A northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rounds the wide curve through Powder River, Wyoming, on BNSF’s Casper Subdivision on September 1, 1998. Behind lead unit EMD SD40-2 No. 6338 is ... (more)
A BNSF H2 C44-9W leads an eastbound intermodal train at the Ormonde crossovers (located back in the trees) along the BNSF Chillicothe west of Cameron, IL.
BNSF 5624 approaches Prairie du Chien, pulling an intermodal train. The train has just passed a lesser priority train, carrying trucks and wheelsets.
A westbound oil train crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri. I'd have to say that those power lines had my full attention as I tried to get into position.
This train is just starting to pickup speed after making a crew change a half mile back at CP Nisqually. The last crew pulled the train out Joint Base Lewis-McChord and brought it down to the Lak... (more)
BNSF 7948 Leads an empty four unit coal train back to Chicago on the NS Chicago Sub Division in Edgerton Ohio
A 504 axle manifest heads west at Elsberry, Missouri in front of an abandoned limestone quarry.
CSX K02201 crude oil loads, Cicero IL (BNSF) to Linden NJ, heads East on a freezing cold morning.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway baretable train rounds the curve at Cajon Campground and approaches the Swarthout Road grade crossing as it nears Blue Cut in the lower part of Cajon Pass. ... (more)
Here loaded coal train creeps through Greenalnd, CO on its way to the summit at Palmer Lake
Eastbound on the Racetrack.
The conductor of a BNSF coal train rides the rear platform back to their coal train. The story behind this is that the second locomotive, an SD70MAC had failed and the crew disconnected from thei... (more)
A scene fresh from mid 2000s, a pair of BNSF lettered warbonnets coast through the small town of Mazon, IL with a stack train for North Dakota.
After meeting CN U757, CN G888 loaded grain was given the green to proceed south. Here, it is shown wrapping around the curve leaving Lake Cormorant siding while its end is shown still passing th... (more)
A BNSF-led loaded CN grain train holds the main for CN U757 north bound oil train. CN U757 had two more south bound trains to meet before it was able to make it into Harrison Yard.
On a sunny evening, a pair of H4 GPs take BNSFs NIFA job back towards their Eola Yard. Seen here, the job features a short street running portion between two businesses, one of which has been conv... (more)
The snow began melting Friday, but by Saturday many of the trains backed up were beginning to roll. CN G888 loaded grain led by BNSF power was the first of many trains to show up in the span of ju... (more)
This manifest train is accelerating toward the Missouri River bridge where it will cross into Saint Louis County. There must have been maintenance workers near the left side of this photo because... (more)
An empty BNSF oil train is climbing out of the Columbia river gorge on a cold but clear morning. The tank cars are headed back to Tioga, ND for another load of crude oil after leaving BP's ARCO re... (more)
A fine tuned machine is what ran thought my mind, as I looked out over this trackage. Beautiful ballasted rails, with cement ties and smooth looking rails. I saw this train and had to sprint over ... (more)
BNSF has been somewhat short of power so the crew on this Vancouver. WA to Pasco Wa manifest was given two low horsepower GEEPs to haul 7500 plus tons of freight in the snow through the gorge. Eve... (more)
I got to photograph the BNSF trans-con in Arizona, for the first time in 16 years, this last weekend. I was treated to a beautiful snow covered landscape on Sunday morning. BNSF 8070 and 8125 lead... (more)
Foreign power isn't very common in these parts of the South. However, some units might make it past the many "anti-foreign power" railyards of West Virginia and Kentucky. In this case, a... (more)
Doing all of 70 mph, a hot intermodal screams out of the sub zero temperatures and kicks up snow along its route to Chicago. Four units upfront and two on the rear ensure there's enough muscle and... (more)
A pair of BNSF units lead a loaded coal train south through Siloam Springs, AR on a snowy February 14, 2021.
Code lines for CTC from the Great Northern Railway days still stand and are in use as this westbound passes the elevators in town. This was one of the last areas in Minnesota on the BNSF to have ... (more)
A short train with a Dash 9 leader near Clarksville, Missouri.
BNSF’s trackage rights train over the D&RGW is seen here rolling down the 2% grade on the west side of Soldier Summit. The location is the center siding at Gilluly, Utah.
A pair of whiteface SD60Ms pull a rusty looking freight train westbound on the Hannibal Sub near Foley, Missouri. As I remember, these units were pulled out of storage to address a power shortage... (more)
