Westbound grain train at Beatrice.

Westbound grain at Paha.

Westbound grain at Ritzville

The sun has been up for only minutes as BNSF 5917 (ES44AC) leads an empty coal train east on the Brush Sub through Roggen, Colorado.

Storms from the night before dumped nearly two inches of rain, creating reflecting pools along the Brush Sub.

BNSF 5917 with westbound empties.

Gorgeous park views along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York on a pleasant late winter afternoon.

CSX train K160 (Cicero, IL - Eddystone, PA) passes over the King Street overpass in downtown Rochester, NY on a sunny February afternoon with a BNSF ES44AC leading.

Winter at Noxon Bridge
On February 25, 2017, an eastbound BNSF grain empty crosses the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana, on a busy morning on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

BNSF 5917 snuck by three other westbounds waiting at Helena depot and slows to a stop at Head Lane, west of Helena Jct., where it will add a quartet of MRL SD70ACe helpers for the ride up Mullan P... (more)

A load coal train from Antelope Mine, WY, bound for unloading at East Lake, OH, for First Energy's at their East Lake Plant. The train will interchange with the CSXT at Chicago, IL. The train is s... (more)

BNSF 5917 slowly leads loaded coal south through Spruce. After cresting the Palmer Divide, this train's B unit malfunctioned and the crew had to stop between the switches in Monument, thus becomi... (more)

Loaded coal strains through the Greenland Open Space as it ascends the grade toward the Palmer Divide. It only takes a small hike to get this view, but Spruce Mountain is probably the best spot a... (more)