Cohasset coal empties sit crewless on the coal connector between the Hillsboro Sub (Dakota JCT) and the Prosper Sub. It's nice to catch SD60Ms still in the coal pool since they're being booted fr... (more)

BNSF 9235 leads another string of coal up the grade through Greenland while a couple of horses chill by the big red barn.

An ACe and a blue CEFX leaser have this northbound coal empty zipping right along through the Greenland Open Space.

You wouldn't know it by looking at this power, but this is not a coal train. Rather, it's the high priority Lincoln, NE - Dilworth, MN manifest, hitting the diamonds across the KO Sub and joining... (more)

At a little more than 2 weeks old, fresh'y new BNSF 8497 leads coal south through the S-curves just south of Monument, CO. The Joint Line has been blessed with a glut of new ACes recently.

Coal loads climb the grade through Greenland as they work their way south on the Joint Line.

EMD Elephants snake coal loads east through Crookston on a beautiful Easter Sunday evening. More info, videos, and discussion at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD75M
Location: Crookston, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8262
Train ID: C-DKMCOB
Photo Date: March 24, 2008

The EMD parade continues as BNSF 8282 and an HLCX leaser lead more baretables south on the Hillsboro Sub.

ARR 32 leads the Alaska State Fair Train around the curve on Elmendorf AFB on its second day of operation in 2013. This train ran on two weekends to the state fair in Palmer, AK making 4 round tr... (more)

PAL 8333 is a long way from home tracks and sits alone on a dead-end line near the CP yard in Minot.

BNSF 8274 and BNSF 8118 pull 105 cars westbound out of the Red River Valley and around the curve entering Larimore.

BNSF 9316 leads coal empties out of Palmer Lake and through the Greenland Open Space. Due to flooding out to the east, the Joint Line will see amost double the normal traffic flow for the next 2 ... (more)

An ACe and a rare un-faded H2 MAC lead more coal south, seen here just south of the Academy siding in Colorado Springs, CO.

BNSF 789 arrives at the Alton Grain Terminal, LLC after a jaunt south and meets with a re-routed H-DILPAS in Buxton and the South Local at Redco.

BNSF 8264 laps across the southern part of the balloon track to clear its train off of the Glasston Sub. Note the difference in color and font between the two units in the Heritage II scheme.