Western Railroad Discussion > 3 Hours In Kansas City

Yesterday afternoon, I left home with the intention of driving "just" to the West Bottoms, to try and catch a few yard transfers, along with any interesting power that may (or may not) be around. I think I can safely say I accomplished my goal, plus some, though I ended up driving 150 miles. According to the time stamps on my images, the 1st photo was recorded at 1515, and the last at 1832. Not a bad way to spend part of an afternoon.

Enjoy!

1. Starting up the hill at ESS Maxwell, BNSF train M KCKGAL1 16A rolls along with a neat set of power, including a rare-for-Missouri ATSF painted GP60M, BNSF 104
2. A roster of the GP60M. I'm told the unit is on its way to Chicago, for contract-PTC installation
3. At Bedford Ave, CREX 1427 rolls East for headroom to set out 5 bad ordered cars at Murray Yard, as BNSF 7605 waits for entrance to Argentine on the point of train M NSIKCK1 13A

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4. A better view of the consist of the NSIKCK, which included a freshly painted NS SD60E
5. Just before sunset, a CP transfer from the NS at Avondale crosses the AS&B bridge over the Missouri River, with a trio of factory-fresh KCS SD70ACes in tow
6. A second view of the CP train, at the Olive Street grade crossing just shy of entering Knoche Yard

Thanks for looking,
-Dalton

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Excellent for 3 hours of work!!

Clarence

great pics and power lashups. Look at all those x-Rock hoppers!

That AS&B bridge is interesting, wonder if that was a lift bridge at one time? Looks like it may have been, but did they really suspend the deck bridge under the truss with hangers, and if so I wonder why? One of the more unusual setups I have seen. Thanks! === === = === JLH

The transfer was the KCS transfer they pick up both KCS and CP cars at the
NS yard it can have CP or KCS power buts its a KCS job YKC108.

highgreengraphics Wrote:
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> That AS&B bridge is interesting, wonder if that
> was a lift bridge at one time? Looks like it may
> have been, but did they really suspend the deck
> bridge under the truss with hangers, and if so I
> wonder why? One of the more unusual setups I have
> seen. Thanks! === === = === JLH


Thanks! It's still an active lift bridge. The close portion does rise for river traffic when necessary. The bridge tender for the Hannibal Bridge controls this bridge, which is about 1/2 mile to the East of the Hannibal. At one time, the bridge carried auto traffic, plus two street-car tracks on the top level of the bridge.

-Dalton

Wow! Great shots, thanks for sharing!

Al Seever
Phoenix, AZ

Great captures Dalton--I like your locations very much.
Brian Stevens

The ASB bridge was double-deck; The top deck used the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway (1913 - 1933)) and the North Kansas City streetcars (1911 - 1938) were run on the bottom deck.

For the whole story, buy a copy of the book HEARTLAND TRACTION by Edward A. Conrad. (Yes, I am a friend of Ed's but I have no
any money in the book)

wag216 (Art Gibson)

Wow, I didn't know there were so many "ROUTE ROCK" grain cars left in the sky-blue paint scheme IN ONE PLACE, as seen on train NSIKCK, shown in 2 photos above. What were their reporting marks? MWCX or some other company? 'Great series of photos!

rbx551985 Wrote:
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> Wow, I didn't know there were so many "ROUTE ROCK"
> grain cars left in the sky-blue paint scheme IN
> ONE PLACE, as seen on train NSIKCK, shown in 2
> photos above. What were their reporting marks?
> MWCX or some other company? 'Great series of
> photos!


Thanks! Yes, most of the cars had MWCX as their reporting marks.

-Dalton

Dalton; Photo 3 is still amazing to me, all those (former) Rock Island hoppers still carrying the RI blue after all these years.
A great group of photos for three hours.

KCCharlie

KCCharlie Wrote:
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> Dalton; Photo 3 is still amazing to me, all those
> (former) Rock Island hoppers still carrying the RI
> blue after all these years.
> A great group of photos for three hours.

I agree! Long live the Rock:}

Very well done! Thanks for posting!

SUPER pics!!! Thanks for sharing.

Agreed, great catches for 3 hours! Good job on the images.

Those Rock Hoppers are cool as hell, but nailing that CP transfer isn't easy, not to mention you and Charlie have the first shot of those KCS ACe's on home rails.

Pump

Quite a nice collection you got here Dalton! One of these days I'll make it back up there...

Railfan2 Wrote:
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> \Look at all those ex-Rock hoppers!

That was my thought too! Yowza!

Nice work,
- Jeff Carlson