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Imagine not slow, two-mile long, trains, but a racetrack – maybe even a drag strip – of railroading. In 1994, that describes the Santa’s Fe’s mainline between the West Coast and Kansas City.
Union Pacific’s main between Council Bluffs and North Platte and O’Fallons is a 100 to 150 train-a-day show.
Join us as we see train after train run the Nebraska prairie from Gibbon Jct to O’Fallons – and past one grain elevator after another grain elevator.
The merger is so fresh that there’s little BNSF paint, and no pumpkins.
Part of the busy Santa Fe Transcon line, the “Chilli” sub runs from Chicago to Fort Madison, Iowa.
We begin our visit to famed Sherman Hill at Cheyenne Yard. Between Cheyenne and Laramie is the crossing of the Continental Divide with three tracks over Sherman Hill.
Visit two Union Pacific lines through Kansas, The Coffeyville (former MoPac) Sub and the Cherokee Sub.
In this program we see a still independent Burlington Northern in 1994. BN was hungry for power and so we see various leased locomotives head up many of the trains.
Santa Fe’s Marceline Sub runs between Argentine Yard at Kansas City and the Mississippi River crossing at Fort Madison, Iowa. We’ll see “Q” trains and “T” trains and lots of Warbonnets.
This line is part of the Santa Fe Transcon and sees heavy and fast freights. We’ll see plenty of intermodal, miles of trailers and lots of Warbonnets.
It’s 1992, and railfan Bob Ernst set out to document Kansas City’s largest railroad presence, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, with a tour of the best railfan locations in the area.
It’s 1995, the last year for an independent Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Giant BNSF is still in the future, the Panhandle Sub is busy and we are there to see the action.
UP’s busy Marysville Subdivision in 1996, just a year after CNW merger. It’s colorful as Union Pacific is having a motive power shortage.
The busy UP main from North Platte to Cheyenne. We see CNW locomotives on the mainline.
The Herington Sub has a long history: Rock Island, Cotton Belt/Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific. But, in 1993 the line between Kansas City and Herington, Kansas was solid Southern Pacific territory.
Kansas City in 1993 is a busy and colorful place when it comes to railroads. This is before the merger mania of just a few years into the future and we get to see quite a few trains from quite a few railroads.
This is a rare mileage cab ride! Join us in 1994 for a trip around the Kansas City Terminal Railway. Our ride is a CNW SD-18 and from that perch we hit all the highlights and see quite a few trains pass by as we travel the KCT.
The Union Pacific, Santa Fe and Burlington Northern in the pre-merger era in Kansas City. Newly released on DVD from MoKan Video.
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