A Northtown Yard to Belt Clearing Yard freight train has a 55mph roll on them as they hug the Mississippi River south of Lynxville. The Mississippi River is starting to unthaw this far north as te... (more)
The South Seattle to Chicago Z-train makes excellent time along the Mississippi River south of Lynxville. The train is rolling down the Aurora Sub with the final leg of the trip into Chicago. All ... (more)
A day off allowed for a few minutes of train watching. I don't think I could've picked a better time than I did! After only a mere few minutes of waiting to see if anything would show up, I heard ... (more)
A Kansas City to Tulsa freight train rolls south on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. The train is seen here passing over the 565 foot long Marais Des Cygnes River bridge on the northside of Lacygne. The tr... (more)
A Tulsa to Galesburg freight train hustles thru the small town of Lacygne on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. The train is working north towards KC which is about 60 miles away. This train comes out of Tul... (more)
BNSF 5773 & 8754 lead a westbound manifest.
A BNSF Heritage 2 unit rolls through Broughton with over 8,000 feet of containers.
The Willmar east local backs into the spur track at Grove City to pick up a cut of cars at the grain elevator.
The endless parade of containers on the Transcon that head to the west coast. Not in an fast efficient manner, but in a slow and steady pace. A massive 2x4 stacker roars west on the Marceline Sub ... (more)
After a short stop at West Ethel due to an UDE, this KC to Belt Railway freight train is back on the move on the Marceline Sub. The train is working east in northern Missouri bound for Chicago. I ... (more)
A Martin Lake, TX, empty coal train is working north on the Heavener Sub. The train will go back to the BNSF at KC. The train has picked up the KCS helper power at Wade to move it back to Pittsbur... (more)
BNSF 2854 (GP39-2) runs through Burkes Hill in Louisville, Colorado.
CSX B714 on a rainy night in Lyons, NY with a Pair of BNSF GEs.
A BNSF coal train bound for the Powder River Bason rolls down the middle track in Downers Grove, IL. If you look closely at the close track, you can see the nose of a Metra locomotive shoving a t... (more)
A Memphis bound intermodal train out of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor comes to a stop in Fullerton, where it will be stabbed for over an hour due to police activity.
The Northtown to Lincoln manifest is about to head underneath the Highway 12 west of Atwater.
A Blue Island to Fort Madison vehicle train works into Fort Madison and soon the yard. The train pass the historical Fort Madison. This Fort was in service from 1808-13. Fort Madison was targeted ... (more)
The endless parade of containers on the BNSF Transcon never end. Here a Chicago interchange bound stacker slowly pulls out of the yard at Fort Madison. The train passes the restored ex-Santa depot... (more)
A Chicago bound coal train works east on the Creston Sub. The train rolls out of McPherson and onto a short 4.2 mile section of single track before Red Oak. The Creston has alot of double and sing... (more)
The BNSF still operates about 100 miles of ex-MILW mainline in western Iowa. Bayard Local LHLA609 works 5 days a week out to Bayard doing local work. Here the job slowly heads back to Council Bluf... (more)
BNSF 5685 (ES44AC) muscles an empty coal train through Castle Rock, Colorado as it runs north on the Joint Line.
BNSF C44-9W #742 leads Norfolk Southern grain train 54V up Braswell Mountain near Rockmart,GA on a chilly 26° morning.
My 337 trip back to Waterloo from Dubuque featured this power. Usually we take the power to the fueling pad, but 338's power was in the way. So while the carman inspected our cars, and the conduct... (more)
A loaded coal train from Roundup, MT, (Signal Peak Energy Mine) has heavy dynamics pouring out into the cool weather as the train drops down off Bozeman Pass. The train passes the east end of Boze... (more)
Westbounds on the MRL must climb 2 well known mountain passes on the way west from Laurel to Missoula. Also they must climb heavy 9 miles 1% grade between Townsend and Winston out of the Missouri ... (more)
A westbound grain train swings over the Yellowstone River at MP 50 on the MRL 2nd Sub. The train has slowed to the 40 mph permanent around the curves and the bridge. The 2nd Sub is alot of "g... (more)
A pair of BNSF ES44C4's lead NS #175 through the gulch
BNSF 9285 (SD70ACe) shoves an empty coal train through downtown Denver, Colorado and past the roller coasters of the Elitch Gardens amusement park.
A BNSF auto train crosses the steel trestle in Hunter
A "Super" grain empty climbs Bozeman Pass. The train passes a HLAUPAS tuck away at West End with MRL helpers on the rear end. Heavy snow in the higher elevations the past day has everyth... (more)
One of BNSF "sticker" units head up this empty coal from Robert Bank, BC, to Spring Creek Mine, WY. The train passes under one of the classic ex-NP Cantilever signal on the west end of T... (more)
An empty grainer from is eastbound on the MRL 2nd Sub. The train makes great time as they work thru the Yellowstone River Valley along Interstate 90 and knocks off the final miles into Laurel. The... (more)
Probably one of the cooler shots on the MRL is the shot of trains leaving Helena on the 3rd Sub. After cutting in the MRL manned helpers at Helena Jct (MP 3), the train goes right to a fight to cl... (more)
This RBG coal train loaded at Signal Peak Mine, MT, rolls along the Yellowstone River on the MRL 2nd Sub just west of Columbus. The train is the 140th train loaded in 2022 bound for export at Rob... (more)
A beautiful morning has this empty coal train from the Robert Bank roaring down the MRL 2nd Sub bound for Roundup, MT, and Signal Peak Energy Mine. These boys were on duty at Helena at 06:45. By ... (more)
On the way south to the Marysville Sub for the 4014, we chased down a westbound freight on the BNSF Hastings Sub. To our surprise we found this power leading a Lincoln to Hastings junk freight wes... (more)
The heart of coal country is Alliance Yard in northwestern Nebraska. This is where coal trains can head east towards Lincoln, NE, and points east, or south towards Denver and points south. Empty t... (more)
A coal train works between Ravenna and Lincoln. This section see most of the coal traffic out of the PRB for the BNSF. A cool old ex-CB&Q Depot is still used by the BNSF at York.
This is the BNSF's St. Joseph Sub crossing of the Missouri River at Rulo. This bridge was originally built in 1877 and in 1977 work was done to replace that bridge on the old piers with one that c... (more)
An eastbound grain train off the CN Osage Sub hammers along trying to get up to speed after meeting a super late 337 at Jesup. The train catches the last rays of the day as sunset is minutes away.... (more)
BNSF 970 in the Heritage 1 paint scheme leads BNSF's Kansas City, MO to Denver, CO manifest heading northbound towards Sedalia, CO during the last our of sunlight.
Northtown - Lincoln heads west through Howard Lake on a nice winter afternoon.
Couldn't you find a shorter buffer car? Loaded oils follow the river along the Washington Oregon state line, then return empty over Stevens Pass. This one is climbing the one percent grade of th... (more)
Another winter day in Montana comes to a close with the Clark Fork River Valley turning cold and blue from the dimming sky and snow. A setting sun flirts momentarily with the clouds to the west wi... (more)
California’s Tehachapi Mountains are dressed in spring green, as an eastbound BNSF steel coil train exits Tunnel 1 and slogs up the grade between Caliente and Bealville on February 27, 2016.
Framed just south of Agricola, MS, an empty BNSF coal set breaks the silence of the cool night as they roll north on the Mississippi Export Railroad. The 135 car train has just unloaded at the Vic... (more)
Geologically speaking, the Trinidad Loop is fairly young, owing its shape to glacial flooding about 13,000 years ago. It's hard to imagine these hills as being shaped in the same process that cre... (more)
Heading Out. NS 189 pulls under the signal bridge at Howell Wye as it prepared to depart Atlanta for East Point, GA.
BNSF 6076 & 6013 power westbound empties on the Ravenna subdivision.
Former BN SD40-2 1706 leads the 664 local into Galesburg yard.
Westbound grain train at Scribner on the Lakeside sub.
Westbound manifest train near the east switch at Tokio on the Lakeside sub.
Westbound grain train near the east switch at Tokio on the Lakeside sub.
As a BNSF unit oil train plods past at Trout Creek, Montana, on February 5, 2023, it’s time to get back to the trackside fire and relax again as the DPU rolls west.
Low clouds hang in the Clark Fork River Valley at Trout Creek, Montana, as a BNSF unit oil train cruises westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on February 5, 2023.
The Galesburg to Northtown manifest heads west under the classic signal bridge at Hoffman with a very unusual consist. It's not everyday you see a Santa Fe geep lead a train, let alone on a road t... (more)
Something I'd never thought I'd see happen in 2023... A Santa Fe GP50 leads the Galesburg, IL to Northtown Yard manifest west on the St. Croix Sub. I thought the power would get pulled long before... (more)
The paint looks pretty good for 25+ years. A Warbonnet and Goat Boat lead a regular GEVO and 100 loads of Valero corn whiskey down to Hookers Point in Tampa, FL.
Norfolk Southern intermodal train 284 (Memphis, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia) rolls east through Scottsboro, Alabama.
BNSF 5685 (ES44AC) shoves an empty coal train north on the Joint Line towards Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 1766 leads a Galesburg bound manifest out of the tunnel underneath Westminster. This set of Galesburg local power also managed to lead a Galesburg-Northtown manifest the day prior.
BNSF Railway train Y-KCM3461-04 approaches Santa Fe Junction as it rolls through the city’s West Bottoms District. This trackage is owned by Kansas City Terminal (their North-South Corridor). ... (more)
After a full day of strong winds and challenging conditions, BNSF dispatched a set of 6 motors to clear drifts on the Jamestown Sub. They're seen here passing the DPU of a coal load that has been ... (more)
On the evening of June 29, 2022 CSXMRBG239F pulled up to the CSXMRBG224F after it had stalled out on Winston Hill outside of Townsend, Montana. The 7283 is the lead engine of the train on the left... (more)
Warbonnet on the Warpath...in Georgia The masses has gathered here from the chase of NS 54V from Chattanooga. Here 54V is coming around the superelevated curve in Mableton, GA
Warbonnet on the Warpath...in Georgia Facebook groups went in to a frenzy today as the word of a Warbonnet leading NS 54V started spreading. Here, they are slowing for a crew change at J... (more)
A BNSF Q-Train passes through the town of Index as it descends the grade down Stevens Pass.
Navigating through the S-curve at Fullerton Junction (where Metrolink's Orange Sub diverts from BNSF's San Bernardino Sub) is BNSF Railway train Z-LACWSP7-18A, moving 73 loaded intermodal cars fro... (more)
A westbound BNSF manifest rolls down the Gateway Subdivision in spring 2000. This trackage was originally part of Western Pacific's Highline.
BNSF SD40-2 #1690 with it's sister engines wait for their next assignment at BNSF North Yard, Fortworth
Rainshafts from a receding monsoon thunderstorm put a partial rainbow in the sky behind this Z train heading through Ludlow.
A Bluebird leads a train along the Missouri River.
Yesterday (03/17/2023)'s BNSF First Watson has finished its work at the El Segundo refinery, and had lunch, and is now on its way back to Torrance, where it will do more customer switching before ... (more)
BNSF Power Move (D-GATSTL) from Galveston, Tx to St Louis, MO with 13 Locomotives to be delivered to LTEX, Ohio passes by the Saginaw Grain Elevators. The Lead Unit #5223, a Dash 9 and the DP Unit... (more)
BNSF H1 970 arrives into Lindenwood Yard with the GALMEM.
Eastbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train 284 (Memphis, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia) is about to cross the entrance to Whitaker Farm in Woodville, Alabama.
BNSF 6000 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through Roggen, Colorado as the Blue Hour begins to transition to a golden sunrise.
A week ago, the crew working the Kelly Lake local job were using a pair a green SD40-2s to move cars around their namesake yard before they ended their shift. This pair has been split up with one ... (more)
Eastbound coal train works across the BNSF Ottumwa Sub in southern Iowa. This is a mainly coal route between Lincoln, NE, and Galesburg, IL. Many wooden overpasses litter the line thru Iowa. The t... (more)
An odd ball move was this burrow crane moving from Superior, WI, to Ashland, NE. The train was restricted in speed with the crane in tow, and with a "01" date, that pretty well shows tha... (more)
I haven't been to the MRL since 2000. I was surprised how much work they did to add double track thru the Austin area. Now trains can meet/pass on a 21,000 foot siding/double track section. The ol... (more)
It was crazy to see how much the MRL has put back into the railroad to make it run alot smoother. One example is here near Avon. Avon was once a smaller siding located on the MRL 3rd Sub. The sidi... (more)
The MRL crosses over Austin Creek on this steel trestle near Skyline on Mullan Pass. The trestle is 494 feet long, 94 feet high, and built in 1896 by the Northern Pacific. Here we have a loaded co... (more)
It is pretty crazy to see how much westbound trains gain in elevation in a short distance climbing Mullan Pass. Here a coal train crawls along with 4 MRL manned helpers pushing mid-train. If you l... (more)
A manifest heads east through Howard Lake back in December, with a clean GEVO on the head end.
Coal Train (C-RWMDON8) from Rawhide Mine, WY to Donie,TX pass by the busiest railroad junction in Texas which is Tower55. Even though the tower has been demolished in November of 2022, it is busin... (more)
BNSF 3794 (ET44C4) leads a geo train south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
