An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight exits Tunnel 1 and fills the horseshoe curve at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon as it drops downgrade between Plain and Clay, Colorado, on a dry Ja... (more)

Beginning to ramp up speed as BNSF 7747 is about to duck under Highway 169 and continue on south with taconite pellets made at the U.S. Steel Keewatin plant on a nice afternoon.

Eastbound and westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freights meet at Leyden, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel main line west of Denver on February 19, 2002. The east... (more)

BNSF SD70MACe Number 9753 Hits The Elevated Curve At Townsend With The Fall Colours Lingering Above.

Coming down the Casco Sub at mp 85 with loads of pellets, the other player in moving taconite in NE Minnesota is the BNSF which handles production from U.S. Steel's Keetac plant and Hibbing Taconi... (more)

The Grand Rapids local has crossed from Minnesota to Wisconsin on its way to Superior.

A WB oil train begins its trip up Mullan Pass as it departs Helena with a Santa Fe warbonnet unit assisting second out.

BNSF 2098 leads the CN L580 in Brantford Ontario. Here it is seen putting its train together for the day before departing. BNSF 2098 is on CN for BNSF returning power hours to CN. Two days after t... (more)

BNSF 9992 West has a string of OPSX hoppers as it moves onto single track near Pleasant Dale, NE. A second main track was eventually added to most of the single track sections of railroad on this ... (more)

Faded lady 5383 seems to have been basking in the sun too long, compared to its more vibrant cousins. This westbound J.B. Hunt container train is plodding upgrade past the Cosnino Road crossing be... (more)

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.