BNSF 8494 and 9795 (with BN logo on nose) lead a loaded coal bound for the coast on a warm(er) winter day between Lake Cormorant and Banks, MS.
The first of 3 southbound trains came across the BNSF Frisco Mississippi River Bridge with BNSF 6826 leading and BNSF 4714 trailing on a beautiful but crisp morning.
The once-a-week Kelly Lake local and their standard train consisting of 5 cars of bentonite clay heading east on the CN Keenan sub using trackage rights to serve the Minorca mine north of Virginia... (more)
Brand new. Probably the first trip out of GE / Erie.
A TP&W crew brings this BNSF loaded grain train onto TZPR property. The train was loaded at Prairie Central Grain at Chenoa on the TP&W, which handled the train to Peoria for interchange with BNS... (more)
Its snowing on the Continental Divide as a Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight heads west through the siding at Tabernash, Colorado, while the Ansco Ski Train waits on the wye track on t... (more)
A westbound NS train climbs the Wabash River valley grade wst of Logansport, IN on its journey to KC to be handed over to the BNSF to complete its destination in Dallas, TX. All forms of BNSF run ... (more)
Tacoma's Union Station, with its Federal Courthouse addition, still has rail service of a sort. Sound Transit's Link Light rail passes by on Pacific Ave and makes a stop at the adjacent Washingto... (more)
A quartet of brand-new Burlington Northern Santa Fe “Heritage I” GE C44-9Ws power a westbound grain train out of Shed 10.7 east of Java, Montana, while descending Marias Pass on the afternoon ... (more)
Amtrak San Joaquin 715, making its way from Bakersfield to Oakland with a 500-class Dash 8-32BWH for power, slows for its stop at Denair, near Turlock in California’s rural Stanislaus Cou... (more)
Leaving the plains behind, another few miles remain to reach the summit at Marias Pass as BNSF 4594 in the company of an SD70ACe leads a westbound manifest past the west switch of Bison siding on ... (more)
Coiling down the long grade from the high country to the plains, BNSF 1046, in the company of a couple of faded ladies, presents a fine late summer view in the northern Rockies. That Heritage I sc... (more)
A train off the Sioux City Sub waits at the Ashland depot, that was still an open office with operator at the time. On the Creston Sub a pair of classy SD70MACs lead westbound coal empties toward ... (more)
Still boasting the Heritage 1 paint scheme, BNSF 966 leads Z-194 through Savage, MS on its was to Jackson where the train will be split before continuing to New Orleans.
NS 19M slowly pulls west after a crew change through Bluefield yard. It's seen here about to duck under US 29 on a yard track with a BNSF ACe leader.
Eastbound at Grotto with Mt Index in the background on the BNSF Scenic Subdivision
BNSF 298 rolls through Bluefield yard with train NS 217.
NS 217 comes into Ada, Wv with a BNSF trio. Just ahead is Bluefield yard.
In some great morning light for a westbound, NS 217 heads west through Oakvale, Wv with a BNSF SD75M on point.
Hotshot intermodal NS 217 rushes west through Narrows, Va with some solid BNSF power.
The BNSF SD75M's are back on NS 217 once again. This time under sunny skies. The first shot of the chase is in Shawsville, Va at "John Farm". This is a great spot that favors a morning w... (more)
CSX K622 ethanol loads (Chicago IL - Philadelphia PA) passes the New York Central Railroad coaling towers. The NYC 4 track mainline once went in the direction to the left through the city of Syra... (more)
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train powered by a trio of EMD SD70MACs, No. 9864 in Heritage II colors and Nos. 9563 and 9697 still in Burlington Northern Grinstein paint, heads south out of ... (more)
A westbound manifest is coming off the Missouri River bridge near Florissant, Missouri.
BNSF 5368 leads a Dash9 and SD75M in native colors on an eastbound manifest climbing the grade to Soldier Summit as it passes the west end of Gilluly on a summer morning.
BNSF 743 and 779 in their native colors come drifting into Galesburg, IL on one of those crisp October mornings. You knew this was the "Q" from the distinctive signal system, yet changes... (more)
An east bound empty grain train meets a west bound loaded grain train just east of Grizzly. In the background is Marias Pass highlighted by Summit Mountain and Calf Robe Mountain.
BNSF 9745 leads empty hoppers west between Anselmo and Lin Scott, NE. The second unit, 9647, is the infamous and much maligned BNSF experimental scheme that was an attempt to combine the executive... (more)
