A long abandoned feed mill still watches over the scene as an empty grain train slowly rolls east alongside US Highway 50.
ATSF Kodachrome 5814 brings a train thru Strong City, KS in June of 1989.
The restored Santa Fe Depot is smoked out by BNSF Train M AMSGAL1 29A passing through town accelerating out of a slow order on the BNSF La Junta Sub. Locomotives: BNSF 7851, BNSF 727, BNSF 4058... (more)
Right after sunrise an empty grain train nears the quiet town of Strong City where it will meet a westbound manifest.
Dawn at the west siding switch Strong City where searchlights still guard the former Santa Fe mainline.
The La Junta Subdivision still sports sidings with jointed rail as this eastbound manifest rolls east towards Kansas City and eventually it's destination of Galesburg, IL.
UP 6485 pulled to a stop at the Strong City depot while the crew attempted to run and get some groceries, but the store was closed, so he came back empty-handed. However, he was happy to give me e... (more)
