Near the end of the day, this BNSF work train was going downgrade on main 3 near Hill 582 on the famous Cajon Pass. A load of rails was on the tow.

Brand-new BNSF Dash 9 No. 1092 idles at dusk in the engine facility with Santa Fe power.

B-B local power waits in the snow for the next call to service. B23-7 4274 was delivered to Santa Fe in December 1985, but I bet it left BNSF's roster before GP30u 2460, an upgraded version of a ... (more)

Near sunset, BNSF workers at the north fuel racks get out of their vehicle to perform maintenance on the power of a couple of northbounds.

A maintenance worker rides BNSF's inspection car "Rio Grande" as the train's brakeman walks back up to the head end after throwing a switch into a siding.

After running on NS from Mobile, this northbound returns to home rails at Kimbrough, which is identified by a sign visible from space.

The Fall colors are peaking as a maintenance train makes its way back to St. Louis on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

The Stockton Sub dispatcher runs an Amtrak San Joaquin around BNSF 726 West. The BNSF train is sitting on new track, part of the double track recently installed between Oakley and Bixler using $31... (more)

BNSF 1001 leading a westbound stack train waits for a signal to clear at Edmonds, WA before completing its trip along Puget Sound from Everett to Seattle. Edmonds was and may still be a bottle nec... (more)

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14. The consolidation of two loaded oils is unusual but likely due to th... (more)

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14 and continue south on the River Sun as a double train set. The monste... (more)

Westbound passes Frazer's local Badger bar.

BNSF stack trains meet at the outskirts of Gallup. C44-9W No. 4846 is headed toward the West Coast.

BNSF 1098 West is laboring up the final mile of the long grade to the summit of Marias Pass at the aptly named control point "Summit" - 1150 miles from St. Paul, MN. Fuji Astia.