A BNSF High Priority manifest races north at Highland, CO.

An eastbound BNSF manifest freight is rounding Sullivan's Curve as it climbs towards Summit at the same time a westbound UP train is heading downhill at Sullivan's curve..

UP 7688 leads a westbound general freight through Verbenia between West Palm Springs and Cabazon, on the hard 1.9% pull to the summit at Beaumont.

An empty coalie from Havana Power heads thru Elmwood.

BNSF 6329 Screams against gravity as it lifts a coal load around the Upper Austin Loop. Mullan Pass is the 2.2% ruling westward grade in Montana on the the former Northern Pacific mainline. The f... (more)

The very last light of the day shines on these 3 brand new BNSF ES44C4's on their maiden run west at Laguna, NM 4/19/12.

Showers continue to fall on the Chugach Mountains while the sun makes a much-appreciated appearance over the Anchorage Yard on a pleasant late Spring evening. The Denali Star is seen here a coupl... (more)

The Blue Looper coal train works its way west up to the Continental Divide via Main 2 near Pegs,NM 6/14/12. Haystack Mountain is on the left, Mt. Taylor is on the right.

A Seattle-Chicago Z train approaches the east switch at Stratford on BNSF's Aurora Sub.

An eastbound RoadRailer out of Saginaw, TX, rolls through Ellinor, KS.

A northbound BNSF empty oil train slowly makes its way across Rock Creek in historic Kimmswick, MO on a beautiful mid June evening in perfect light. The bridge to the right of the railway bridge ... (more)

Late in the day, an eastbound SP manifest headed for Ogden, UT, climbs past the grade crossing in front of us.

Mile Post 595 - A westbound stack train rounds the bend near Arrowhead Junction as it nears the grade grossing at Highway 93 in rural San Bernardino County. The mile marker numbers... (more)

With Mt. Hood in the background, the DPU brings up the rear of a westbound coal train as it skirts along the Columbia River just east of Wishram.