BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.
BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.
BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) survives in its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint as it waits for servicing at the BNSF engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) gets ready to lead a coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) runs a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.
BNSF 5836, 9155, & 8752 westbound with empties.
A pair of BNSF GE's bring up the rear as DPU's on a BNSF manifest and intermodal freight making its way east over Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision. Holding in the siding at Bearmouth, Montana i... (more)
Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)
The daily H-GALMEM rolls west through Annada Mo.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) drags a loaded coal train up the grade between Greenland, Colorado and Spruce.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train towards Keenesburg, Colorado.
The late evening sun catches BNSF 8406 (SD70ACe) running in front of a rock formation at Palmer Lake, Colorado.
After sitting in the city all night, coal empties from NS highball west along the Mendota sub, with a cab light 70mac rebuild taking the charge.
The last of its kind left on an active BNSF roster, along with one of roughly seven left active, having a “smurf” and warbonnet 4-axle dash 8 paired up, and running on the mainline, was quite ... (more)
