Cab's Eye View

On an August day in 2015, a BNSF freight waits on the main line in McCook, Nebraska, while final tests are performed before the manifest begins its westbound journey. ... (more)

Lead by a CitiRail unit, a BNSF intermodal quickly pops out of a dense fog while it crosses the river on a cold winter morning.

Crossing the San Joaquin river near Fresno, CA.

A short BNSF manifest descending the Tehachapi's, between tunnels 1 & 2, while the San Joaquin Valley can be seen off in the distance.

An early morning sliver of sun light catches the side of a BNSF intermodal wrapping around the curve at the site of old tunnel 6 and is approaching tunnel 5 on this perfect spring morning in the T... (more)

The quietness of a spring morning, as the sun slowly peaks the hills, is disturbed by the high pitched whine of dynamic braking units working in unison to bring their train of mixed goods down the... (more)

Under a partially lit Milky Way above, the slow progress of a BNSF intermodal working south up from Tunnel 1 to Bealville is seen in this 14 minute exposure. The train works up through tunnel 2, a... (more)

On a cold, windy night in spring, the beams of light from a southbound BNSF baretable train light up the landscape around the right of way in this 7.5 minute exposure, showing the train work from ... (more)

On a late spring afternoon in the Tehachapi's, 7 big GE locomotives of the BNSF drag a long intermodal up through Keene, CA and around the single track horseshoe curve.

A winter storm parts for the afternoon sun that lights up the Lehigh cement factory at Monolith and a passing south bound BNSF intermodal rolling quickly by at track speed.

13 minutes of a meet at the Tehachapi Loop.

When I was fired from the IMRL for 15 days on rules violations, I decided to go on a whirl wind tour of the west for my 1st time. So I set out to see Colorado, Utah, and Montana back in 2000. I pa... (more)

An eastbound coal train snakes along the North Platte River in the desolate confines of Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa. The train is working towards Guernsey off the Orin Sub. The Cany... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Texas is working hard up the 1% grade on the Twin Peaks Sub near Abeyta. The train is currently near MP 241 between Barela and Trinchere. The Twin Peaks Sub runs from... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest filled out with large cuts of heavy coil steel moves up the steep 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon. The train is about to punch into Tunnel One and turn north for its cliff... (more)