Los Angeles bound high-priority freight train going through Frost, CA on 4 Oct 2019. This train had middle DPU and lots of Amazon, UPS and FedEx trailers/containers

Freight trains going through Sullivan's Curve on 5 Oct 2019:

@Romet.Lyytsepp Great pics!

NS track mirage at 700mm
Hardin, Missouri 15Apr2020 - - - - BNSF 7902 DPU on the Sibley Bridge, 2.3 miles distant 15Apr2020

@Maersk.146 Thanks!
More trains at Cajon Pass:

NS concrete trestle bridge at Wakenda (pronounced Wah´-ken-dah´), Missouri 13Apr2020

Foggy action at Clevenger, MO. 28Mar2020

Assorted pics from 15Apr2020, using 28-300mm zoom Nikkor.

@Romet.Lyytsepp Excellent pics on Cajon Pass! I was hoping there would be a bunch of them and you did it!

Assorted poorly-lit scenes near Orrick and Floyd, MO, that nevertheless yearn to be viewed... 15Apr2020

@Maersk.146 Thanks, I'll try my best

Union Pacific DDA40X 6915 at RailGiants train museum in Pomona, CA
This loco is not operational, it has no traction motors. I don't remember if it still had diesel engines, possibly not.

@Romet.Lyytsepp Awesome views of a legendary giant! Amazing how basic were the control stands and cab interior - long before modern safety cabs became the norm.

ATSF caboose 1314 at RailGiants train museum:

@Romet.Lyytsepp - Nice series! A home away from home for the crew.

NS 1066 & 1186 work together to maintain 60 mph with #111 for St. Louis. 25Apr2020

BNSF 7540 West crosses the Rulo Bridge over the Missouri River from Missouri to Nebraska, 26Apr2020

PHMX 4433 Depressed-center flat car with crawler
crane base on BNSF at Sibley, MO 28Apr2020

BNSF 7519 & BNSF 7843, Fleming; BNSF 6313 East, Sugar Creek; BNSF 3841 DPU, Sugar Creek

UP 5591 East comes off the KCT Kaw River bridge line, 28Apr2020; BNSF 7902 crosses the Sibley bridge, 2.3 miles from camera. 15Apr2020

NS 8039 West approaches Buist Rd with #112 to KCMO, 2May2020; BNSF 5795 West shows up before NS #112 is finished running by, 2May2020

Mercedes-Benz hi-rail van with some measuring equipment:
Vaivara station, Estonia 07 May 2020

BNSF 4129 is a DPU on a train where I missed the head-end power by a couple of minutes %#@!

AMTK 4632 East with #314 to St. Louis
crosses KCS diamond under Sheffield Flyover
Kansas City, MO 21 May 2020

GP30 in primer, probably BNSF, but
cab-mounted headlight is unusual for BNSF.
Normally moved to nose position.
Kansas City, MO 21 May 2020

BNSF 9174 East with CP Rail power assisting. Hardin, MO 23 May 2020

Six westbound TTX and KRL heavy duty flats with tie-down apparatus on deck. Palemon, MO 16 May 2020

Amtrak and BNSF meet just east of CA Junction, Fleming, MO 30 May 2020

NS 8065 and 8100, the Nickle Plate Road heritage unit, power #21T to KC at Fleming, MO 30 May 2020

Ballast train going from Pärnu to Türi for track works. Section from Pärnu to Lelle is closed for passenger trains, now used only for freight and work trains, but there are still passenger platforms along this line.

Ballast train passing Pulli stop:

Tammiste stop:

Tori stop:

Tootsi crossing:

Viluvere stop:

Near Eidapere stop:

Loco running around train at Lelle station:

Hi-rail welding truck at Lelle station:

Factory fresh track between Lelle and Türi:
These are type 54E1 rails

Ballast train toward Türi station:

@Romet.Lyytsepp - Nice series! Does this loco have an opposed-piston engine? It seems tall...

@Maersk.146 Thanks! No, it has V12 diesel engine with 2000 HP. It is the biggest and most powerful switcher from soviet era. I think they still make them. This loco has 8 axles, total weight is 180 tons, that’s 22,5 tons per axle.

BNSF 3842 East passes wetlands and fields in full Spring growth. Palemon, MO 6 June 2020

BNSF 2378 is a former TP&W unit.
NKCMO 10 June 2020

NS 1093 West #112 to KC at Orrick; NS 9246 West #181 meeting #148 at Clevenger 13 Jun 2020; NS 7514 West #297 at Palemon 6 Jun 2020

AMTK 41 & #4 pass a UP eastbound on BNSF at Henrietta, MO, 24 Jun 2020

BNSF 3881 West doglegs into Henrietta, MO, with a domestic container train; NS 8025 West with #224 at Mo. City, 24 Jun 2020

Action at Sibley, MO, on BNSF; 26 Jun 2020. No, Amtrak does not pull doublestacks now...

BNSF action at Hardin, MO, 26 Jun 2020

BNSF traffic at Sibley Bridge, Missouri, 5 July 2020

@Maersk.146 So much traffic! How busy are the lines around Kansas City? How many trains per hour?

@Taurus717 - Yes, there is a lot, but it can vary quite a bit in frequency. BNSF’s TransCon has the best traffic by far, but can go from four trains in an hour to zero for three or four hours. All the other lines through Kansas City are even more sporadic and less reliable. Some, like CP and KCS, are hardly worth bothering with. On the day above, there were six trains in less than two hours, five in the desired eastward direction. Can’t complain about that density!

Well. That's okay. Is there a way to monitor that traffic via Smartphone or only via CabRadio?

@Taurus717 - There is a system called ATCS which picks up the signals from the rails and reproduces the actual dispatcher's panel view of the railroad, but one needs a laptop with some sort of receiving antenna, plus a membership in the Yahoo group which controls/issues the software. Or be an actual railroad employee with the same equipment. Would be handy, but all I have is a RR channel scanner radio.

4A96 Crewe to Wembley with 86628+86639 powering, 86614+86637 dead in tow. Bushey, West Coast Main Line. 13/07/2020

@Greg - Excellent! More, please!

Sorry, can't remember the service on this one, or the date. Some time 2018.