KCSM 4654 (ES44AC) leads southbound CPKC manifest 248 past the Metra station in Lake Forest, IL.

Open spaces, all stretched out. KCSM 4665 and KCS 4139 lead a Brownton, MN to Keyes, CA grain train. On the left of the image you can see all the way back to the Wasatch Mountain range (Salt Lake ... (more)

My favorite shot of the chase, was my final one of the evening. The train is on the grade between Marblehead and Low. They are coming around the big sweeping curve into the straightaway.

Trucking right along. After awhile the crew realized they were celebrities. They were having a good time watching all us crazy railfans giving chase.

A very well worn KCSM 4564 (Former TFM 2664) leads a work train off of the KCS Waldron Branch in Heavener Oklahoma.

What a threat it was to get two KCS units hauling a Union Pacific grain train. Here is the dual out on the EX Western Pacific causeway,

Second shot of the day. I really had my doubts this shot would happen. UP likes to park trains in the Garfield-Smelter area, tie them down, and pull the crews off. But not so, he came flying right... (more)

Some rare visitors to Utah. Two KCS units lead a UP grain train. The leader is actually a Kanas City Southern de Mexico. The grain train is a Brownton, MN to Keyes, CA.

A solo KCSM SD70ACe heads up CPKC 254, a freight originating on the RCPE in Minnesota, seen here passing through Des Plaines, IL, just a few miles from its terminus at Bensenville.

Sitting pretty in the sun! KCSM 4877 in fresh Retro Belle paint pauses at the fuel rack to take on fuel before continuing south toward Rich Mountain. Wondering if this was the last Retro Belle pai... (more)

Empty unit oil train breaks the silence of New Albin, IA.

Empty unit oil train breaks the silence of Lansing, IA.

Three units brings up the rear of a southbound loaded TXU coal train as they pass Butler Creek in Noel Missouri. Thanks to the drone, I did not have to go out for a swim with all the snakes for th... (more)

Morning Dew at Flint Creek | A few minutes after sunrise on a very pleasant Wednesday, May 31, 2023 morning, CPKC manifest train M261 heads past the Flint Creek Power Plant spur near Gentry... (more)

CPKC 260 crosses Miller's Pond after departing Bluff on the CPKC Marquette Subdivision. Next stop is 60 miles south at Marquette, IA where they will set-out 55 cars.