Western Railroad Discussion > Some shots from latest Missouri trip

Made another trip from Western Colorado back to Northwest Missouri and brought the camera along just in case:}

1) On Friday, July 23rd I caught the Westbound Kyle train switching the Grain elevators at Brewster, KS with Central Oregon & Pacific SD40T-2 #4074 (Ex Southern Pacific 8232) and Buffalo & Pittsburgh SD40-3 #3344 which was built as the Canadian National 5157 and then went to the Kansas City Southern for awhile as their 6609/3158.

Once back in Missouri, I wasn't able to catch the Lehigh Valley Heritage engine leading early Saturday morning, the Reading leading Saturday afternoon and the Pennsylvania engine leading Westbound on Monday morning:{
With another Great "heads-up" that the Pennsy engine was returning back Eastbound out of Kansas City on the point early on Tuesday morning (July 27th), I was hoping to at least get the chance to shoot one of Norfolk Southern's Heritage engines leading!

2) While waiting for the NS train, I got a quick grab shot of the Eastbound Southwest Chief passing by the BNSF Carrollton Depot with Amtrak engines #45 and #165. This train actually had a pair of private cars on the rear but I wasn't ready to grab a shot as the train went flying past.

3) Pennsylvania Heritage engine #8102 looks Great leading the 9977, 7641 and 9348 (all elephant style) from the Highway 65 overpass heading Eastbound on NS tracks.

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4) Back on the BNSF side at Carrollton, the BNSF #3875 with hood doors flapping heads Eastbound and passes by a parked Intermodal train with a FXE engine second out.

5 and 6) Early on Wednesday morning, July 28th I was outside doing yard work and heard an Eastbound BNSF train on the Brookfield Sub. blowing for crossings so I hopped in the car and did the short drive down to the Highway 65 crossing near Tina, MO. The trees alongside the right-of-way have recently been cleared off from this location which has really opened up the shot.
BNSF #5976 was leading  on this loaded coal train heading for the Thomas Hill power plant.
A going away with the rear DP's in the heavy, humid air (and probably a little smoke as well) with a soybean field in the foreground.



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Nice shots, John!

RC Lundgren

Some nice stuff there...time well spent!
 

Nice shots - crops looking good.

Bismarck Bill

Nice shots John. Really like 3 & 4. Those NS Heritage Units can be a challenge to catch for us westerners. I try and catch them when I get back east of the Mississippi. Sometimes I do good, others not so good.  Got a few of them over the years.  Got the CNJ last time back that way.  Good luck. Ben

You have a magic camera, sir!!! It must be charmed beyond belief... :^)

Lance

Super sweet shots!

Great bunch. I wonder how unusual, or usual, it is for an intermodal train, power and all, to get stashed in a hand throw siding out there?
JB

ive caught the PRR out here on the IAIS before. Excellent series sir. 
MILW86A 

Great set!  Nice to see the Carrollton depot; not often we see it.  Very nice shot on the Pennsy.

I too am curious about the odd/interesting sight of the stack train parked on an auxiliary track.

Andy

-Great work on finding some elevation for the Pennsy leader!

Great shots!

Nice catches, John; really like that golden hour light in #1!
GK

Nice bunch of catches John. Really like the PRR Heritage Unit leading and good to see all the green scenery
Brian Stevens

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Great shots!, but what kind of nut would want to live back there? ;}

Fantastic bunch, thanks for posting!

JG

Nice pics!!