Morning Meeting | A southbound manifest train rolls past downtown Oklahoma City, OK on the frigid morning of Saturday, January 20, 2024, not quite catching up with the rear motor of Amtrak'... (more)
BNSF 5647 & 9675 on the rear of westbound empties.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) runs the S curves leading to Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Greenland, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) leads a short freight towards Broomfield on the Front Range Sub.
The first crude oil train on the CSX WaterLevel route for Eddystone Generation in a long time. BNSF SD70ACe leads the way along with 2 NS motors. Not pictured is NS 8105 Interstate Heritage as rea... (more)
A westbound grain train makes its way to St. Louis in extreme cold temperatures.
A Northtown-Pasco manifest rolls through Essex.
B115 races out of a busy Selkirk Yard, seen in the background is M427 on the inbound flyover, and a yard set with an SD50 building a train.
On June 23, 2015, a BNSF grain train curves over Sixteen Mile Creek while passing the townsite of Lombard and the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension bridge that spans the Missouri River, heading... (more)
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF ACe 9017 runs over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF's H LAUPAS departs the west switch at Winston, MT.
Manifest traffic from Laurel, MT - Pasco, WA climbs out of Townsend on MRL's 2nd Sub.
BNSF's local to Chewelah begins the climb out of Spokane.
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) muscles a coal train through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 6751 (ES44C4) joins other heavies in the yard of the engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado as a RTD commuter train drops down from the elevated track.
A pair of BNSF motors lead the Charlotte bound B651 as it splits the signals at "Quarry" on the former Clinchfield.
A frosty-chinned BNSF 5700 (ES44AC) leads a freight through Arvada, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
BNSF 2828 (GP39-2M) leads a load of lumber off the Broomfield Siding towards Lafeyette, Colorado.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) crosses the highway with a load of lumber for a customer in Lafeyette, Colorado.
A crewmember of BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) is walking back after throwing a switch allowing the Buck Local to get on the siding in Broomfield, Colorado.
BNSF 5609 leads a westbound empty coal train.
BNSF 5647 & 9675 shove on westbound empties.
BNSF 9218 & 8502 eastbound with a loaded coal train.
BNSF ET44C4 3830 climbs out of Logan, MT with a Q train.
BNSF 9709 (Executive Grinstein SD70MAC) brings the Coors Beer Train into the Denver.
BNSF 2719 (ex-Burlington Northern GP39-2) and BNSF 1732 (ex-ATSF SD40-2) sit at the engine servicing facility in downtown Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 1733 (SD40-2) pulls a cut of cars out of the Denver Yard for sorting.
BNSF 5700 (ES44AC) leads the Provo train through the Crescent Curve as fresh snow blankets the area.
BNSF 8130 (ES44C4) rounds the corner with a freight at Blue Mountain, Colorado at sunrise.
With Mount Evans looking snow packed, the BNSF Buck Local runs the Front Range Sub towards Broomfield, Colorado,
BNSF 4276 has 31B's train at track speed between Massive and Eldon on the Laggan Sub.
After a quick crew change at the east end of town, 31B-03's train passes the station of Field heading west onto the Mountain Sub.
BNSF ES44C4 4276 leads 31B-03's business train down "The Big Hill" between Cathedral and Field.
BNSF ES44C4 4276 leads a westbound business train across Lake Ohara Road.
BNSF 5609 & 9675 shove on an eastbound loaded coal train destined for Ottumwa Iowa.
After working JBS Swift, BNSF 2691 & 2560 lead the 431 local east to their base in Aurora.
Evidence of busting snow drifts on the Moffat coat the pilot on BNSF 5700 (ES44AC) as it leads a freight towards Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 5700 (ES44AC) leads the Provo to Denver train around the corner at Crescent, Colorado.
A BNSF business train pulls into Field, BC.
A BNSF business train gets set to pull out of the station at Banff, AB under smoky skies.
BNSF Geep #2549 (GP39-3) runs from the Longmont Depot to the BNSF yard for a string of freight cars destined for customers in Lafeyette, Colorado.
Classic Crescent Winter temperatures at minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit with all the splendors this most beautiful of a view in the morning sun after a winter storm.
Soon after the sun rests below the horizon, BNSFs Chicago to Galesburg road local rounds the bend into Lemont with a very unique assortment of power. Seen here traversing over the Des Plaines rive... (more)
After traversing NS over the cover of darkness, BNs empties for North Antelope Mine in Wyoming are seen making their way down the BNSF Racetrack with a rebuilt 70mac up front.
BNSF 8993 (SD70ACe) waits on a siding as a Kansas City Southern train moves by on the southbound Joint Line through Spruce, Colorado.
A faded Geep waits at the yard in Longmont, Colorado for orders to go to Lafeyette.
Orange and blue work together as a BNSF empty grain shuttle rolls east behind BNSF 3888, two more Gas and a pair of MRL ACes. This train is operating on Montana Rail Link heading upstream in the C... (more)
From the old, unused Highway overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, a westbound BNSF Boeing special flies by at this location on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision main line between Avon and Gar... (more)
BNSF 6206 (ES44AC) runs northbound on the Joint Line and passes a southbound coal train at Spruce, Colorado.
A westbound BNSF Z train cruises down the grade at Parks just west of the Arizona continental divide after the first decent snowstorm of 2024
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACE) runs through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF ACe 9017 leads a heavy coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
Y-EOL102 makes its way back to Eola with 552 in the lead as it crosses over Park Ave. 1/9/24
A relaxing afternoon along the Montana’s Clark Fork at Trout Creek sees one last train before nightfall sets in on October 2, 2013, as an eastbound BNSF coal train trundles by.
BNSF 6078 shoves on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through the Keenesburg Cut as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 8578 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train into the valley at Acequia, Colorado.
BNSF 6206 (ES44AC) runs north on the Joint Line past a herd of cows.
Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)
An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.
One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)
With five motors on the point, the hot Z-WSPSBD3 waste no time descending down the Arizona Divide as it kicks up leftover snow at the control point of Maine.
A high priority intermodal train from San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL intermodal train charges up the grade out of Seligman during a brisk, chilly, winter morning.
Four GEs bring up a Long Beach, CA to Clovis, NM stack train through Williams Junction a day after a winter storm blanked the northern Arizona region with six to eight inches of snow.
BNSF 5732 & 6157 with westbound empties.
BNSF 7157, 5663, & 8770 lead a westbound mixed freight.
With a BNSF Dash 9 leading three EMD's, a loaded westbound coal train cruises across the Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision on a snowy spring day. The train is crossing over the Yellowstone River... (more)
The evening's last sunlight catches BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) at Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
Running through the Red Oak Nature Center between Aurora and Batavia, BNSFs West Chicago job crawls north with the only active smurf on the roster, and one of the three active ATSF warbonnet paint... (more)
BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.
BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.
BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) survives in its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint as it waits for servicing at the BNSF engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) gets ready to lead a coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) runs a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.
BNSF 5836, 9155, & 8752 westbound with empties.
A pair of BNSF GE's bring up the rear as DPU's on a BNSF manifest and intermodal freight making its way east over Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision. Holding in the siding at Bearmouth, Montana i... (more)
Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)
The daily H-GALMEM rolls west through Annada Mo.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) drags a loaded coal train up the grade between Greenland, Colorado and Spruce.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train towards Keenesburg, Colorado.
The late evening sun catches BNSF 8406 (SD70ACe) running in front of a rock formation at Palmer Lake, Colorado.
After sitting in the city all night, coal empties from NS highball west along the Mendota sub, with a cab light 70mac rebuild taking the charge.
The last of its kind left on an active BNSF roster, along with one of roughly seven left active, having a “smurf” and warbonnet 4-axle dash 8 paired up, and running on the mainline, was quite ... (more)
BNSF 6249 with westbound empties.
BNSF ES44AC 5724 leads CP Vancouver Coquitlam-Edmonton Walker train M310 east on CN's Edson Sub. BNSF power is quite rare in these parts, especially in the lead position.
