BNSF 4594 West is descending the grade from Marias Pass as it exits Shed No. 10 on a fine late summer evening in the high country.

A westbound grain train drops down the 1.8% grade on the west slope of Marias Pass. The locomotives are negotiating the sharp curve at Windy Point in an area known as Snow Slip.

As unusual as it seems to see a four axle road unit nowadays, the GP60M was a well proportioned unit that looked great in its Warbonnet colors, albeit a bit marred by the intrusive BNSF lettering.... (more)

Enjoying a great vacation at Maggie's On the River, feeling welcomed in this place and meeting a character named Elmo made this a memorable trip. Here a local is headed south along the river. El... (more)

"The JB Hunt Train" EB. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

West Bound BNSF stack train on Gassman Coulee Trestle

Plenty of power for this IHB to KCK manifest as it grinds it way up Edelstein Hill.

On February 5th the BNSF plow work train is at Waterman, Il operating at walking speed with wings extended moving snow away from a cut.

Rotary 972552 clearing snow from cut south of Stanton on ZAP Line.

Switching ops

On one of those capricious autumn days when a coldfront is moving in and clouds play tag with the sun, BNSF 8807 leads empty hoppers into Galesburg, IL when the interlocking here was still searchl... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway SD75I 8291, Montana Rail Link SD45 375 (ex-CNW 6556, ex-CR 6233, ex-PC 6233, née-PRR 6233) and BNSF GP50 3178 (ex-ATSF 3825) are approaching the Fullerton Tra... (more)

The always impressive Glacier Park backdrop of many moods is embellished with the passage of an eastbound manifest crossing the Two Medicine trestle near East Glacier, MT.

Santa Fe really nailed it with their Super Fleet locomotives. Witness GP60M No. 111 hustling west through the sag and over the Arizona Divide past the ubiquitous Santa Fe era station sign. Ektachr... (more)

An eastbound crossing the bridge just a short sight west of Marias Pass Summit. There is a natural salt seepage in the canyon walls below the bridge that attracts the iconic mountain goats that se... (more)