NS 278 thunders past the depot at Rural Retreat just before midnight with about 11k feet of train in tow. One of my all time favorite railroad photographers, O. Winston Link inspired this image... (more)

Shortly after sunrise, BNSF C-SCRMRBC0-45F has mid-train helpers cut in and they have begun their climb out of Helena towards Mullan Pass. Notable buildings of the Helena skyline can be seen in th... (more)

BNSF 8384 Leads a Everett to Spokane Manifest into Titlow on the BNSF Railways Seattle Subdivision

BNSF Q-ALTPTL rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, heading west on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the bright winter day of February 5, 2022.

BNSF 8115 (ES44C4) gets a stack train moving in Spruce, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8567 (SD70ACe) shoves a freight towards the Moffat Tunnel in Tolland, Colorado.

BNSF 2549 (GP39-3) moves a cut of cars in the yard at Hudson, Colorado.

An eastbounder picking up speed after the engineer had to put the train into Emergency in response to a close call at the grade crossing near West Gibb. Oh joy, more paperwork...

BNSF 8526 & 8583 with westbound empties.

Westbound empties tied down waiting for a new crew.

BNSF 5634 & 5962 on the rear of eastbound loads.

NS loads for Detroit crawling out of downtown Chicago, with BNs sole PTC pinwheel executive 70mac up front.

BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty runs along the siding at Trout Creek, Montana, and passes the wye and spur that once served a lumber facility on February 12, 2024.