Work train heading to Bend, OR

BNSF 963 sails into Arizona passing the cantilever signals at Lupton. This was left hand running territory for many moons before CTC was installed on the 2nd District circa 2001. Helm Leasing SD40... (more)

BNSF 4113 W/B Intermodal on the Lakeside Subdivision at Cunningham, WA on September 18, 2023 with BNSF 8022, 6539 & 4356. This westbound is working downgrade towards Hatton, WA and a crew change a... (more)

Golden Hour Action | As a westbound manifest train, right, waits in the siding at Kootenai Falls, MT, an eastbound intermodal train charges uphill on the main track late in the day on a war... (more)

Tuesday Evening Train | As the light fades and night sets in over the mountains of western Montana, an eastbound intermodal train parallels the Kootenai River as it approaches the town of T... (more)

Ex BNSF Dash 9 now on the Kyle RR.

Breaking The Lull | After several hours of no train traffic, a westbound intermodal train has just passed through Troy, MT around 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a sunny Tuesday, September 16... (more)

Ending over a decade of relying exclusively on EMD products for power, the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern has recently received several hand me down Dash 9's. While the BNSF heritage of these locomo... (more)

I suppose a pair of H2 Dash 9's and an SD40-2 is a bit of a throwback lashup these days. They're seen leading a southbound train on the Marshall Subdivision with Minnesota State Highway 23 alongsi... (more)

Ex BNSF Dash 9's now on the Kyle Railway in Kansas.

ATSF 672 and company look striking as they lead an eastbound off Marias Pass near a point known as False Summit. When John J. Stevens with his Flathead indian companion was surveying a route for J... (more)

BNSF 4541 light power move Tacoma to Vancouver, WA on August 15, 2002 with BNSF 4999 and ATSF 817 & 939 with additional units along the Tacoma Narrows at Titlow, WA. This was before the second veh... (more)

NS 9800 bringing its train across Lake Decatur on an early August evening.

NS 255 from Detroit to Kansas City traversing the Wabash through Illinois on an early August afternoon. At this point, the road railers weren't long for this world. They would be replaced within t... (more)

Highballing across the hill and dale country of western Illinois along the Transcon, BNSF 761 leads an eastbound manifest beneath the classic cantilevers in Stronghurst, IL - about halfway between... (more)