NS 9360 - KCT Highline Bridge - Santa Fe Junction - 8/27/05
Norfolk Southern (NS) 9360, NS 8699, and NS 9108 are seen here making a light engine movement through Santa Fe Junction, after having come off the lower level of the Kansas City Terminal's (KCT) Highline Bridge. The train is heading north through the junction on KCT Track 330, as it makes its way toward the West Bottoms area of Kansas City. The locomotives would make their way from Track 330 to Track 80 for the run north to the West Bottoms. The foreground track, next to Track 330, is Track 79.
In the background of the photograph is the eastern approach to the upper deck of the Highline Bridge at Santa Fe Junction. The Highline Bridge crosses over the Kansas River at Kansas City, Kansas. The upper deck of the bridge allows trains making their way between the tracks by Kansas City Union Station, to the east (left of the photograph) and Union Pacific's yards and tracks across the Kansas River, to the west (right of the photograph). Union Pacific's 18th Street Yard, Armourda…
In the background of the photograph is the eastern approach to the upper deck of the Highline Bridge at Santa Fe Junction. The Highline Bridge crosses over the Kansas River at Kansas City, Kansas. The upper deck of the bridge allows trains making their way between the tracks by Kansas City Union Station, to the east (left of the photograph) and Union Pacific's yards and tracks across the Kansas River, to the west (right of the photograph). Union Pacific's 18th Street Yard, Armourda…
