A headlight appears in the distance, and the excitement builds ... until one realizes that it is just a single engine heading to pick up a few cars. Still, having yet to shoot a BNSF SD60M in the ... (more)

It's a pleasant evening here in Hygiene, Colorado as the Longmont Turn led by a lone Smurf GP38-2 rolls along the 10 MPH jointed rail next to Sunset Pond on the old CB&Q Lyons Branch.

A loaded CSX crude oil train with a mixture of BNSF and NS units heads for Philadelphia on the Trenton Subdivision. The signal in the distance is at CP Port Reading Junction where the Trenton Sub... (more)

A "container grainer" guides through the crossovers at Ellinor with a semi new ES44C4 leading.

Priority manifest traffic from Spokane, WA to Northtown, MN crosses the swollen South Branch Creek on a beautiful Saturday morning.

A train of empty intermodal well-cars heads west on Main 2 at Summit. A solid bank of red signals is a relatively uncommon site on Cajon Pass's signal gantries and it won't be long before the colo... (more)

This southbound stack train from the former BN at Eola, advances up to West Bridge Junction where it will await permission onto the former Santa Fe to Logistics Park. The pair of Dash 9's are cros... (more)

With Penn Central and Conrail Heritage, this ex GMTX GP38-2 patched for BNSF trundles along the jointed rail at 10 MPH through the small town on Hygiene on their way to the Cemex Plant at Medberry... (more)

A meet occurs at the Kankakee River backwaters as Warbonnet #710 shoves on the rear of a westbound stack train out of LPC, while a quad of elephant style GEVO's are inbound to LPC. One of those mo... (more)

4 units lead the ZSBDALT at Silverwood as it nears the Summit of Cajon Pass.

With brand new 6593 leading the way, Westbound QNYCLAC passes the cargill grain facility at Verdemont as it heads for San Bernardino where the train will make a setout.

Just after 7am, brand new BNSF 6593 leads the QNYCLAC down off Cajon Pass as it passes Verdemont.

High priority intermodal traffic from South Seattle to Chicago, IL works hard through Epping, ND and up the .66% grade on the new alignment, passing one of two elevators on the original route thro... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight heads through Kingman Canyon west of Kingman, Arizona, on April 2, 2010. Along the ridge to the right is the eastbound (predominately) main line, while skirting the mount... (more)

A pair of Executive MACs in fading light is making the tough slog up the grade towards the summit of Palmer Lake.