Surprises in Kansas City

[stlgevo51]

We made a spontaneous trip to KC on Wednesday and I got to do some railfanning on Thursday. Unfortunately, the weather sucked, but I still caught many cool things.

First, we caught a few trains inside the room. We got a coal train with an SD60M (UP has been assigning older power to coal trains, which I will explain later). That shot is attached to the bottom of the page. Then we got this BNSF train.

BNSF From the Westin by stlgevo51, on Flickr
At the Freight House Bridge, I caught a UP local with a GP60.

UP Local by stlgevo51, on Flickr
I didn't expect to see this! The Southern Pacific Heritage Unit followed me here from St. Louis!

Surprise! Surprise! by stlgevo51, on Flickr
A little while later a BNSF intermodal passes with a Belle.

Nice Power by stlgevo51, on Flickr
I'm not sure why, but UP has been putting strange, non-AC power on coal trains in the last week. I've seen many SD60Ms on coal trains, and I even caught this train with a C40-8 and an SD70M trailing the AC4400CW. The DC power adds to the standard set of 3 AC44s, and on many occasions 4-5 engines would power a train.

Odd Power by stlgevo51, on Flickr
DPUs.

DPUs by stlgevo51, on Flickr
Last but not least, in West Bottoms, a UP manifest with 4 big engines crawls through. Finally the sun was out, but I couldn't stick around. It was high anyway.

UP Manifest in the Bottoms by stlgevo51, on Flickr

I will soon have pictures up from my trip to KC when I chased the 844, but I have been slacking on those. Be on the lookout! Thanks for viewing.

 

[crazyace777]

Nice pics Jake, i havent been to KC in over 3 years now, man I want to go back.

 

[stlgevo51]

Thanks. Kansas City is the place to go. There are so many spots and so many trains!

 

[papio]

Nice catch on the 1996, Some nice photos as well. I see you managed to get Doc's Caboose into your Bottoms shot too

 

[Dippo]

Dang, all the good stuff comes when I'm not there!

 

[stlgevo51]

Thanks guys! Ed, I knew there was a place named Doc's Caboose, but I didn't know where it was in the bottoms. I found a train and the hobby shop at the same time!

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Great shots Steve. I had a blast last time I railfanned in KC!