Finding someone with priority isn't easy on the BNSF Transcon anymore. Everyone running main #2 here is barely kicking up any snow as they do all their might to go slow and conserve fuel. However ... (more)
Trackage rights UP train from City of Industry, CA, to Global 4, IL, rumbles east on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The train has just knocked down the west end of Baring in northern Missouri. This train... (more)
The hot Willow Springs to San Bernardino Z-train has clear signals now at West Baring to do some running. This week the Marceline Sub has been a hot mess in the afternoons after a tie gang clears ... (more)
An empty sweet brand train rolls east on the Marceline Sub. The train passes the sleepy town of Baring. The train is bound for Eddyville, IA, on the Ottumwa Sub. The old elevator at Baring has see... (more)
Mother Nature dump about 5-8 inches of snow overnight. The next morning roads were a 1 lane farmer's path in spots, but we made our way out and about. County roads were never plowed in this area o... (more)
Mother Nature put a good cold squeeze on the Midwest. Rain ahead of heavy snow stuck to everything facing east. An eastbound "Kick-Gal" slowly works east on the Marceline Sub. They pass ... (more)
Nothing but white JB Hunt container can be seen on this Chicago to San Bernardino Q-train. Here the train rolls thru the dips on the Marceline Sub at Baring as the train makes its way towards KC ... (more)
Bnsf 7623 races a morning Z past a string of stored spine cars. The reason for this trip was to capture some of the searchlights still standing, As seen in the background here at Baring Mo.
For whatever reason the west end of Baring on the Marceline Sub still has ex-Santa Fe signal system in place in 2018. The BNSF went thru in 2012-13 area and replaced all the control points on this... (more)