BNSF 8472 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through the Black Forest trees at Larkspur, Colorado, passing a county Sheriff vehicle concealed to catch speeders going through town.
A BNSF Freight on the northbound Joint Line passes a BNSF Coal train waiting for a green signal on the Joint Line southbound track.
BNSF 7185 (ES44C4) leads a freight on the northbound Joint Line at Spruce, Colorado.
Four locomotives work hard to bring a southbound manifest upgrade through the picturesque Redwood River valley at Camden State Park south of Marshall, MN.
BNSF 7960 & 3809 lead a westbound grain train.
Two BNSF coal trains battle the one percent grade of Logan Hill in Wyoming's Powder River Basin as they head south to deliver their loads of "black diamonds" to power plants across the M... (more)
BNSF 5944 leads a 130 car coal train for the Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in West Olvie, MI as it leaves the Black Thunder Mine and enters BNSF's Orin Sub. From there, this BN... (more)
Coal is still king on the Joint Line as triple DPU's shove a loaded coal through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9103 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through Larkspur, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8500 (SD70ACe) leads the beer train out of the Denver Yard and will head to the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado.
Storm clouds move in over Monument, Colorado as a BNSF coal train heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8472 (SD70ACe) makes like an Alco and belches smoke in an effort to get a loaded coal train moving south on the Joint Line at Spruce, Colorado.
High above the valley, a westbound BNSF intermodal train descends the west side of Stevens Pass.
The distributed power units on a westbound intermodal scream in notch 8 as they push the train up the east side of the pass.
A westbound intermodal climbs the east side of Stevens Pass on a beautiful fall day.
High above the east portal of the Cascade tunnel, the ventilation fans whine as BNSF 7291 exits the bore.
BNSF 7291 throttles up out of the siding at Skykomish after holding for the westbound Empirebuilder.
A westbound BNSF grain train rolls past some autumn color at Granite between Cocolalla and Athol, Idaho, on BNSF’s busy Pend Oreille Subdivision on October 6, 2018.
A-B-B-B-B-A On February 1, 2019, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn is powered by a notable set of EMD locomotives as it heads through the snow-covered landscape approaching Deer Park, Washington. ... (more)
Mixed freight from Minot, ND to BNSF's Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, MN snakes through lakes country in central Minnesota. Autumn is my favorite season and it never fails to showcase why Minnesot... (more)
A unit sand train blasts through Elk River.
A westbound train with a cut of well cars at the front end rounds a curve and comes into the sun along Old Highway 79 near Elsberry, Missouri.
Going For Gold | Heading north out of the siding at Dorsey, a few miles south of Gravette, AR, a train of empty coal hoppers cruises through the golden trees of autumn on a warm Saturday, O... (more)
Golden Fields | Autumn is in full swing over southwest Missouri as an empty coal train heads through the community of Asbury on a warm Saturday, October 21, 2023 afternoon. Having just met ... (more)
BNSF 2698 (GP39-3) joins other light power at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 5664 (AC4400CW) leads a train towards Boulder, Colorado on the Front Range Sub, passing the cooling ponds of the shuttered Valmont Power Plant.
BNSF 1880 (SD40-2) brings a cut of cars out of the Denver Yard for sorting.
Solid BNSF power leads 19W west along the New River at Glen Lyn. A BNSF “Fakebonnet” led the train with the nose still lettered as Santa Fe. The foliage was very vibrant this year in southwe... (more)
A southbound BNSF manifest curves through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge between Ruthton and Holland, MN. The wind turbines this area is known for were proving their worth on yet another blustery ... (more)
Four different locomotive models team up as they fight to bring a heavy southbound train up the grade toward the Buffalo Ridge in southwest Minnesota. Trailing in the consist is BNSF 100, the clas... (more)
BNSF 7828 (ES44DC) leads a freight through Greenland, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7828 (ES44DC) leads a long freight up the grade between Greenland and Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
A lengthy manifest cruising along Highway 79 as it approaches a meet in Elsberry, Missouri.
NS 378 rolls south through Alex City
NS 378 passes a Southern Railway search light signal.
NS 378 rolls south at Kellyton, Al
BNSF 8444 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train past Barr Lake towards Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 7955 (ES44C4) leads a track safety measurement train past rock formations at Palmer Lake.
BNSF 7272 (ES44DC) runs through Monument, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7272 (ES44DC) runs south on the Joint Line passing rock formations in Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 7272 (ES44DC) leads a stack train through the 180-degree turn in Palmer Lake, Colorado.
After dropping off cars at Suncast, BNSF 2042 proceeds west to work more customers at the Batavia Industrial area. 10/18/23
The crew of BNSF 7828 stop to inspect the pilot and the front coupler before resuming their run south of Castle Rock, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8572 (SD70ACe) muscles a loaded coal train past a UP military train at Greenland, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7828 (ES44DC) runs through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7828 (ES44DC) leads a freight over the iconic Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7272 (ES44DC) leads a stack train through the S curves between Spruce and Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 7955 (ES44C4) leads a Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety DOTX track measurement car through the S curves at Sedalia, Colorado as it heads north on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7955 (ES44C4) leads a Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety DOTX track measurement car, which worked the Joint Line as it passed a bunch of cows in Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 6015 ES44AC runs through the S curves at Monument, Colorado as it heads south along the Colorado Front Range.
Palmer Lake, Colorado has some of the best scenery in the state for photographing the numerous coal trains that run on a daily basis through town.
BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado. Homeowners on the hill in the background have a bird's eye view of the busy Joint Line that runs through town.
A loaded BNSF coal train running through Greenland, Colorado on the southbound Joint Line passes a Union Pacific military train which is heading north on the Joint Line.
Halfway through it's 50 mile trip from Peoria to Galesburg, BNSF's Peoria Local blasts through Elmwood with two unofficial Santa Fe heritage units behind the lead locomotive.
Northbound Q train with 7 engines
BNSF 6200 (ES44AC) runs through Spruce, Colorado, passing a signal and the trusty chase vehicle of the photographer.
BNSF 8472 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 2857 (GP39-2) runs through Louisville, Colorado on the Front Range Sub.
Storm clouds and fall colors greet BNSF 2857 (GP39-2) as it runs a freight past the shuttered Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado.
GE C44-9W 5465 leads a large local freight eastbound passed Modesto Station.
Officer Special southbound to Saginaw
BNSF 2857 (GP39-2) rounds the corner after climbing up Burkes Hill in Louisville, Colorado.
Storm clouds and evening light makes the paint on BNSF 8472 (SD70ACe) glow as it runs south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 8472 snakes a coal train through the S curves at Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8472 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train over the bridge at Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 9316 & 5652 with an eastbound mixed freight.
A pair of ACes powers eastbound loads.
BNSF 9028 & 6281 with an eastbound loaded coal train.
Fifteen miles from the border of Idaho, situated along the Clark Fork River, lies the small village of Noxon, Montana. Montana Rail Link's former Northern Pacific mainline passes through here and ... (more)
Westbound BNSF C44-9W no. 4685 exits the 10365 ft Tunnel 41, The Big Hole, at the Summit of Donner Pass. Some of the equipment for Sugar Bowl Ski Area can be seen at the mouth of the tunnel .
The Pan Am Loaded Grain Train (LGT) sits on the Ardent Mills grain loop in Ayer, MA, moving just a car-length every 5-10 minutes in order to unload each grain car one at a time.
Dynamic storm clouds and the day's last light provide a dramatic background for BNSF 6200 at Spruce, Colorado.
The day's last light catches BNSF 6200 (ES44AC) taking a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado on the Joint Line.
Loaded BNSF coal train C BTMCLS0 77A cruises through Avery, Iowa as it makes its trip from the Powder River Basin's Black Thunder Mine to the Shawnee Fossil Plant in Kentucky. One of BNSF's SD70MA... (more)
BNSF 8763 & 5835 lead an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 8152 & 8450 power an eastbound grain train.
Four Boeing 737 aircraft fuselages fly low through Denver in tight formation.
NS loaded grain train 54V snakes through Dallas with a nice warbonnet leader
BNSF 6953 (ES44C4) leads the Z Train towards Denver, running between the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado.
Westbound local powered by SD60M 1448 & GP39-2 2724.
A survivor in a Heritage I paint scheme, BNSF 1001 (Dash9) waits for a crew to then run south on the Joint Line out of Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 7652 (ES44DC) exits the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel and heads towards the Tolland Valley on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
BNSF 6917 westbound with a geometry train.
DPU 6327 pushes west with a manifest freight at Denair Ca.
A BNSF local is seen working an industry on McIntyre Street in Golden.
Alliance to North Yard transfer job
I've had chance encounters with BNSF 982 many times over the years. Like an old friend it's good to see it still hard at work decades later, still in original paint no less. Here it splits the gra... (more)
A westbound BNSF freight has just exited Little Gore Canyon and follows the Colorado River toward Radium, Colorado, on September 19, 2023.
Blue hour crossing of Logan Hill At 9:37 p.m. on June 24, 2022, a southbound BNSF coal load lights up the four track main line that surmounts Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Pow... (more)
