An empty train of cottonseed hulls rolls past the Santa Fe depot in Plainview, TX

BNSF 784 leads a freight along Hwy 84 and the Mississippi River near Savanna, IL in December of 1997. This view is from the overlook in Palisades State Park.

A Herzog "Multi Purpose Machine" deadheads to it's next work location behind two BNSF Dash 9-44CWs.

Cicero Yard in Chicago was sure being friendly to railfans last night when they assigned a matched set of warbonnets on this Z train heading for Montana.

A lucky find on this Christmas eve eve was the daily Z train from Chicago to Montana hustling west on the jointed rail of the Appleton Sub.

A Warbonnet (with a Heritage 2 door) heads east under one of the ATSF cantilevers in Verona.

An set of Dash 9's heads east at Lyle, Washington on a beautiful spring morning along the gorge. Note the orange nose door on the otherwise beautiful red & silver lead unit.

BNSF 784 is accelerating past Dower Lake after coming off the Brainerd Sub.

The picture may show just another ordinary manifest on the BNSF, but the route this train took is far from ordinary. This train originated in Superior, WI and came down the Brainerd Sub. A line k... (more)

Q380-20 awaits a new crew at the fuel pads, with two Warbonnets for power.

Grain empties for Holloway, MN cruise through Morris on a hazy Labor Day morning.

784 east bound, seen here dropping under interstate 25 and into Belen for service and new crew.

Warbonnets 784 & 788 led BNSF trackage rights train over Union Pacific's (ex-D&RGW) Moffat Tunnel line. Above 784 is rear DPU BNSF 4775. The line offers plenty of variety including Amtrak Californ... (more)

A BNSF GE leads a train out of Argentine yard

On a cold evening a fresh crew arrives at their train to find a warbonnet in-charge. Two crew members are in the cab, and the brakeman can be seen walking the train to the right. Note the Amtrak l... (more)