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  • 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.

  • Train photos from today

    Train photos from today

    Two sets of photos from the first week of 2017.

  • September 1995, Part 2

    September 1995, Part 2

    More photos from September of 1995

  • Standing on the Edge of Time

    Standing on the Edge of Time

    Today’s archive re-scanning goes back to November 3, 2001…

  • Officers’ special

    Officers’ special

    Today, Amtrak had an officers’ special to bring awareness of the Southwest Chief (and the possibility of it being forced to re-route if funding to upgrade and maintain the line between Newton and Albuquerque cannot be found)

  • November already?

    November already?

    For being without a day job, it seems I’ve been rather busy…. October brought a pair of “Special” Amtrak trains, and a new interchange on K-7 in Johnson County.