The crew on this loaded ore train is happy they didn't have the track washout under them at MP 268.8. Unfortunately, the Z-train an hour behind them wouldn't be as lucky. Now, BNSF has quite a mes... (more)
Passing through a massive cut that replaced a daylighted Sunset Tunnel, also known as the 1,928-foot Tunnel 2 between Guernsey and Wendover, are two BNSF coal trains meeting in the siding at Stoke... (more)
Two BNSF coal trains meet in the giant cut at Stokes, Wyoming, on June 21, 2020. Stokes siding was lengthened when BNSF daylighted Sunset Tunnel, also known as the 1,928-foot Tunnel 2 between Guer... (more)
The first rays of sunlight warm the nose of a relatively new ES44C4 as it pulls a string of empty flat cars through the sag of Darling with the San Fransisco mountains in the background.
An eastbound baretable is greeted by the first morning light as two GE motors roar out of the sag at Darling, AZ.
Running westbound on the wrong main, a high-priority Intermodal "Z9" train for Los Angeles, CA begins its climb out of the Illinois River Valley behind the typical four GE unit consist.
A hot Z train behind a fairly new ES44C4 accelerates after cresting the hill in the distance at Wyaconda.
WB at Chalender.
I sat and I paced for hours, awaiting an eastbound that never came until the sun was too far across the sky, blowing my Mt. Hood backdrop opportunity. But the eastbound met this tasty westbound ma... (more)
Two BNSFers on K358 was a good start to a busy day of photography in the Ohio Valley!
