The sun is still barely on the horizon as this eastbound stack train eases its way past approach signal after approach signal on its way towards the Kansas City metro area.
After being ran around by a hot Z train between Ridgeton and Lebo, this westbound 1x2 grain load heads west into the fading sun on the shortest day of the year.
The daily Kansas City, KS to Denver, CO manifest runs west under the old US Highway 50 overpass just west of Lebo as the sun gets ready to slip below the horizon.
A "silvered up" Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z train rolls west by the old grain elevator at Lebo, still in use by a local CO-OP, on the shortest day of the year.