BNSF 7027 & 4142 westbound with an intermodal train.

A "Q" train for Stockton weaves through the series of curves at Ludlow.

Chicago-Stockton stacks are westbound at Ludlow on BNSF's busy "Transcon".

BNSF ES44C4 7027 leads a Chicago-Stockton Q train west on the busy Needles Sub on the less steep but longer in distance Main #1 between Ibis and Homer. Main #2 is in the foreground.

In Sep of 2018 BNSF7027 leads empties back to North Dakota from Phoenix. The train has just left Castle Hot Springs amd is entering the Hassayampa River Canyon.

BNSF No. 7027, lifts a heavy tonnage mixed manifest into Soda Springs on it's way to the summit of Donner Pass.

The first normal snowfall of the year in the Donner Pass area finds the BNSF Mixed Manifest travelling along the Truckee River at Boca in the fresh snow.

An early morning and unexpected BNSF Mixed Manifest rolls into Colfax Ca after climbing up from Roseville.

Intermodal train CSX Q185, charges south on the main passing Milepost 843 with three BNSF engines rolling elephant style through Roanoke... The short siding track here is pretty much fully jointe... (more)

Trying to make the best of a rainy day as the Laurel, Montana to Amarillo, Texas manifest strolls through Longmont.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, two BNSF GE's lead the Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest as they climb Berthoud Hill near the north switch at Longs Peak, CO.

3 units lead this Northbound Z out of Caliente in the late afternoon.

The Laurel to Denver manifest creeps along just north of Longmont where they'll stop just outside of town to wait for the Buck Local to clear up and get a new warrant to head south.

BNSF 7027 leads this westbound stack train as it approaches the City of Commerce Metrolink station.

Colorful heavyweight trailers add to an already colorful Intermodal Stack Train from Tacoma, WA (Pierce) - Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard). (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)