BNSF 5104 (Dash9) leads an oil can train through The Cut at Keenesburg, Colorado.

BNSF 5104 (Dash 9) leads an oil can train through the cut at Keenesburg, Colorado as it runs east on the Brush Sub.

BNSF C44-9W 5104, BNSF GP35 2563, BNSF GP38 2191, BNSF SD60M 8128 and BNSF C44-9W 1055 westbound leaving Barstow, CA.

The deciduous trees are just beginning to show their autumn colors along Boyer siding just east of Sandpoint as a unit grain train rolls westward.

Two BNSF C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO on October 03, 2014.

Two BNSF Heritage Two painted C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO with the Valmont Power Plant in the background.

BNSF 5104 leads a Warbonnet and a colorful collection of freight onto the Brush Sub line, heading for the Denver Yard.

BNSF 5104 and Warbonnet teammate bring a freight string through the busy North Yard.

BNSF 5104 charges up Tehachapi Pass as remnants of the previous night's storm hang over the pass.

This BNSF GE and NS SD70M-2 lead an intermodal heading out of Elk River into the setting sun.

Late in the afternoon a westbound intermodal running all Dash-9's elephant style pass the Cajon RR railfan Jeep!

Thanks to the summers sun one can take shots of westbounds from this angle at Swarthout Cyn crossing in the late afternoon.

A westbound BNSF manifest train with a KCS AC44 passes the Polo, IL derail.

2 Dash 9's have a short grain train moving into Morris. Only 52 cars on the train today based on the detector.