BNSF 516 leads the 211 local away from the beautiful red rock formations of New Mexico.

The 211 local waits for a light at West Pegs after dropping cars at the Western Fuels Power Plant.

Two Swooshie'd B40-8W's rumble West, wrong-main-running back to Gallup after serving Western Fuels.

westbound stack train rounding the big curve at Antares, AZ as the sun is setting

BNSF's Eastbound Cadiz local heads towards Newberry Springs where its first switching duties of the day will occur.

New power for the P&W makes for a colorful lashup sitting on the siding at Bow with two ex BNSF B40-8W (562 & 582) making bookends with PW 3007, GMTX 2177 and PW 2215 sandwiched in between the two... (more)

The BNSF local out of La Crosse is toughing out the blizzard switching the sand plant in Maiden Rock, WI. A couple of MOW workers arrived early to clean snow out of the switches and stayed to help... (more)

BNSF local pulls cars out of the CN center siding in East Dubuque

The BNSF 523 East Cadiz Local is seen dropping down Ash Hill on main 2 as the BNSF 7282 West climbs through Klondike on main 1.

It is hard for me to believe this was shot nearly 20 years ago. ATSF 509 is really highballing along as it leads 4 more B40's on the QLANY near Galesburg.

After waiting for some traffic to clear an empty PW coal train is underway again with a colorful lashup. Power is PW 582, PW 3005, PW 3901, PW 4005, PW 562

The westbound BNSF Cadiz Local struggling up Ash Hill with an assortment of four axle power.

Late afternoon light, great fall colors, a great paint scheme leading and a good friend at the throttle. What more can you ask for on a Monday afternoon? BNSF East local heads east towards its f... (more)

An extra West Quincy to Des Moines empty grain train detours over the IAIS to Des Moines to avoid congestion on the BNSF Des Moines branch.