BNSF 4671 is westbound just shy of the Arizona line at Manuelito, NM. Back in ABS days and days of signals displayed to the right of an approaching train, the left hand running nature of this terr... (more)

On a line dominated by coal trains, the Denver to Galesburg train provides a welcome splash of variety. There has been plenty of change in the 25 years since this photo was taken. The searchlights... (more)

A trio of MACs hum downgrade past the old depot in Red Oak, IA in the waning light of a December afternoon. Astia.

While sunning ourselves on the rocks above Seligman this Arizona morning, a headlight slowly approaches in the distance and soon the 4456 East comes grinding up the stiff grade toward the Arizona ... (more)

Dash9s were as ubiquitous on BNSF as SD70Ms on UP. A pair of Dash9s and pair of SD40-2s power this westbound through Williams Jct., AZ on a winter late afternoon. Ektachrome.

A pair of Dash9s lead an SD60M and 40-2 with an eastbound intermodal train at Suwanee, NM., about forty seven miles west of Belen. Fuji Velvia.

Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.

A hot Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway piggyback train, BNSF 9-896-24, passes through the station of May as it heads east out of Los Angeles behind ATSF SD40-2 5084, which has not yet been ren... (more)

Under blue Arizona skies and following old Route 66 west of Seligman, here comes an eastbound with a typical post-merger power consist rounding the bend near old Audley station. Fuji Velvia.

A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.

The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)

On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.

A rather eclectic lash up rolls east at the entrance to corn country (as opposed to cow country) near Anselmo, NE. AFSF 5009 is a 1966 SD40 that was rebuilt as an SD40u. The fuel tender and SD40-2... (more)

Out in the sunflower vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills, BN 5584 leads a set of DC power on an eastbound coal train through cow country west of Mullen.

The Great Northern influenced Heritage 1 colors looked pretty good on this westbound sailing through Maine, AZ. The classic Santa Fe station signs could once be found all along the system. Fuji Ve... (more)