A surprisingly well-preserved BNSFbonnet slows this empty Vancouver, WA - Alton, ND grain train east approaching station sign Powell. Once stopped, the crew manually raised the crossing gates blo... (more)

Northbound manifest twists into Palmer Lake behind a trio of Dash 9s, the second of which sports a fresh coat of Swoosh.

A lone BNSF geep idles and chugs on the wye in Quanah. My first GP60M, a sharp-looking little locomotive.

I've always been a fan of the Oakways, and an even bigger fan when I see the GM herald as intact as this one is. Southbound baretable train breezes through Thompson.

A duo of ACes rumbles uphill as they pass over the old Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur on the rear of a southbound TGNX coal train. Hard to believe how weathered the Swoosh scheme can look after two ... (more)

ARR 3010 leads the Glacier Discovery out of the Portage tunnel as it works its way south over Placer Creek toward its destination in Whittier.

Elephant-style Execs struggle with coal loads eastbound entering Lake Park. A late Empire Builder will overtake this train on Main 2 seven minutes later.

BNSF 9257 leads an older sibling south into Larkspur with a full load of coal in HHHX hoppers.

A Triclops leads the daily Dilworth - Grand Forks manifest north through the plains of eastern North Dakota under a brilliant blue and haze-free sky. I've wondered what a shot through this former... (more)

Empty Clay Boswell coal pulls west out of the yard behind a duo of SD70MAC power, an increasingly common sight up here with more ACes and ES44ACs showing up on BNSF's roster.

With a malfunctioning ATCS and my scanner still in Alaska, it was one of those days where the best course of action was to just pick a spot and wait. After helplessly waiting for a couple of hour... (more)

BNSF 9260 leads a string of empty hoppers north into Larkspur in front the appropriately named Larkspur Butte. 48 hours earlier, I caught this train working through Palmer Lake fully loaded.

Quiet duet of old Geeps in Snyder: GNBC 4079 "Cheyenne" and FMRC 317 "Pawnee."

A winged GE veteran leads CSUX coal loads south through Larkspur. Usually Union Pacific will run 3 mid-train helpers, but they went BNSF-style with this one: two up front and two on the rear.

Coal loads work south out of Palmer Lake behind older EMD veterans.