KCSM 4674 leads a loaded grain train through Carl Junction just north of Joplin on a beautiful morning in Missouri.

Solo Seventy | A single EMD SD70AH leads an eastbound intermodal train alongside Guinotte Avenue in Kansas City, MO on the evening of Saturday, November 23, 2024.

BNSF 2744 leads a transfer from the BNSF to the MNA in Joplin.

A westbound manifest crossing Peruque Creek headed toward St. Louis.

Fading Light Power | As daylight fades, a trio of Union Pacific engines roll through the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, MO on a warm Saturday, November 23, 2024 evening.

Saturday Morning Haze | An eastbound intermodal train cruises across the flyover at Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City, MO on the hazy morning of Saturday, November 23, 2024.

As the sun begins to approach the horizon on a warm Saturday, November 23, 2024 afternoon, a westbound Union Pacific manifest train heads through the West Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City, MO a... (more)

West Bottoms Wandering | Beginning its journey down the Fort Scott Subdivision, a southbound coal train headed for the James H Miller Generating Plant in Palos, AL slowly carries loads thro... (more)

Cruising Through KC | On a mild, sunny Saturday, November 23, 2024, a westbound grain train makes its way through downtown Kansas City, MO. Originating in Ransom, IL, this train is approach... (more)

Apparently now owned by MRIX, the former CR 3032 still carries its NS colors while it works with a leased unit. The harvest is just cranking up and business promises to increase dramatically.

Remarks: EMD GP50 derated to 2500 HP and modified with a “unibrow”. I also don’t remember that dampening struct on the trucks of production units. This little town hosts the small ex-SLSF y... (more)

Mulberry Meet | Having just met a northbound manifest train at the Mulberry siding in Burgess, MO - a community adjacent to the town of Mulberry, KS - a southbound train of grain loads cont... (more)

Center Creek Crossing | Mixed power on the head end of an empty grain train crosses the bridge over Center Creek at Carl Junction, MO on the warm evening of Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Newly acquired from guess who, this unit has been delettered but carries no reporting marks. Built for the erstwhile Southern Railway.

With some good directions and benefit of being a little lost we looked up and there was the EB train getting ready to head out to work industries on this remnant of the former Rock Island STL-KC l... (more)