BNSF ACe 9139 leads a loaded coal train southbound on the Joint Line up the long stretch between Sedalia and Castle Rock, Colorado.

It takes a lot of horsepower to get a standing full load of coal moving again, and BNSF ACe 9139 does its best Baldwin imitation while doing so on the Joint Line in Spruce, Colorado.

BNSF 9139 (SD70ACe) runs through Spruce, Colorado, passing a helper unit should any heavy trains needs the assist to get over the Palmer Divide.

BNSF ACe 9139 leads a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado, roughly half way between Greenland and Palmer Lake.

BNSF 9139 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal towards Castle Rock, Colorado.

In the northeast part of Denver, Brighton Boulevard goes under the Brush Sub track. As you can see from the damage, it is not uncommon for trucks to get wedged under the overpass due to low cleara... (more)

Two of BN's finest lead the way as a long freight slowly makes its way out of Grand Forks on a zero degree morning.

BNSF 9139 prepares to leave T-15 at Northtown with a string of 25 SD75s in tow, all headed for NRE at Silvis, Illinois. What will become of them?

A string of 29 SD75s head out of Northtown Yard, where they've long been stored, for National Railway Equipment in Silvis, Illinois.

I should be working but when there's an ACe in North Carolina, you can't help but take some photos. Especially when it is parked next to a standard cab GE. That ACe has been parked in the Pomona... (more)

An old Lackawanna electric coach rots away in the foreground - remnant of an inspiration for a short tourist road at one time, now long-term stored on this stub track. Meanwhile a grain train sits... (more)

BNSF and NS power on a string of grain cars at Sumner street indicate an impending outbound move of grain from Maumee.

The chaser and the chased! My trusty Subaru waits patiently while my son and I check out the BNSF ACe that's younger than my 3 year old. This Powder River coal train power is sitting on the head... (more)