a long brown worm, this BNSF grain train uses the Argentine Connection flyover to glide over the numerous ground level interlockings below as it heads east through the Kansas City.

A trio of BNSF GE's lead a stack train west across the KCT and past Union Station.