A few from Kansas

[kskcsfan]

Been well over a year since I posted here so I thought I'd toss up a few random shots from this year.
1) Not a very good shot, but certainly a note worthy catch, UP 1996 westbound near McFarland, KS on the Golden State Route with train IDULB-19, February 19th

2) UP 5803 westbound with coal empties at Hollenburg, KS on the Marysville Sub March 21st

3) BNSF 7246 with Nebraska bound grain empties westbound at Abilene, KS on the BNSF Strong City Sub April 27th

4) BNSF 7246 again south of Talmage, KS despite being East-West in the timetable, the BNSF Strong City Sub is mostly North-South.

 

[kskcsfan]

5) UP 5414 on the KMNOA-30 at Marysville, KS May 31st

6) NS 1067 waiting to be cleared into Argentine Yard, Kansas City, KS June 26th

7) BNSF 7038 at Salter, KS on the Emporia Sub with the Z-WSPNBY9, what was once Santa Fe 199 July 19th

8) BNSF 4323 as DPU on a corn train on the Emporia Sub, Ellinor, KS also July 19th, barely


Thanks for looking!
Lucas

 

[Bill Anderson]

Wonderful photos. I like the way you compose the total scene using the train + foreground + background. Any prairie sunset shots?

Don't stay away for so long. While Dorothy and Toto may not have liked Kansas, the state looks very good in your photos.

 

[kskcsfan]

Wonderful photos. I like the way you compose the total scene using the train + foreground + background. Any prairie sunset shots?

Don't stay away for so long. While Dorothy and Toto may not have liked Kansas, the state looks very good in your photos.

I have some prairie sunset shots, just not with me as I'm using my girlfriends computer to post.
Thanks, I used to not be so strict on composition but now I hate miscomposing a shot.
I'll try to not stay away for long.

 

[CGW101c]

Great photos Lucas. I like seeing pictures of the lines in the middle of Kansas. From Omaha it was always just a little too far for a day trip. I would have enjoyed seeing the Rock Island and Santa Fe on their respective lines. I particularly like the RI in the Mill Creek area between Alma and Alta Vista. Sometimes I take those roads home from the Great Bend area. It's longer, but you have to stop and smell the roses(diesel and brake shoe smoke) once in a while. Tom

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Great work Lucas!

 

[crazyace777]

good shots Lucas

 

[kskcsfan]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

 

[kskcsfan]

Great photos Lucas. I like seeing pictures of the lines in the middle of Kansas. From Omaha it was always just a little too far for a day trip. I would have enjoyed seeing the Rock Island and Santa Fe on their respective lines. I particularly like the RI in the Mill Creek area between Alma and Alta Vista. Sometimes I take those roads home from the Great Bend area. It's longer, but you have to stop and smell the roses(diesel and brake shoe smoke) once in a while. Tom

I have some shots from Alma, and Alta Vista proper, but not really any between the two. I've attempted to shoot between the two but each time I have everything turned out to be out of focus. Thanks, and glad you enjoyed them!

 

[Trainfanne54]

Nice catches kskcsfan.