Westbound BNSF Executive Special

Before orange gevos occupied the 7800 series, former BN SD40-2s claimed those numbering spots and were more appealing even though their age was showing through. BN had the heaviest SD40-2s built ... (more)

The Swift RoadRailer departs Klamath Falls on a spring morning, bound for Keddie and, ultimately, the LA basin.

A westbound manifest freight on Main 2 passes the DPU on an eastbound at Belton (West Glacier) along BNSF's Hi Line Subdivision.

NS Q35, an extra Scherer coal train heads south for the trip down the Atlanta South District as it OS's CP Henderson's Southern Railway era cantilever with a BNSF AC4400 in the lead. (Slide Scan)

A late evening crew change takes place on BNSF's Gallup Sub against a mountainous backdrop.

With the sun casting a golden glow, BNSF 9681 sits in NS's Kankakee Yard on point of a coal train bound for interchange back to the BNSF. Taken with permission from the crew.

Harvest time in America as grain empties head back to the the plains.

A "problematic' Q433 with some nice 'pumpkins' heads south past some latefall foliage colors and the low afternoon sun after losing it's air attempting to leave Selkirk Yard.

A "problematic' Q433 approaches Route 144 under moody skies as a cold front slams into the region from the west.

BNSF 1464 leads L-CHI105 through the grain elevator in Ransom Illinois.

For the second consecutive day in a row, a former Santa Fe lettered warbonnet dash 9 leads an empty oil off the River Sub out of Philly. A little worse for wear it is still great to see one in N... (more)

A southbound grain train obviously from BNSF hustles down the illMainline of Mid America at Essex, Mississippi in October of 2003. (Slide Scan)