A southbound grain train obviously from BNSF hustles down the illMainline of Mid America at Essex, Mississippi in October of 2003. (Slide Scan)
A very clean BNSF 4991 leads a hot shot stacker west through La Grange, Illinois
An ex-super fleet warbonnet, with still good looking paint, heads the Galesburg to Peoria train out the north end of the TZPR yard to double their train into another receiving track.
Early sun on a westbound oil train on the Hannibal Sub. There is a lake to the right of the road in the picture which reflects winter sun nicely onto the hillside.
Illuminated by sucker hole of afternoon sun in the dark clouds, the "great pumpkin' leads a huge 217 car Monday monster into Selkirk Yard for Track 8 from the west.
Another empty Scherer coal train graces the rails of NS's Atlanta North District at Hiram, Georgia in August 2003. BNSF SD70MAC 9721 was still looking good in it's as built appearance as it lead B... (more)
A westbounder shows off the fall colors near Elsberry, Missouri.
Pumpkin patch deadline
BNSF Make A Wish Officer special northbound. And the UP Chico local (LBJ77-27) is waiting for the green signal to cross the diamond at Saginaw.
A westbounder coming down the hill west of Wyaconda, Missouri.
A new Tier 4 locomotive leads a heavily powered high priority train westbound through Medill, Missouri. This was the site of two recent derailments and is only now looking back to normal. The gr... (more)
A C44-9W leads a stack train westbound east of Wyaconda, Missouri.
Local power waits in The Golden yard on a cold winter morning.
G88 coming in the curve at Sidon, MS, with a BNSF leader at high speed.
As the sun rises over the mountain tops, a Morning eastbound Mixed Manifest crosses the Two Medicine River Bridge.
A trio of dash 9s curves towards CP-SK and the River Sub after a crew swap at CP-FB on a moody, cold Sunday morning.
BNSF 9885 sits on point of NS 31K in East Chicago, Indiana. About a quarter mile north of this picture are the shores of Lake Michigan.
Westbound KCS 101 heads to Alliance yard in Haslet TX.
Plenty of tie replacement, rail work, and shed repairing is taking place along the Hi Line Sub. Throw in a fire near Essex and there's a lot of activity. MOW equipment is tied up for the Night at... (more)
A classic BN SD60M leads the BNCP Transfer into Pigs Eye Yard.
BNSF 2013 races southbound with the Clinton local near LeClaire.
An ex-BN veteran still bearing it's cascade green paint hustles westbound towards the industries at Millsdale.
BNSF SD60M 9252 with its relocated headlight leads a SD70MAC and C&NW AC44 on Q618 at Fairburn, Georgia during the game of cloud shuffle. (Slide Scan)
An odd visitor to NS's C Line in the form of BNSF SD60M 9297 leads a loaded Wansley coal train, 708 as it strolls through the north side of Carrollton, Georgia in April 2003. (Slide Scan)
A northbound BNSF Mixed Manifest rolls along a quiet Dock Street in Tacoma. The city at this early hour is not quite awake yet, but soon the morning rush will be in full swing.
BNSF 5755 leads a westbound unit-sand train bound for the expanding oil field facility in Wellington, Utah. The 79 car 11,000+ ton train has the assistance of two DPUs on the rear (SD70ACE+Citra... (more)
BNSF No. 8179 leads Stacks around the base of Wind Mountain and the Columbia River as it approaches Home Valley.