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Two MOW vehicles southbound on tracks crossing East Division Street in Springfield, MO. First one I call the "porta-potty" vehicle, and not sure what the second one is; posted in forum also.

Two MOW vehicles southbound on tracks crossing East Division Street in Springfield, MO. First one I call the "porta-potty" vehicle, and not sure what the second one is; posted in forum also.

Silver chef (Broadway) car in the yard at the terminal of Branson Scenic Railway, an excursion train running out of Branson Landing, Missouri. Taken from the Bass Pro Shop parking lot across the street.

Depot of Branson Scenic Railway, Branson Landing, MO

Supposedly ex-BN 11634, is numbered LW-1997, which apparently may have some local meaning.

New KCS Overpass at 25th and Connecticut nearing completion. My wife's stepbrother, Brett Reeves, was engineer on the project. Connecticut Ave. is a major N-S artery in the town, and the overpass had been discussed for decades.

Restored Frisco caboose belonging to the Seneca Chamber of Commerce, Seneca, Mo. The marking reads "In 1871, the Frisco Railroad, then known as Atlantic Pacific, reached Seneca, Mo. -ending at the turntable--Indian Territory. (Okla. line)"

Frisco Caboose 1163 on Highway 37 in Pierce City, Missouri.

Westbound MOW at Seneca, Missouri at the Highway 43 crossing at MP 352.52. See related photo from same date of three MOW vehicles in a row at this crossing.

Worker and BNSF service truck at the Highway 43 crossing in Seneca, MO 64865, at Milepost 325.52 on the BNSF tracks. They must have been having trouble with the signal. We were stopped here several minutes while the signal arm went up and down erratically, until he got it corrected.

At lunch, Seneca, MO. BNSF tracks are about a block south of the downtown area, on State Highway 43.

Three MOW vehicles in a row, on a cloudy day, headed west through Seneca, MO at the Highway 43 crossing just north of Business 60.

Static display Frisco caboose, located next to the City Water Tower on Highway 60 in Granby, Mo. Caboose number or other details unknown. Is in poor condition.

CN car, CNLX 9412, probably enroute to a chemical plant west of Joplin, MO. Taken from the old Route 66 railroad overpass at the Galena yard, looking WNW. Probably BNSF line.

Closeup view of street end of SF Caboose, facing South Joplin Ave.

BNSF 3401 negociates the curves of downtown Kansas City, MO. 09-08-07.

Flag unit UP 6043 breaks into a patch of daylight in downtown Kansas City MO.

Kansas City Union Station shows off one peaceful May 2004 evening.

Sure, the lead was a spotless new-generation locomotive, but, I'll take this one any day.

Six Alco C420's fight upgrade with a train on the outskirts of Monett, MO.