Back in the early days of the BNSF. When you could still get into Abo Canyon, before the double track. I don't remember how the bridge ordination works. I thing this is either bridge 3, 5, or 6.

4830 leads classmate 4785 and GP50 3130.

Trailing units are SD45 5385, B23-7 6401 and SD40-2 BN 8092.

Trailing units on this westbound manifest are Dash 9-44CW 621, GP50 3811 and SD40-2 5158.

Eastbound on the west end bridge. Trailing units are SD45B-2 5516, SD40E EMDX 6431 and Dash 9-44CW 744.

Eastbound about to enter the canyon.

GE Dash 8-40CW 943, along with 3 classmates and GP40X 3801, leads eastbound doublestacks into the canyon.

The growing shadows at Bridge 4 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico are telling us that it’s time to begin the long hike back to the car. One last eastbound appeared before we left, a 35-car TOFC train le... (more)

A westbound 90-car Santa Fe manifest passes through Abo Canyon, New Mexico at Bridge 4.

Our longest hike into Abo Canyon included the opportunity to deal with several rain showers. Here a westbound Santa Fe 45-car manifest passes through one of them.

Three Santa Fe six-axles have no problem making track speed with a 22-car westbound TOFC train at 5:25 pm on May 15, 1985. They’re crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

A late afternoon thunderstorm is raging over Albuquerque to the northwest of Bridge One at the west end of Abo Canyon. An A-B-A engine consist of GP60's is powering an eastbound intermodal from S... (more)

Eastbound empty auto racks return to the factories for more cars to serve the west coast market. The Santa Fe train is entering Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

A double shot of Santa Fe cabooses brings up the rear of a westbound train at Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

I have been interested in photos that I have seen over the years of aircraft fuselages moving over former Burlington Northern lines. I was surprised to see that I had recorded one moving west on t... (more)