Union Pacific Loaded Coal Train Heads Across Santa Fe Junction At Sunset In Kansas City Ks

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Union Pacific Loaded Coal Train Heads Across Santa Fe Junction At Sunset In Kansas City Ks

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Jim Pearson

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Photograph - Photography

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A Union Pacific loaded coal train heads across Santa Fe Junction on the Kansas City Terminal Railroad (KCT) High Line at sunset as it approaches Tower #3, on June 29th, 2022.

Santa Fe Junction sees on average over 100 trains a day and it hosts the double decked railroad (ATSF Double Deck Railroad) bridge that crosses the Kansas River into Missouri, a triple crossing in addition to Tower 3, which is used by maintenance of way these days. The junction is partly in Missouri and Kansas and sees BNSF, UP, KCT, Amtrak, KCS, NS and CP traffic.

The Kansas City Terminal Railway Company (KCT) is a Class III railroad located in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. KCT serves as a terminal railroad for its five Class I railroad owners (Union Pacific, BNSF, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific). Amtrak also operates over the KCT providing passenger service to and from Union Station. Currently the second largest rail hub in the United States, KCT owns and dispatches 95 miles of track spanning Missouri and Kansas.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/8000, ISO 110 underexposed by 3 stops for the sun.

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July 2nd, 2022

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