A WB oil train begins its trip up Mullan Pass as it departs Helena with a Santa Fe warbonnet unit assisting second out.
BNSF 2098 leads the CN L580 in Brantford Ontario. Here it is seen putting its train together for the day before departing. BNSF 2098 is on CN for BNSF returning power hours to CN. Two days after t... (more)
BNSF 9992 West has a string of OPSX hoppers as it moves onto single track near Pleasant Dale, NE. A second main track was eventually added to most of the single track sections of railroad on this ... (more)
Faded lady 5383 seems to have been basking in the sun too long, compared to its more vibrant cousins. This westbound J.B. Hunt container train is plodding upgrade past the Cosnino Road crossing be... (more)
BNSF 4671 is westbound just shy of the Arizona line at Manuelito, NM. Back in ABS days and days of signals displayed to the right of an approaching train, the left hand running nature of this terr... (more)
On a line dominated by coal trains, the Denver to Galesburg train provides a welcome splash of variety. There has been plenty of change in the 25 years since this photo was taken. The searchlights... (more)
A trio of MACs hum downgrade past the old depot in Red Oak, IA in the waning light of a December afternoon. Astia.
While sunning ourselves on the rocks above Seligman this Arizona morning, a headlight slowly approaches in the distance and soon the 4456 East comes grinding up the stiff grade toward the Arizona ... (more)
Dash9s were as ubiquitous on BNSF as SD70Ms on UP. A pair of Dash9s and pair of SD40-2s power this westbound through Williams Jct., AZ on a winter late afternoon. Ektachrome.
A pair of Dash9s lead an SD60M and 40-2 with an eastbound intermodal train at Suwanee, NM., about forty seven miles west of Belen. Fuji Velvia.
Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.
A hot Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway piggyback train, BNSF 9-896-24, passes through the station of May as it heads east out of Los Angeles behind ATSF SD40-2 5084, which has not yet been ren... (more)
Under blue Arizona skies and following old Route 66 west of Seligman, here comes an eastbound with a typical post-merger power consist rounding the bend near old Audley station. Fuji Velvia.
A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.
The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)
On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.
A rather eclectic lash up rolls east at the entrance to corn country (as opposed to cow country) near Anselmo, NE. AFSF 5009 is a 1966 SD40 that was rebuilt as an SD40u. The fuel tender and SD40-2... (more)
Out in the sunflower vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills, BN 5584 leads a set of DC power on an eastbound coal train through cow country west of Mullen.
The Great Northern influenced Heritage 1 colors looked pretty good on this westbound sailing through Maine, AZ. The classic Santa Fe station signs could once be found all along the system. Fuji Ve... (more)
CSX Q643 southbound splits the former Monon semaphores at Romney, IN, 09/20/2003. Nikon F100, Nikkor 300mm f4 AF lens, Fujichrome Velvia. I remember chasing this train from Lafayette Junction with... (more)
Westbound at Maine, AZ
Westbound in the big curve between Marmon and Laguna, BNSF 8247 in native colors leads two Heritage II GEs.
Standing on the overpass in Winslow, Arizona on a late winter morning, BNSF 4974 comes rolling into town on the final mile of its lengthy crew district from Needles, CA. Out across the majestic sa... (more)
Brilliant in the late afternoon sun, a trio of Dash9s and an SD75M power a westbound up the grade towards the Continental Divide.
A BNSF coal train exercising it's trackage rights on the Union Pacific. The trackage rights are due to the UP. SP merger. BNSF 5911 is heading westbound on the Shafter subdivision, ex Western Paci... (more)
Struggling up the long grade from the Rio Grande valley at Belen to Mountainair, BNSF 505 East leads another one of the diverse power consists that proliferated at the time, including an F45. Fuji... (more)
Early morning finds the 4826 East sailing across the plains and blowing past the old division point of Vaughn, NM. The subdivision was largely single track with passing sidings yet and you better ... (more)
You never knew what you were going to get for a power consist in the years following the big mergers of the 90s. UP or C&NW leaders were the norm for UP trains between Ogden, Topeka and Chicago ac... (more)
BNSF 1507 Sits Lifeless By Some Flowers At Brownsville.
Resplendent in the morning sunshine, BNSF 4750 slips beneath the cantilever at Summit - the east end of two main tracks on Marias Pass - after the Essex helpers had cut off. Fuji Astia.