BNSF was plugged up on their double track mainline between Nelson & Winona Jct., WI on March 18. This was the first of three eastbound BNSF freights parked for hours. Interestingly this manifest w... (more)

BNSF 4704 still wearing its original BNSF scheme mixes it up with CN & NS power on a westbound freight headed to Northtown Yard at Fountain City, WI. A nice touch of color on a dreary winter day a... (more)

BNSF 8202 races east with a Z train at Fountain City, WI hot on the trail of an eastbound freight that went by about 3 minutes earlier. The freight will wait at Winona Jct. for the Z to overtake i... (more)

BNSF 4000 could use a wash job, but its appearance matches the start of the day at Fountain City, WI. Forecasted thunderstorms provided drizzle and a lifting fog along the Mississippi bluffs at th... (more)

A BNSF oil train powered by Norfolk Southern units heads north along the Mississippi River at Breezy Point Ln., Fountain City, WI.

A BNSF grain train heads south past Fountain City, WI and bluffs near lock and dam no. 5 headed toward La Crosse, WI and beyond.

The classy looking Savannah and Atlanta heritage unit brings a string of "reverse oreo" tanks, loaded with oil, down the mighty Mississippi.

With less then an hour of sunlight left, the hot "St Paul" Z-train races into Fountain City behind a classy ACe duo! This is about as cool as it gets on the BNSF nowdays...

Starting his career on the IMRL, this friendly engineer now does his railroading on the BNSF Railway.

With a lack of crews out on the BNSF, trains seem to be going dead everywhere. H-NTWGAL, with a relief crew on board, is moments from departing the lock and damn after spending two hours waiting o... (more)

Swinging back onto double track, train H-NSINTW rolls west into the evening sun behind NS 6771, 6710, and 8742.

In the Summer of 95, a Burlington Northern caboose brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest... in reality this is the North La Crosse Local on a day they actually used a caboose.

The Northtown to Galesburg manifest wastes no time taking single track after meeting westbound NSINTW at Winona Junction. Todays train had a real mix of power consisting of BNSF 8300, 641, NS 2548... (more)

A look back at what may be in the future for lines along the Mississippi River this year, a conductor eyes the high water as his train emerges from a submerged section of track. This westbound V t... (more)