A BNSF eastbound grain empty's warbonnet leader just sneaks into a sun break as the train snakes towards the summit of Providence Hill on June 23, 2012.

A eastbound BNSF oil load passes over the big trestle at Luverne,ND on a cloudy summer day. Photo taken on 8/1/12.

An eastbound BNSF Q trains passes MP 97 at Grants,NM as yellow flowers bloom following much needed rain from the previous days on 8/17/12.

The last rays of light of May 14, 2012 beams off of the lead unit of this manifest freight as it heads east at Cadiz,CA.

A westbound BNSF Z train is almost at Yampai Summit as it climbs through the S curves just east of there on 2/26/12.

On 9/13/12, a TEPCO empty coal train passes the red rock formations at Escalante Jct on its trip east up the Lee Ranch Sub towards El Segundo Mine.

Under cloudy skies caused by monsoonal thunderstorms, 6 engines help power the last cut of the very last Blue Looper coal train, approaching the Pig Farm on 8/16/12.

Under cloudy skies caused by monsoonal thunderstorms, 6 engines help power the last cut of the very last Blue Looper coal train out of Holbrook, AZ, passing a storage shed just outside of Yard Lim... (more)

3 of the Apache Railway's finest locomotives smoke it up as the Holbrook Turn rounds the curve headed southbound at MP 5 on 9/20/12.

As the late winter day light wanes in the desert, a westbound BNSF military move passes though the control point of Ibis on 2/25/12.

The Chewelah Turn is less then a mile from its terminus at it negotiates the Napa St interlocking in Spokane,WA on 6/23/12.

The Chewelah Turn's consist is in run 8, pulling the grade as the lead unit tilts a little bit as it hits a spot of rough track passing the station sign at Mead,WA on 6/23/12.

A partial rainbow has formed on the back side of a monsoonal thunderstom as a BNSF eastbound passes stacks of logs at Mt. Taylor Millwork west of Milan,NM on 7/9/12.

A eastbound BNSF Q train passes underneath the last remaining ex-ATSF Cantilever signal bridge on the BNSF transcon in the southwest at West Needles,CA on 2/26/12.

3 CN units lead a BNSF eastbound manifest through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs,ND on 7/31/12. This is the second time I have caught a BNSF train led by another railroads pool power a... (more)