After rounding one leg of the wye at SJ Jct., the UP 6270 kindly paused on the ex-Rock Island bridge over the Kansas River to allow for some mainline traffic to pass ahead of it. While the brid... (more)
A few miles east of Lawrence, KS on the UP Kansas Sub, the late afternoon light just seemed to 'pop' on the scene in front of me while I waited on the westbound parade to arrive. The farmhouse in... (more)
On the afternoon of September 20th, I ran by BNSF's Topeka, KS shops, and found their Hydrogen powered switcher #1205 sitting outside with its hood removed, giving us a rare view of it's innards. ... (more)
On September 3, 2013 Amtrak's Phase III heritage unit #145 left Chicago on the point of #3, and is seen here parked at Kansas City Union Station. As of the time of this writing, the train should b... (more)
Clean NS heritage units on the point on a sunny Saturday afternoon? Yes, please. That was also the opinion of MANY of the local railfans, with a thorough caravan chasing the V-BIRKCK through the s... (more)
After pulling north into Kansas City earlier in the day, the KCS 1 is seen pulling south towards Pittsburg, KS near the tiny town of Amsterdam, MO. While not exactly mountainous, this area has ce... (more)
The KCKEMP has finished its work in the Lawrence, KS yard, and is getting ready to proceed west towards Topeka and Emporia. Here, it pauses just outside of the Amtrak depot as the switches behind... (more)
This ex-BN SD60M #8131 has been rebuilt and repainted for yard service at RELCO in Albia, IA. It's HP has been derated, and had RC equipment installed, along with the electronic brake, while losi... (more)
Well, after 18 years of being out on the road, I finally caught El Diablo. It's the trailing unit on the M-KCKEMP, which had to tie down, and leave their train on the siding, affording me this vi... (more)
A great looking trio of ex-BN SD60M's roll west towards Topeka and Emporia on this winter afternoon shot just east of Lawrence, KS. Having grown up watching the BN in the late 80's and 90's, thi... (more)
