After struggling to crest the Palmer Divide, BNSF 6004 is finally on the downhill side as it slips through Palmer Lake. This train was going so slowly toward the crest that the conductor on the c... (more)

Still looking good in it's Warbonnet paint, BNSF 125 leads a spartan sister unit and the new H-GFDNTW south on the Hillsboro Sub.

BNSF 8246's engineer braves the ambient -10°F air as he walks back to the cab after doing a quick inspection on one of his units. The steam in the background is from the UND power plant which ju... (more)

Another ACe-led coal train works north out of Palmer Lake. I love how the Greenland Open Space tends to make trains look like model railroads at times!

The crew of this northbound manifest was running low on hours and with no dogcatcher crew available, the race was on to get to Denver. Here they are powering a visiting Catfish down the grade lea... (more)

BNSF 6164 leads a pair of MACs northbound with empty hoppers destined for the mines while coal loads struggle to make it up the grade in the foreground.

UP 7176 brings up the rear of this empty coal train as it pushes hard against the grade into Palmer Lake on a beautiful Colorado morning.

BNSF 8039 leads the daily Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest north toward F.O. Switch with a couple of big CATs in tow. It's always a good day when you see an ex-BN Cascade Green SD40-2 lead... (more)

The Denali Star breezes over a swollen Ship Creek (and under the overly-complex pedestrian bridge) just moments from hitting the depot in Anchorage.

A long Grand Forks - Northtown manifest rolls south past Alton's resident grain shuffler, DLSX 2307. This same combo of Oakways would be providing power on the day's M-DILGFD as well.

Behold the great expanse of the Red River Valley, what once was the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz. Now it's just fertile, flat land that gives the Grand Forks - Northtown manifest absolutely no ... (more)

Westbound auto train coasts through Lake Park and through the ever-popular curves on the west side of town.

For all the BN EMD fans out there: an empty coal with EMD BNSF 9204 meets loaded coal with EMD BNSF 9772 in Grandin. Finally caught an SD70MAC on the point of a coal drag...

More non-AC EMD coal power is used on the M-SUPMIN in the form of BNSF 8266, seen here steaming west with a long train. A step ladder is used to gain some elevation and get a little different per... (more)

After a rare crew change in Greenland, this northbound manifest is underway again heading north, seen here skirting the base of Hunt Mountain (which isn't really a mountain but more of a plateau).