After holding on Track 2 for a pair of passenger trains to stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center (a Metrolink commuter train on Track 3, and an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner on Track 1). ... (more)
12,000 tons of Galesburg, IL merchandise descends down the 1% grade between Valentine and Hackberry as four GE locomotives (3x1) keep the heavy train under control under stormy skies.
Hustling eastward across the barren plains of eastern New Mexico, and disturbing a raven as it does, is BNSF Railway train H-BARTUL9-18A, which originated in Barstow, California, and is headed to ... (more)
As a result of Amtrak 28s Siemens Charger developing issues in the Columbia River Gorge, BNSF 294 has been dropped off a passing Q train at Spokane and delegated to pull the increasingly late Empi... (more)
Along the banks of Lake Pend Oreille, the DP of an eastbound X-PSAHAS holds the main through Hope while a westbound coal train for Canada holds in the siding.
A BNSF stack train tops the hill at Medill just after dawn.
BNSF 8443 & 5978 lead westbound empties.
Westbound geometry train.
BNSF 2749 (GP39E) runs through the trees at Lyons, Colorado.
One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)
A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)
A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, passes some old elevators at Hagener. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interchang... (more)
At Jacksonville, there is this cool depot was built by the Chicago and Alton back in the days. Jacksonville was on the C&A's old Kansas City to Chicago mainline. The C&A's tracks went to the east ... (more)
BNSF 2749 (GP-39E) runs from Lyons, Colorado to Longmont with a short cut of hoppers.
Seven GE diesels lead eastbound train H-WATBAR1-22A through Fullerton as it heads from Watson, near the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, to Barstow, in the Mojave Desert. BNSF ES44C4 8061, ES... (more)
Westbound symbol ZALTSBD passes the Cargill grain mill at Verdemont.
A Pekin empty works back to the PRB on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train passes this old elevator at Chillicothe in southern Iowa about 8 miles west of Ottumwa. The Des Moines River is in the backgr... (more)
The Colorado Rocky Mountains are white with snow as BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through the curve at Crescent, Colorado.
BNSF 9272 (SD70ACe) leads a long oil can train through the Big Ten Curve as it descends from Clay into Rocky, Colorado. The destination is Denver, the skyline of which is at the top of the photo.... (more)
Bnsf 8381 Takes a Hot Z1 West down the Marceline Sub.
BNSF 8336 and BNSF 6075 (25th Anniversary Unit), leads NS 267 westbound on the NS Sandusky District in Delaware, Ohio.
A pair of BNSF EMD SD70MACs lead a BNSF coal train westbound over the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on September 11, 2010.
BNSF 7562 leads a intermodal West through Brookfield.
BNSF 9243 (SD70ACe) leaves the yard in Golden, Colorado and will head to Denver.
Looking across a bridge that crosses the Tallapoosa River, I witness the lead engine of CSX train I183 blow through the crossing towards Wadley with 266 axles.
BNSF 3664 & 3666 eastbound with a loaded coal train.
BNSF 7671 shoves on an eastbound mixed freight.
BNSF Railway train S-ALTLBT1-18A, carrying containers from Alliance, Texas, to the Long Beach port's Pier T, sits at Basta, about a mile west of Fullerton's Amtrak/Metrolink station, awaiting a ne... (more)
BNSF Railway train Q-SBDCHI6-16K, ferrying containers from San Bernardino CA to Chicago IL; traverses eastward on Kansas City Terminal's East-West Corridor through downtown KC. BNSF ES44C4 6636, ... (more)
Nearing the end of its journey from Pearland TX to Los Angeles CA is BNSF Railway train Q-PEALAC3-31A. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5170, SD70ACe 9094 and ES44C4 8249 are passing through the Fullerton Trans... (more)
Snow in Colorado is spring isn’t unusual, and another cloaked the Front Range on April 19, 2024. The next day, BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight descends Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel ... (more)
My, what big radiators you have With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)
BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) exits the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and runs into a snowstorm that is dropping four inches of snow on the Moffat line.
BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) leads a freight down the mountain between Tolland and Rollinsville, Colorado.
Westbound stack in Kingman Canyon behind BNSF 4201.
A westbound ZWSPSBD passes through Kingman Canyon in the early morning.
BNSF 3822 brings up the rear of a westbound HGALBAR.
A street fair is interrupted by a heavy manifest as it crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri.
A large herd of elk greets BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) as it runs a freight through a foggy and snowy Rollinsville, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) leads the Provo to Denver train out of the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and into light snow falling over Tolland, Colorado.
Rolling thru the night BNSF 5459 leads a long stack train to CSX’s North Baltimore Yard.
Bnsf 7259 has just brough the H-NTWTUL into town. Surprise visitor 2nd out and a long way from home rails.
BNSF 6093 & 8444 with westbound empties.
BNSF 8537 & 8563 power westbound empties.
BNSF 8321 leads a track evaluation train underneath Dayton's Bluff in Saint Paul, Minnesota while overtaking a tied-down manifest.
The heat from the fresh made iron ore pellets rises above the train as the cars crest the yard and the engines begin to ramp up speed and horsepower while they are almost ready to depart for point... (more)
A meet on the Hannibal Sub at Gibb.
A colorful HBARKCK works upgrade through Kingman Canyon in the late afternoon.
BNSF 3269 leads a westbound ZLPKLAC through Kingman Canyon.
Long live the Warbonnet! BNSF 704 (Dash9) pulls up for service at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 6739, 5752, & Ferromex 4092 lead an eastbound mixed freight.
BNSF 9271, 9407, & 9067 westbound with empties.
Eastbound empty coal train east of Thompson Springs on the former DRGW.
BNSF 6339 (ES44AC) exits Tunnel #1 and will drop down into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado on its way to Denver.
BNSF 6078, 9945, 9060, & 9749 with an empty coal train.
BNSF 766 in warbonnet paint brings up the rear of an eastbound HBARPHX manifest at Griffith in the late evening.
A Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z3 passes the Z-LACWSP1 as they both negotiate the tight curves of Crozier Canyon. Spring rain showers have brought out some hint of greenery to Arizona'... (more)
I003 leans into the curve at Lock 14 rolling over the Spring St. grade crossing with CSX Operation Life Saver 4568 in charge on a beautiful April afternoon.
BNSF 8767 & 5671 with westbound empties.
BNSF 9275 (SD70ACe) joins a vintage Cascade Green Burlington Northern SD40-2 as they await service at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
Led by BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 8758, an eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles through Noxon, Montana, on the morning of June 28, 2019.
An eastbound vehicle train passes Klinefelter as it heads downgrade towards Needles.
An eastbound BNSF grain train rumbles across Bridge 55 over Trout Creek along the Clark Fork and the former Montana Rail Link main line through Trout Creek, Montana, on a wintery February 12, 2024... (more)
Westbound BNSF local grinds through Escalon Ca.
A BNSF grain train heading west on the Transcon at Medill, Missouri.
BNSF 3659 & 3650 are the rear DPUs on eastbound loads.
The eastbound 431 local led by BNSF 2745 & 2625 returning to Aurora.
BNSF 6942 & 7119 westbound with a ragtag mix of three bay hoppers.
BNSF 5264 & 8783 power a westbound mixed freight.
A patch of sunlight illuminates an empty coal train as the Portage de Sioux power plant provides a fitting background.
Bnsf 732 leads a freight west down the High line.
BNSF 5696 (AC4400CW) leads a loaded coal train towards Hudson, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 6383 (ES44AC) crosses the Cache La Poudre River in Fort Collins.
BNSF 9295 (SD70ACe) leads a freight through Tolland, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
A lengthy train lights up as it swings into the sun near Gibb siding on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.
BNSF 5675, 8510, 8475, 5828, & 5711 westbound with empties.
A pair of ES44ACHs power a westbound empty coal train.
Intermodal containers roll into Birmingham out of Fairburn, GA. Nearing its destination, this Heritage 2 unit will soon arrive with its train at East Thomas Yard.
The orange glow of a sunrise catches BNSF 9029 (SD70ACe) muscling a loaded coal train through the cut at Keenesburg, Colorado.
Sunrise catches BNSF 2949 (GP39-2) waiting for order to go sort cars in the Denver Yard.
Loaded grain train G-WTRKAL9-11A crests over the top of Marias Pass westbound towards Whitefish with the beautiful Rocky Mountain vista behind them.
On a cloudy afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, BNSF H-LAUPAS1-05A holds the main as they pass the E-CECRWM0-07A at the east end of the Hope, Idaho siding.
Westbound local power returning to Aurora light. BNSF 2745 is the trailing unit. Ex-BN 2236 & 2241 < nee CB&Q 959 & 964.
Westbound empties led by a 25th Anniversary unit, BNSF 6078. Trailing units are BNSF 9945, 9060, & 9749.
Two BNSF trains race each other past UD Tower in Joliet.
A sucker hole of sunlight shines on this loaded Boeing car bound for Seattle for final assembly as it passes the Front Range at Colorado Springs on the Joint Line.
BNSF SD70ACe 9201 leads a trio of units bound for Oakdale Ca.
BNSF SD70ACe 9201 leads a trio of units on Union Pacific's Oakdale Branch to retrieve intermodal carloads at Oakdale Ca.
In the mountains East of Yellowstone, you can find a lot of things, but BNSF's Casper Subdivision is a unique run through some of the most scenic territory Wyoming can offer. From Wind River Canyo... (more)
