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No, these aren't "B" units, although they are GP units, so I guess you could say the B trucks make them...yeah, whatever.

The Kansas City Terminal Railway not only owns Santa Fe Junction, but it serves a few customers around the downtown and north KC areas, in addition to serving the Class 1 railroads that make up the railway itself by running transfers between several area yards. Here, the two leased KCT GP35Rs (WAMX #3855 and #3852) run light on their home tracks toward the Kansas River Bridge on the lower level that will take them to the Mill Street Yard.

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 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
ISO 200 @ 1/500, f/8

Description
No, these aren't "B" units, although they are GP units, so I guess you could say the B trucks make them...yeah, whatever.

The Kansas City Terminal Railway not only owns Santa Fe Junction, but it serves a few customers around the downtown and north KC areas, in addition to serving the Class 1 railroads that make up the railway itself by running transfers between several area yards. Here, the two leased KCT GP35Rs (WAMX #3855 and #3852) run light on their home tracks toward the Kansas River Bridge on the lower level that will take them to the Mill Street Yard.

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 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
ISO 200 @ 1/500, f/8