As slow as this Q-train was going, I wouldn't be surprised that the date "22" was January date out of Seattle! A 1x1 South Seattle to Chicago intermodal is doing all it can to save fuel ... (more)

A Grand Fork to Kansas City manifest train rolls south along the Mississippi River near Victory on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is working towards Galesburg and then west on the Transcon to KC. ... (more)

The Grand Forks to the BRC freight, is rolling down the Aurora Sub along side the Mississippi River. Here the train passes back waters south of Genoa.

The crew on this loaded ore train is happy they didn't have the track washout under them at MP 268.8. Unfortunately, the Z-train an hour behind them wouldn't be as lucky. Now, BNSF has quite a mes... (more)

Yard engines taking the day off

Snow for the day's storm blankets the county road as BNSF 6382 runs a loaded coal train south on the Joint Line through Greenland, Colorado.

A loaded BNSF coal train runs south on the Joint Line through Greenland, Colorado in the last minutes of sun for the day.

BNSF 6382 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train through Castle Rock on the Joint Line.

An empty coal train heads north along the UP main 2 track towards Denver on Colorado's Joint Line as the DP motors shove through Acequia.

A Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest train grinds up the 2.1% grade of Coal Creek Canyon as the headend nears Tunnel 1.

With a fresh crew on board, a westbound loaded coal train departs Sterling off the UP Pass as it begins its trip across eastern Colorado to Denver.

Over 17,600 tons of train are on the drawbar of the two EMD motors as they pull an Eagle Butte Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train up the 1.6% grade near the Palmer Lake.

Three GE motors hold back a heavy Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX intermodal Q-train as it descends down the Palmer Divide through Monument. Even though this train is classified as an intermodal train... (more)

A line of BNSF heavy motors runs through the servicing island at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.

The hottest train on the system, the Willow Springs, IL to North Bay, CA Z1, races down the nearly 1% grade of Walapai at 70 MPH as it hauls 7,200' of train with 36 UPS loads for Northern Californ... (more)