BNSF 4523 rolls through a pocket of light cast through a break in a small thunderstorm.

BNSF 6847 drops downgrade between tunnels 5 and 3, just South of Bealville.

This is a northbound coal empty on the Canyon Sub. This train is between Elkhorn and Bridger Jct. It is just cresting a hill at milepost 127. You can tell where the crest of the grade is. The lead... (more)

At 6:00 PM Friday evening this Z train's power muscles up the 2.2% grade between Merritt and Berne in the Cascade Mountains. It's a lot of fun to hear them roar from miles away, anticipating the m... (more)

It's 11:00 AM Saturday morning near an area known by railfans as "The Slot" while a Z train and Nason Creek roll and flow eastward in the Cascade Mountains.

During the first real spring day, an empty UCEX train speeds through the S-curves just south of Vance on its way to Guernsey, WY.

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This Grand Forks, ND, to Belt Clearing Yard, in Chicago, IL, manifest train is working east between Chadwick and Milledgeville on the C&I. The train has 100 loads and 19 empties, with a lone BNSF ... (more)

This Chicago, IL, to Dilworth, MN, vehicle train accelerates out of Savanna as a loaded sand train holds at CP 1462 for traffic to clear off the Barstow Sub. SD70MAC's aren't real common in genera... (more)

A total of seven SD70ACe's and one ES44AC lift a loaded coal train out of Montana's capitol city and towards the top of the famed Mullan Pass.

BNSF 4645 west tackles the westbound grade at Siberia as it cilmbs towards Ash Hill.

BNSF 6725 west works through Frost on the Cajon Sub as it climbs the eastside of Cajon Pass.

After emerging from out of the Cascade bore and into the sunshine, BNSF 7878 west begins its descent down the mountain. In the background US HWY 2 climbs Cowboy Mountain toward Stevens Pass. Tim... (more)

Alongside the Skykomish River with MT Persis in the background, BNSF 7878 west is taking the siding for the passage of Amtrak 8. I felt like jumping into the water to cool off, we were experienci... (more)