A crude empty with H2 & H1 painted throwback power. Eagle is one of my favorite locations on Marias Pass, but it's not easy to scale the scree up the side of the mountain to get this vantage.

An eastbound Z train negotiates the reverse curves west of Ludlow.

A solid train of double stacks from the west coast crosses over a frozen Lake Ashtabula on the Karnak trestle near Luverne, ND.

On a dreary November morning, BNSF ES44DC No. 7816 switches from main 3 to main 2 as it leads its train down from the Summit of Cajon Pass

The 2nd empty crude train in a row crosses Java Creek Trestle, climbing the west side of Marias Pass. The engine hood was replaced with an older Heritage II painted one.

Independently contracted by Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the NexGen Rail Geometry / Tec Train makes it way south on the Houston Subdivision. BNSF's own Geometry Train, as well as the DOT / FR... (more)

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway SD40-2 No. 7816 leads a 75 car Denver, Colorado to Stockton, California trackage rights manifest on Union Pacific rails at Riverton, Utah on Aug. 30, 2002.

BNSF ES44DC 7816 leads the Q STOCHI towards Bealville on UP's Mojave Sub. The train is heading northbound out of Tunnel #5.

CSX train Symbol K055 rolls past the former Amtrak station located in Akron Ohio

With the Kingman local working the Nelson plant ahead, a NX Track inception train begins to slow for a red signal as it climbs over Yampai Hill.

On my drive back home for winter break from Northern Arizona University, I stopped briefly at Crookton. I was reading some forest service information sign off the side of the road, eating my break... (more)

BNSF 7816 leades K055 through the interlocking at Garrett, Pennsylvania.

A westbound stack train rolls through the Cottonwood River bridge just a mile and a half east of the crossovers at Wiggam.

For those who do not know, I live around the Port of Los Angeles area. A lot of the trains out of the LA area come from the harbor bound for Chicago and other stations. I trave... (more)

Looking down on the S-curves around Santa Fe Fire Road, a big BNSF stacker eases itself down the steep grades of El Cajon Pass. With two on the front, and two on the rear, it'll make it safely dow... (more)