A BNSF manifest runs south (railroad west) along Old Hwy. 79 near Elsberry, Missouri. Not sure what sprayed on the nose of the leader, but it's good the door was closed at the time.
NS 67D crew has just assembled a train of empty tank cars from Phillips 66 in Linden, N.J. The crew will running to Port Reading to turn the power, before returning back to Linden for its train. T... (more)
Layover at Bagdad - [2013 Winter Solstice +1 Series] - An eastbound stack train rolls past the debris from the August 24, 2013, derailment at Bagdad California where a number of empty cars ... (more)
Los Angeles-Pearland stacks pull into Winslow for a crew change. The next train in line can be seen cresting the horizon.
As the temperature starts the heat up, so does the BNSF action around the busy crew change terminal that is Winslow, AZ. BNSF's Q LACPEA1 16 pulls into town to trade off as the Z ALTSBD7 16 depart... (more)
As the Q LACPEA slowly crawls into Winslow, a westbound Z ALTSBD7 16 departs. The Z NBYWSP7 16 is coming over the horizon.
Catching the morning sun, just south of Summit, a Long Beach intermodal train in full dynamics traverses the famous Cajon Pass. Snow covered mountains and a morning fog add some depth and detail t... (more)
SPLAT! Something went splat on the front end of this westbound. Two new engines complete this consist.
BNSF 7229, NS-2533, BNSF 8260 leading an inter-modal Westbound across the Colorado River from Arizona seen from the Park Moabi side of California