A BNSF road local to Fort Worth slows in the siding at Marietta on its way south behind great EMD standard cab lash-up.

The one and only "EsPee" HLCX SD40-2R Nº6341 leads the charge along with the HLCX SD40-2 7201 on the Blue Island bound K628 as it passes through downtown Cartersville, Ga.

The one and only "EsPee" HLCX SD40-2R Nº6341 leads the charge along with the HLCX SD40-2 7201 on the Blue Island bound K628 as it passes through Union City, Ga. The train will arrive in... (more)

Tough winter day on the Kyle—16
Kyle railroaders dig out a frozen switch at Goodland, Kansas, on January 2, 2007, after a 30 inch snowstorm blanketed the area. Former Santa Fe NREX SD... (more)

Originally built as an SD45-2 for the Santa Fe in 1973, this BNSF SD40-2R and a fellow EMD SD40-2 are busy working Rennick yard in Denver.

The Boron Local shoves down the Borax Lead with three SD45-2 rebuilds and a whopping 95 cars (plus an ex-ATSF caboose). It's nice to see standard cab EMDs on the BNSF in Southern California. The l... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 is returning to Canton from Asheville with a train of loaded woodchips and other products for the paper mill in Canton. Even though I grew up in the era when SD45s w... (more)

The returning Boron Local is greeted by the conductor on Q STOCHI6 22L in the hole at Jim Grey as both sets of crews near the end of their trips.

The Boron Local backs down the Borax Spur for a small cut for Rio Tinto's massive plant, which can be seen in the background. While today's train isn't a good indicator of such, this is the larges... (more)

The Boron Local shoves down the Rich Spur behind four ex-ATSF EMDs in the form of three SD45-2s and a GP39-2, the latter still in ATSF paint.

This former Santa Fe SD45-2 has been rebuilt to SD40-2 specifications and is used around Duluth-Superior on local jobs. Here it is being borrowed by a yard crew to handle empty grain cars from the... (more)

The BNSF Boron Local lead by BNSF 1574 and two other SD40-2Rs ( all rebuilt from SD45-2s) and a single GP39-2 shove a long cut of cars down Rich Spur, just west of Boron, CA for a mineral load out... (more)

The Beaten Warrior- Its a warm sunny afternoon as I hang trackside for a eastbound Manifest CSX Q626-14 with the HLCX 6341 leading the eastbound charge. Here we see the CSX Q626-14 at Youmans Mea... (more)

BNSF's transfer job from KCS returns to Argentine Yard by way of "The J" (Santa Fe Junction).

After setting out a Missouri Pacific covered hopper at Trenton Feed & Grain Company, the Cache Valley Local crosses 3rd South at 3rd West in Logan. This short industrial lead was abandoned more th... (more)