BNSF 25th Anniversary unit 5869 leads 733 through the small downtown area of Iuka (eye-you-kah) Mississippi where no lie, I saw 2 deer scamper across someone's back yard 5 minutes before the train... (more)

One of the last trains I caught in 2024 was led by BNSF 5869 25th Anniversary unit, which also happens to be leading the first train I caught in 2025. Here, 733 fires up ready to roll west to Mem... (more)

NS 733 becomes BNSF E-MHSCAM as it comes across the Mississippi River having transferred to the BNSF from the NS heading to Caballo Mine, WY from Juliette, GA. It had one of the sticker units lea... (more)

BNSF ES44AC No. 5869 rolling stacks, departs Cooks Siding on the Fallbridge Subdivision along the Columbia River

BNSF 5869 looking sharp stopped at Ash Hill on the point of an eastbound HBARKCK.

BNSF 5869 leads a westbound El Paso to San Bernardino vehicle train.

H KCKGAL sits tied down by the Cameron Connector under starry skies with BNSF 5869, a 25th Anniversary ES44AC, leading.

One of BNSF Railway's ten 25th Anniversary engines, ES44AC 5869, brings up the rear of ethanol unit train U-CCEWAT7-04. BNSF ES44DC 7727 is leading this train, heading from Chancellor SD to Watso... (more)

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains through Kingman Canyon on Oct. 6, 2020. This is the first time one of the 25th anniver... (more)

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains through Kingman Canyon on Oct. 6, 2020. This is the first time one of the 25th anniver... (more)

BNSF 5869, one of BNSF's 25th anniversary locomotives, led a Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS trains across the Seligman Sub on Oct. 6, 2020. Here, the 3,800 foot-long hot shot races out ... (more)

Sticking out like an orange thumb, BNSF Railway General Electric ES44AC No. 5869 sits in the diesel service pit at Galesburg, Illinois on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. BNSF 5869 is one of 10 locomotive... (more)

This photo depicts the predominant weather around Wenatchee, WA this winter. Little snow, lots of clouds and fog, occasional drizzle or rain, moderate temperatures. A walk in the park compared to ... (more)

BNSF 5869, 9350, 5698, & 5639 are on an eastbound coal train waiting for a signal at Hazard NE.

V980 heads east to Conneaut to unload through another Lake Effect snowstorm created by Lake Erie.