During the final minutes of daylight, BNSF intermodal train Q SBDCHI6 31L charges east through Galesburg, Illinois on a beautiful, spring evening. Photo taken from Knox Road 120 E on June 3, 2022.

BNSF loaded grain train G HASPSA3 06M slowly climbs the 2.2% grade up Mullan Pass on a beautiful, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Skyline, Montana on June 10, 2022.

With a moderate rainstorm rolling over Mullan Pass, Montana Rail Link SD40-2 No. 259 leads a westbound loaded ballast train over Skyline Trestle on a dreary, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Sky... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Laurel to Missoula manifest begins its journey over Mullan Pass with the “Thank You Veterans” Heritage Motor on the point as a thunder storm passes over the mountains of ... (more)

With a quartet of BNSF locomotives, westbound loaded grain train G GDNBAR8 12A thunders west through Nepo, California on a beautiful, winter morning. Photo taken on January 17, 2022.

Just east of Big Timber, Montana, the snow covered Crazy Mountains, with Crazy Peak topping at 11,214 feet make for an impressive sight as BNSF loaded coal train C BTMRBA 037A races west towards L... (more)

As a moderate rainstorm rolls over the Rocky Mountains, BNSF empty grain train X INBBYN9 09M charges east over Skyline Trestle on a rainy, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Skyline, Montana on Ju... (more)

BNSF loaded coal train C EBMSLP 034B climbs the 1.55% grade up Crawford Hill on a gorgeous, spring morning. Photo taken from Crawford, Nebraska on June 6, 2022.

CSXT K59604 rolls southbound under the former B&O signal bridge on a beautiful, spring evening. Photo taken from Deshler, OH on June 5, 2021.

With engineer Mitch Guilliams behind the throttle, NS 12Z flies northbound through Stuarts Draft, VA on a snowy, winter morning. Photo taken on February 7, 2021.

NS K73 slowly exits Allegheny Tunnel on a beautiful, summer evening. Photo taken from Jackson Street on August 22, 2020.

NS 202 rolls north through the Shenandoah Valley on a beautiful, autumn afternoon. Photo taken from Buchanan, VA on October 17, 2020.

NS 202 splits the N&W Color Position Lights at CP Stuarts Draft on a beautiful, summer morning. Photo taken from the Farmers Crossing on July 11, 2020.

NS 50X slowly rolls east on the former N&W mainline between Roanoke, VA and Williamson, WV on a gorgeous, summer afternoon. Photo taken from Coopers Street in Coopers, WV.

NS 202 rolls north through the Shenandoah Valley at CP Midvale on a cloudy, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Midvale Hill in Vesuvius, VA.