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The BNSF Maintenance Facility in Topeka, Kansas is quite the large place. It sprawls over a portion of downtown Topeka, and the Branner Trafficway viaduct runs right through the middle of it, which is just to the right.

Here, a batch of B23-7s sit on a storage track, awaiting their fate (which ultimately was the deadline, I believe).

In the background to the right, you can see some of the lines where locomotives wait before going into the shop where most of the framework and body work is done. In the background center, the paint shops sit (I think), and in the immediate foreground, temporary storage lines sit adjacent to the Topeka sub mainline, which is at the very bottom of the shot. Going east from here takes you directly through Lawrence, and ultimately to the yard throat of Argentine yard at CP Holliday.

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Updated, re-tweaked, watermarked in Photoshop CS4.
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Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO 100 @ 1/320, f/6.3

Description
The BNSF Maintenance Facility in Topeka, Kansas is quite the large place. It sprawls over a portion of downtown Topeka, and the Branner Trafficway viaduct runs right through the middle of it, which is just to the right.

Here, a batch of B23-7s sit on a storage track, awaiting their fate (which ultimately was the deadline, I believe).

In the background to the right, you can see some of the lines where locomotives wait before going into the shop where most of the framework and body work is done. In the background center, the paint shops sit (I think), and in the immediate foreground, temporary storage lines sit adjacent to the Topeka sub mainline, which is at the very bottom of the shot. Going east from here takes you directly through Lawrence, and ultimately to the yard throat of Argentine yard at CP Holliday.

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Updated, re-tweaked, watermarked in Photoshop CS4.
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Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO 100 @ 1/320, f/6.3