BNSF C44-9W starts gaining speed after climbing the Bucklin grade.

Adding some nice color to the curve on a cold morning.

This is what you call a colorful scene.... EMDX 2012 is pictured leading train 83E as it pauses to make a pickup, as NS 68G whizzes by on main 2 with a clean pair of BNSF Dash9's leading the loade... (more)

BNSF 4197 pulls out of Caliente with 26 miles of 2.3% grade ahead. The 4197 would later suffer a piston failure at Walong, forcing the crew to back the train to Woodford to wait for another locom... (more)

I was surprised to hear on the scanner that this train was not the usual BNSF run-through Q380, but an extra section of Q386...

Looking a bit out of place on UP's former Southern Pacific LA-Colton mainline, BNSF 4197 was a welcome vistor leading a westbound stack train destined for nearby Industry yard.

Engines huffing with black exhaust smoke.

Empty Unit Ore Train from Madison, IL - Allouez Ore Dock, WI with St. Louis Beer Cars on the head end.