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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.

Bad lighting, yes, and I'm not particularly proud of this shot, but it marks a transition point where I started making it a point to never try and take the "same" shot twice.

A CSX autoracks run-through rolls down the High Line at Santa Fe Junction toward the Kansas River and Armourdale Yard on the other side, SD60M #8770 and SD40-2 #8054 on the point.

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
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.

Bad lighting, yes, and I'm not particularly proud of this shot, but it marks a transition point where I started making it a point to never try and take the "same" shot twice.

A CSX autoracks run-through rolls down the High Line at Santa Fe Junction toward the Kansas River and Armourdale Yard on the other side, SD60M #8770 and SD40-2 #8054 on the point.

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