Summer evening on the BNSF racetrack just outside Chicago.

New Burlington Northern Santa Fe AC4400CW No. 5637 leads a coal train up Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on July 22, 2003. The GE locomotive was built two months prior in May 2003.

Working hard on the climb up Yampai Hill, four units are westbound with a domestic stack train. Red Mesa, with its distinctive radar tower, marks the far side of the Aubrey Valley. Just beyond i... (more)

In lower Truxton Canyon a westbound stack train swings around the curve just west of Valentine. Well into its way down the Arizona Divide, the train is entering the desert country of western Ariz... (more)

After climbing over Marias Pass and skirting the scenic border of Glacier National Park, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight bursts out of Tunnel 3.9 east of Belton (West Glacier), Mo... (more)

A westbound stack train winds its way downgrade through Kingman Canyon. A UP EMD completes the four-unit consist.

In early morning, an eastbound stack train splits the iconic rock formation near the west end of Kingman Canyon.

With the sun making a late evening appearance, UPS train 203 heads south through the Virginia countryside with quite the trio of motors. Leading the way is a former BN 'Executive' scheme SD70MAC, ... (more)

BNSF 1045 leads CN A446 through Prospect Heights.

The sun has set in a smoky sky over lake Pend Oreille and on cue, a westbound BNSF manifest crosses the bridge and into my frame. Soon this scene will look rather different, as BNSF is in the pla... (more)

The sun has set in a smoky sky over lake Pend Oreille and on cue, a westbound BNSF manifest crosses the bridge and into my frame. Soon this scene will look rather different, as BNSF is in the pla... (more)

Part of the way up Goffs Hill, in the Mojave Desert between Bannock and Homer, a westbound stacker is meeting an eastbound TOFC.

In early morning, but running about four hours late, the westbound Southwest Chief is running on the left hand track shortly after its station stop in Barstow. A westbound manifest has stopped sh... (more)

The Tulsa to Claremore local switches at Catoosa. Units behind 2318 are GP38-2 EMDX 781, GP9B 1701, GP15-1 1494 and GP38 2228.

BNSF 4377 leads a southbound manifest through Lake Cormorant, MS on the CN Yazoo Sub. Most of the town is visible in the background.