An empty BNSF coal train races westward towards Ravenna, NE as it crosses over Union Pacific's Overland Route at Grand Island. In the background, a UP local sits tied down waiting for the crew's n... (more)

A loaded sand train for Speer, WY slowly moves through the street running section of Longmont on a pleasant Thursday afternoon.

A pair of EMD motors, one a former BN executive painted MAC, shove the rear of an empty coal train over the Palmer Divide as it heads back towards the mines along the Powder River Basin.

A pair of EMDs hustle an empty coal train through the farmer fields of Pinon, CO with the moon rising on the setting sky above.

The morning sun starts peak over the horizon as a Denver, CO to Los Angeles, CA Q-train heads west at Truxton with Cherokee Point looming in the background. While this train is running under the s... (more)

A Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z-train races westward at 70 MPH as the train begins to transitions from dynamic braking into power to fight the brief uphill grade out of West Eagle Nest.

An eastbound Z3 pulls hard up the grade at Maine as this tired crew has worked through the night as they're less than 2 hours away from finishing their 300 miles run across northern Arizona.

A Q STOCHI6 negotiates through the forest between Williams and Chalender as it climbs over the Arizona Divide. With a 3x2 power configuration, both the head and DP motors are working endlessly to ... (more)

A Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train races eastward the Arizona Divide as it crosses over the Canyon Diablo bridge at nearly 70 MPH.

A 2x1 stack train charges hard up the grade out of West Eagle Nest as it navigates the S-curves along the Crookton Cutoff.

Evening glint reflects off the side of three big GE motors as they hustle an Oakland, CA to Logistic Park Chicago, IL intermodal train out of Eagle Nest.

A load grain train (operating with a 4x3x2 power configuration) rolls into the sag at Pica before making a run up Yampai Hill. Before this, the grain train came to a stop at East Pica to let the Z... (more)

A Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z-train charges around the curve of Arrowhead Jct. as it has no issues battling the grade of Goffs Hill. While the Willow Springs to North Bay intermodal serv... (more)

A 3x3x0 "Z"-train races towards the crew's final destination of Needles as it negotiates the curves between there and Java. Running under the symbol Z-LACMEM7 and is combined with the Q LACATG2. T... (more)

As the shadows grow long with the fading sunlight, a pair BNSF 700 series warbonnets lead an Alliance, TX stack train towards the Colorado River at Topock.