A rarity on any railroad, Alco RSC-2 1288 rests near the cottonwoods in Ellis, Kansas, between runs on the nearby 124-mile Salina-Colby-Oakley branch. Developed out of an design for U.S. Army, the... (more)

Crawling along at all of 10 MPH through a slow order, UP 9427 heads westbound with an empty windmill train bound for Milliken, Colorado.

The final sunset of 2013 graces the western sky as the LDG88 is tied down in the siding at Ellis, Kansas. Later on during the 1st day of 2014 a crew will be vanned out to the train and take it bac... (more)

UP 1205 slowly rolls down the aging elevator track at Ellis, Kansas as it shoves a tie scrap car back into the spur. The track to the left is part of the old yard at Ellis.

UP 1205 and 557 sit in the siding at Ellis, Kansas with a emergency work train. The train was dispatched following the wreck of the Salina to Denver manifest at Hays, Kansas two days prior.

UP 1205, an old high cab Kennecott Copper unit is the leading unit on the west end of the Hays local. The crew is switching their train around, so they can head back east to Hays to tie up for the... (more)

With the conductor on the shove, the UP 1205 and 2335 begin to shove back to the rest of their train. After putting their train together the crew will take the train to Hays and tie up for the eve... (more)

Train #118, a Denver to Kanasas City accomodation on the Kansas Pacific line makes its station stop in Ellis. In the heyday of rail passenger travel, passengers and even a few townfolk showed up ... (more)