November 2007
Author: amtrakswchief 4
Photo Gallery
Coming to a stop at Carrollton with ex-BN Locomotives was BNSF Train H GALTEA1 10 with the WSOR Model Railroader Box Car in the consist.
A neat find!
This makes two neat finds!
this was the whole reason we came up here just to see a train doing 90MPH
Came and went pretty damn fast!
Fast Freight in good light!
This grain elevator has its own switcher!
Cool shot with a neat grain elevator
BNSF's Transcon is cool!
The depot in Carrollton and the old signal bridge!
Old Santa Fe Depots are cool!
An entire NS train fits in the shot on the ex-Wabash just east of where the NS aplits from the old Santa Fe.
Crossing gates going down on the BNSF Transcon.
Double stack heading west.
Zach moved the car to the other side of the tracks to let a tractor by and as he turned the car around to come back, the gates went down and he got stuck on the other side! Here he is flipping me off!
Empty double stack train on the NS headed toward Kansas City.
Bad light means turn it to black and white!
A westbound around the curve
Neato Shortline RR
A little off road so i didnt have to walk as far to the tracks.
I stopped to shot this and took the knuckle out and then put it back in just for the heck of it.
A Southern Belle as the rear DPU on a Northbound coal train.
Southbound loaded coal train on the KCS.
Zach and I ate some food from Casey's earlier in the day and it gave us the shits. Here I am racing back to the store to give the food back to them!
A UP coal drag heads over the bridge at Santa Fe Jct.
A UP manifest heads west out of Kansas City.
Was hpoing to catch this about a half mile east of here, but another stack train blocked our view, so we hopped in the car and flew down to catch it here where it stopped and waited its turn into Argintine yard.
Looked down and saw this shadow of Zach and I..... Cracked me up when I saw it.
First Triple Crown I've ever seen.
Made zach stand in front of this caboose, and I lost him. He blends right in.
We found this depot after stopping at Steak and Shake, I called Julie and she told me Amtrak was only 15 minutes away.
After Amtrak rolled by we figured a train would be following close behind and guessed it would be a UP train, but was pleasently surprised when it was MNA.
Union Station
Who says Amtrak doesn't go fast? Just kidding, After one of the short haul trains came into Kansas City, it went to turn around and here it is slowing to a stop in kansas city with train 3 behind it.
Thought this was a neat shot.
Hoping to get the fence out of the picture, I shot this from on top of Zach's truck.
Belles are cool
A belle with belle hoppers!
UP Z train headed toward the junction.
A UP train headed by Union Station in Kansas City.
Unpatched Southern Pacific!!!!
Union Station , in its lobby, has a HUGE model train layout consisting of multiple guages. Really neato!
This Railraod needs to pick a paint scheme. Four schemes on one train.
I found some homeless guy on the bridge at Union Station!
Neat Train.
Cool bridge.
Was hpping to catch some KCS gray or Belle... not primer!
low Light can make for cool shots.
A UP manifest train races accross the bridge toward Missouri.