Switching ops

BNSF 3003 (GP40M) leads a short freight through Longmont, Colorado as it heads south on the Front Range Sub.

BNSF 3003 (GP40M) leads a freight out of the yard in Longmont, Colorado.

BNSF 3003 (GP40M) leads the Buck Local south on the Front Range Sub through Longmont, Colorado.

NSF GP40-2 #3019 still sporting its original BN white face paint scheme leads Transfer Job Y-BIR103 back to East Thomas Yard with interchange from Norfolk Southern, they're seen here passing throu... (more)

NSF GP40-2 #3019 still sporting its original BN white face paint scheme leads Transfer Job Y-BIR103 back to East Thomas Yard with interchange from Norfolk Southern, they're seen here passing throu... (more)

BNSF 3009 is moving right along as it goes over a creek bridge and heads into Roosevelt on a peaceful Sunday evening.

Running right along the banks of the Columbia River, H-VAWPAS flies right on by with BNSF 3009 leading. The 3009 was built in 1966 for the Burlington as CBQ 185. In 1989 it was rebuilt by the BN a... (more)

Afternoon light shines down on Horsethief Lake as BNSF 3009 leads H-VAWPAS west across the causeway that splits the lake from the Columbia River. In the background you can see a UP train on the Or... (more)

BNSF 3009 leads an eastbound H-VAWPAS out of Cape Horn tunnel as they boogie towards Pasco. Getting a BN leader through the Gorge has always been a goal of mine but living over 2,000 miles away ma... (more)

A 56-year veteran sits at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado. BNSF 3005 started life in 1968 as a GP40 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the worked in Cascade G... (more)

In the last few minutes of daylight, a pair of former Burlington Northern GP40s lead BNSF’s Everett, WA to Sumas, WA manifest through the countryside near Nugents Corner, WA on May 29th, 2024.

UP 1507 GP40M heads in from the yard after a day or sorting cars in the Union Pacific's North Yard.

An intermodal train for the Harbor serpentines its way towards West Colton Yard under the leadership of a rebuilt GP40, a Cotton Belt GP60, and a grime coated SD45T-2. Image taken from Pepper Aven... (more)

UP 1507 (GP40M) moves through the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.