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Depends on how far you are willing to travel. The U.P. is the only road in Manhattan. The Kansas-Pacific line runs through there but not with a whole lot of trains. You can take a short (about a hour) trip north to Marysville & see about 60-70 trains a day on U.P.'s Marysville Sub. About a hour east will take you to Topeka & there you can catch the Marysville Sub. again & all kinds of BNSF as well. Head west 30 min. or so & in Abilene you can see the occasional BNSF train & more of the U.P.'s K-P line with the Kansas & Oklahoma running between Abilene & Salina. And here in Salina (about a hour west of Manhattan) the U.P.'s K-P line again with quite a bit of local traffic originating & terminating at the yard. Salina is a crew change point so all the coal trains (loaded & emty) stop here. We also have the previously mentioned K&O (ex-Central Kansas) & Kyle railroads, though Kyle is usually only seen during harvest at night or very early morning. There used to be alot more (the MOP, KATY, Rock Island & BN to name a few) but they were well before I moved here. You can still see the Rock's old right-of-way around Manhattan if you look hard enough. Hope at least some of this helps & I hope you enjoy your stay here in Kansas. Matt
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