Following the Santa Ana River through Santa Ana Canyon on its trip from Alliance, Texas, heading to Thenard, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is BNSF intermodal train S-ALTSCO1-14. T... (more)

Morning manifest on National Train day :)

NS 7683 hauls eastward under the golden morning sun with an extremely late and otherwise evasive 168 (NS 26A) fresh out of the Wylie yard and destined for Atlanta, Georgia via the Norfolk Southern

A spring rain storm is starting to lighting up around Crozier Canyon, AZ . The sound of rain is being overshadowed by the sounds of heavy dynamic braking motors as they hold back a heavy train on ... (more)

Toccoa Springtime | A northbound Norfolk southern intermodal train cruises through the middle of Toccoa, GA mid-morning on a sunny May 2, 2025.

A Fairburn bound intermodal train crosses Chestnut Street while traveling south through Roanoke. The two BNSF engines are typical power used on this train, but the Canadian National unit isn't.

Cincinnati, OH - Waycross, GA manifest Q541 exits Hickory Tunnel 1 entering the small community of Morley before the climb across Duff Mountain

Some spring snow is falling as a northbound ballast train rumbles north on the CN Rainy sub.

BNSF 7365 (ES44DC) leads the Z Train east on the Brush Sub towards Hudson, Colorado.

A Grand Forks to Kansas City manifest train rolls south along the Mississippi River near Victory on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is working towards Galesburg and then west on the Transcon to KC.... (more)

In late 2023, work has begun to replace the rainbow bridge west of Wyaconda. On the north side, heavy dirt work is done for the approach. The bridge looks like it's been closed for a while. A Q-tr... (more)

Amboy, in California's Mojave Desert, was established in the late 1883, and is three-miles northeast of the Amboy Volcanic Crater, a well-known landmark. The town is also home to the popular Roy'... (more)

A southbound BNSF manifest works hard upgrade past the old elevator in Russell, MN. A large portion of this structure was destroyed by fire in November 2024. Who knows how long the rest of it will... (more)

BNSF 7695 leads a unit train up the St. Croix Sub into Bay City, WI back in March. Apparently this unit had just turned 20 years old when I took this photo, hard to believe it's been that long.

An empty ethanol train bound for the Iowa Northern rolls through the former location known as Beth. The train is near MP 241 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The train and crew will be done in 24 more miles... (more)