A 1/20th of a second pan shows off a Westbound Pasco, WA to Barstow, CA high-priority manifest rolling through the gap at the Honeymoon Tunnels.
Clouds have rolled in just in time for a Warbonnet-led Eastbound baretable to rumble through the Feather River Canyon.
After a wet Winter, the Rock Creek has turned from a gentle stream to white water rapids.. The sounds of the water crashing against the rocks I was standing on was quite relaxing until the GE came... (more)
GE's lead a 61 car Everett, WA to Barstow, CA BNSF trackage rights train over the Rock Creek Trestle.
BNSF 5469 leads two more GE's and 128 loads of New Mexico coal down the big hill, just East of the Ambrosia siding.
Three ex B&O SD40's lead 52 empty WFAX hoppers up the hill at Lee Ranch Junction, on their way to the Lee Ranch Mine.
A brand new ES44C4 leads the 80 car (63 blue SWFX and 17 old heavy SWFX) Blue Looper down the hill near milepost 7 on the Lee Ranch Subdivision.. Fortunately I shot the train when I did, as in und... (more)
BNSF 4116, sporting its Swooshie paint job, brings up the markers of a loaded Tepco coal train rolling towards the mainline at Milepost 5.
Three SD40's have made it down the hill from the Lee Ranch Mine with 52 loads of coal in tow. In just a few minutes, the train will run to the rotary dumper, and the 5200 tons of loaded coal (trai... (more)
This KCS Southern Belle is a little out of place in the high desert of Arizona! After car camping overnight, and waking up to a foot of fresh power, fellow RP'er Ryan Slaton told me about the Bell... (more)
A 1x1 coal load rumbles over a little creek in Eastern Montana.
Three SD40's howl in dynamics dropping down the 1.5% grade with 52 loaded coal hoppers in tow.
Two EMD's drag 4506 feet of autos in Run 8 towards the 10 thousand foot Tunnel 41, which is aptly named the "Big Hole".\
Another famous 10K footer stack train kicks up the fresh powder, splitting the signals at Maine with a clean C4 on the point.
Happy Birthday from BNSF! On 3/22 I turned 21, and the first train of the morning is this Warbonnet led baretable from Phoenix, winding through the crossovers at Maine.
