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The title is my own inside joke. I hate this shot. But I feel compelled to submit it. IDK. Horrific lighting, and it took a LOT of work in PS to correct this to where it's at (it was a shit-ton worse).

This was my first trip to Santa Fe Junction. I hadn't moved to the KC area yet, and I'd been chomping at the bit to branch out from my usual spots at CP Holliday, Argentine, and CP Craig. The day I finally made it was cold and miserable. But I'd finally got somewhere that was different. And busy.

A CSX autoracks run-through rolls down the KCT High Line at Santa Fe Junction toward the Kansas River and Armourdale Yard, while a BNSF high-priority double-stack rolls down the (at the time) recently-completed Argentine Flyover that has now reduced overall waiting times at Santa Fe Jct for east/west BNSF stack trains to less than 15 minutes (it used to be over 30).

This area is arguably one of the busiest sections of trackage in North America, being the meeting point for four BNSF subdivisions (Emporia, Fort Scott, Marceline/Brookville, St. Joseph), five UP subdivisions (Kansas, Falls City, KC Terminal, River, Coffeyville), one NS subdivision (Kansas City District), one CP subdivision (???), and two KCS subdivisions (Hannibal and Pittsburg). Owned by Kansas City Terminal Railway (formed by 12 of the original Class I trunk railroads nearly 100 years ago), it now is operated by the Kaw Valley Railroad for KCT by WatCo, and encompasses nearly 80 miles of track in Kansas and Missouri.

Interestingly enough, the KCT was ordered by the ICC in 1980 to operate the then-defunct Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific when CRIP started going belly-up (at least formally).

Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
ISO 200 @ 1/800, f/8

Description
The title is my own inside joke. I hate this shot. But I feel compelled to submit it. IDK. Horrific lighting, and it took a LOT of work in PS to correct this to where it's at (it was a shit-ton worse).

This was my first trip to Santa Fe Junction. I hadn't moved to the KC area yet, and I'd been chomping at the bit to branch out from my usual spots at CP Holliday, Argentine, and CP Craig. The day I finally made it was cold and miserable. But I'd finally got somewhere that was different. And busy.

A CSX autoracks run-through rolls down the KCT High Line at Santa Fe Junction toward the Kansas River and Armourdale Yard, while a BNSF high-priority double-stack rolls down the (at the time) recently-completed Argentine Flyover that has now reduced overall waiting times at Santa Fe Jct for east/west BNSF stack trains to less than 15 minutes (it used to be over 30).

This area is arguably one of the busiest sections of trackage in North America, being the meeting point for four BNSF subdivisions (Emporia, Fort Scott, Marceline/Brookville, St. Joseph), five UP subdivisions (Kansas, Falls City, KC Terminal, River, Coffeyville), one NS subdivision (Kansas City District), one CP subdivision (???), and two KCS subdivisions (Hannibal and Pittsburg). Owned by Kansas City Terminal Railway (formed by 12 of the original Class I trunk railroads nearly 100 years ago), it now is operated by the Kaw Valley Railroad for KCT by WatCo, and encompasses nearly 80 miles of track in Kansas and Missouri.

Interestingly enough, the KCT was ordered by the ICC in 1980 to operate the then-defunct Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific when CRIP started going belly-up (at least formally).

Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
ISO 200 @ 1/800, f/8