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When I got done with work yesterday, I ran by the UP yard in Topeka, and was thrilled to find an eastbound KCS grain train working to head out of town. Even better, it had one of their relatively new (blt. late 2019) Tier IV GEVOs on the point, a class of unit I've photographed rarely, if at all.
As such, I ran out to Midland, where Lucas and I waited on its arrival, as a parade of westbounds ran towards the Capitol City. With KCS' impending merger, I'll take any opportunity that I can to shoot these guys in good light.
Video footage of this, and the train it met can be seen here: youtu.be/BkOwQTASqQU
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:-)....small car - big clouds....On the Horizon
traveling Hwy54 in the Flint Hills region between Eureka and El Dorado, Kansas.
Coming off The Incline from the UP KC Metro Sub onto Track 79 of the KCT North-South Corridor at Old Union Depot Interlocking is "Run 20" led by a fresh, rebuilt SD40-2. This is a CP job that operates daily from the Joint Agency KCS-CP Knoche Yard to BNSF's Argentine Yard and returns. 10/9/22.
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Kansas City from the hospitality deck of Boulevard Brewery, so sorry if the photo is a little blurred and our speech slurry.
Opening in 1921 the 3,000 seat Mainstreet Theatre was a design of the Chicago firm Rapp & Rapp and was the only theater in Kansas City Missouri designed by the famous firm. The stylish exterior is a blend of Neo-Classical and French Empire styles accented a dome encircled by circular windows that top the lobby. Another first for the Mainstreet Theater was it was the first in Kansas City to contain a nursery for parents attending shows. A subterranean tunnel connected the Mainstreet Theater to the nearby President Hotel and the basement & sub-basement was spacious to contain cages used for vaudeville shows that used live animals. Cages large enough for elephants fit and pools for seals. There was an elevator large enough to transport elephants up to the stage area. In 1924 a beautiful Kimball 3 manual 10 ranks theater organ was installed and that remained & was in use until 1961 when a dispute with the Musicians Union basically forced management to remove the organ. The beautiful theater was doomed for demolition by an owner who faced stiff grassroots resistance by local Kansas City preservationist who prevailed and in 2006 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (thought that is not always a deterrent for developers with enough money & influence). The Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet in 2020, Alamo Drafthouse declared bankruptcy in 2021 & declared it would closed permanently. B&B Theater chain came to rescue and reopen it in fall 2021 which is why in the image you see the B&B. OM System EM-1 Mark III Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40 f2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitkc #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography
With Kansas City's skyline in the distance, a Union Pacific transfer job meets a CPKC yard job, with both roads represented.
Florida Brightline's two newest sets were still a long way from home when I photographed them rolling towards Kansas City on the Union Pacific. The UP 8507 was leading the new Pink and Green sets from the Siemens factory on the train SFLAS 07.
Here, the train is east of Topeka in the small town of Grantville, KS, giving us a glimpse of what could be if our state/federal officials ever decided that a KC-Denver train would be a good idea. :::sigh:::
Yup... I call 'em like I see 'em. : )
Kansas, USA.
This trip to eastern Colorado and Kansas was a substitute (lemonade from lemons, if you will) for a storm chasing trip that same week that got cancelled. It turned out to be a lovely little trip. If you'd like to read about the trip and see some behind the scenes pics and video, take a look at my blog post about the Lemonade from Lemons tour. You can see all the images from the trip in my Colorado and Kansas album.