BNSF Railway's hot Z-CHIDEN9-19 train rushes through Red Willow, on the eastern outskirts of McCook, Nebraska, on August 20, 2017. Four GE diesels (BNSF 6686, 6506, 4828 and 7928) are leading thi... (more)

The setting sun casts an orange glow on the H-MEMGAL as it pulls out of the siding at Machens, Missouri.

In the late evening light, NS 145 passes an ex Wabash bracket signal mast at the west end Roanoke siding.

An ES44C4 leads an intermodal train toward Seattle.

Drano Lake tunnel.

The BNSF "Christmas Train" heads west by Cargill on a cloudy day on the Cajon Subdivision.

City of Hope train speeds through Glendora.

Heading west on the former Santa Fe Pasadena Sub. the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train rolls through the foothill town of San Dimas, passing the ex-ATSF depot which is home to the Pacific Railroa... (more)

Lunch is just about over, and the second load of children will shortly be loaded on BNSF Railway's annual Southern California Christmas Train - and the sun popped out! So a few of us hopped off a... (more)

Approaching the Miller Brewery at Irwindale and soon Duarte, the westbound BNSF City of Hope Christmas train works down the small grade through Azusa on the ex-ATSF Pasadena Sub.

BNSF's 2011 Southern California Christmas Train passes through downtown San Dimas.

Arriving at Duarte, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas train slows to stop along Duarte Rd., and will soon board children from City of Hope Hospital for a trip on the ex-ATSF Pasadena Sub to Rancho C... (more)

The BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train passes a renovated citrus packing house along the old Santa Fe Pasadena Sub in La Verne located in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. The train is carrying child... (more)

Passing the small ex-ATSF depot in Azusa, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train heads east on the old Santa Fe Pasadena Subdivision to Rancho Cucamonga. This continues a tradition started by the S... (more)

BNSF's Southern California Christmas train has arrived at City of Hope in Duarte, as loading begins.