Category: Photos

  • A new view of an old train-watching site

    A new view of an old train-watching site

    Although “Outdoor recreational activity” was allowed here in Kansas under the state’s “Stay at Home” order, I didn’t really feel a reason to get out of the house until last Saturday, when I headed out to Pomona to check out an old spot that has changed quite a bit since the last time I was…

  • Big Tea Kettle, Part 2

    Big Tea Kettle, Part 2

    After chasing the Union Pacific steam train from Neodesha to Paola on Sunday, November 17, I followed that up by catching the train twice more on Tuesday, November 19, at Linwood and Newman.

  • Big Tea Kettle

    Big Tea Kettle

    To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Golden Spike, the Union Pacific Railroad restored on of their biggest locomotives, “Big Boy” 4014. During 2019, they have been touring as much of the UP system as possible. On November 17, I followed 4014 from Neodesha to Paola.

  • An hour in the pumpkin patch

    An hour in the pumpkin patch

    Right before Halloween, I wanted to head down to Uncle Warren’s pumpkin patch (AKA, the BNSF Southern Transcon) to catch some action. Let’s just say I was not disappointed.

  • Truck Parking, Part 2

    Truck Parking, Part 2

    With the new Truck Parking Information Management System system now in place at the rest areas along I-70 in Kansas, the KTA is now following suit at its service areas

  • Truck Parking

    Truck Parking

    Back in January, KDOT introduced a new system to inform drivers of the availability of Truck Parking at the Rest Areas along I-70. Yesterday, I finally got around to checking the new feature out.

  • Topeka Sub Antics

    Topeka Sub Antics

    I woke up on a Sunday Morning and got wind that BNSF was running eastbound trains through Lawrence on the Topeka Sub.

  • Labor Day weekend on the Marcelline Sub

    Labor Day weekend on the Marcelline Sub

    Usually, Labor Day weekend means that I’m out doing something train related. I decided this year to head out to Camden, Missouri on the Marcelline Sub. I arrived a little before 10:00 and found that I wasn’t alone – there was another car, and two railfans wearing day-glo orange vests already there waiting on the…

  • March 1996

    March 1996

    I’ve added my photos from March of 1996 to Flickr.

  • Train photos from today

    Train photos from today

    Two sets of photos from the first week of 2017.