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  • US 59 Ribbon Cutting

    US 59 Ribbon Cutting

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    Technically, this is old news, but I’ll go ahead and post it anyway. Back on September 18, Public officials had a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new US 59 freeway at Baldwin Junction. Here are my photos:

  • Union Pacific 844

    Union Pacific 844

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    My video of Union Pacific 844 at The Lawrence depot on a rainy Saturday, October 13.

  • November already?

    November already?

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    For being without a day job, it seems I’ve been rather busy…. October brought a pair of “Special” Amtrak trains, and a new interchange on K-7 in Johnson County.

  • 8 Trains in one hour

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    Saturday morning, I woke up early to open the Lawrence Depot and Greet the eastbound Southwest Chief, as I have occasionally done as a volunteer. It was the first time since the new signs were installed and turned on that I had done so. After the train left and the lights were turned off, I…

  • Roadgeek Meet Photos (+ a bonus)

    Roadgeek Meet Photos (+ a bonus)

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    Last Saturday, I had a small group of fellow road enthusiests in Lawrence for a “roadgeek meet.” Basically, we all get together and had lunch, then toured the area roads. For this meet, I chose K-10, US 59, and the new Kansas Turnpike Bridge. I don’t have any pics from the latter. During our outing,…

  • Back to the Archives…

    Back to the Archives…

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    For my second post of the day, I bring you my photos from October of 2001.

  • The Rest of February

    The Rest of February

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    After the last week in January/First week in February, I was mostly working my day job and on the local Train show, so I didn’t go out that much. I did, however, get a whole lot of photos at the train show. Photos from that can be found here (as there are too many pictures…

  • The adventure continues

    The adventure continues

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    Here are more trackside and roadside photos from the past week.

  • January 5, 2002

    January 5, 2002

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    I have (slowly) been working on uploading my pictures from the archives… I’m now up to January 2002. This set of spirit squad photos was taken January 5th, at the first KU Women’s game of the (calendar) year.

  • Topeka Sub Weekend

    Topeka Sub Weekend

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    During the weekend, while over at the Shop (better known as Kennedy Glass) the BNSF sent some trains my way.