BNSF’s Chewelah Turn approaches Yardley at Spokane, Washington, on October 11, 2018. the train is almost finished with its run from after interchanging trains with Progressive Rail’s St. Paul ... (more)
Daily Priority intermodal east of Denair Ca in the early morning.
BNSF 714 & 986 lead a unit tank train northbound from Watson, CA to Axtell, NE as it coasts towards Greenland, Colorado on a late summer morning.
After a day spending switching on the Casper Sub as far south as Bonneville, WY the local arrives back at Greybull with 40 cars in tow. The Bighorn River provides a routing for this line as well a... (more)
This empty coal train is about an hour and a half south of Westshore Terminal in neighboring BC, passing Clark's Point in Bellingham, Washington. Empties follow the water level route about another... (more)
A pair of BNSF’s brand new ET44ACH’s lead a test run of a southbound coal load with two more units on the rear of the train working their way up the grade.
Hustling eastbound across the Mojave Desert is BNSF Railway train S-LHGLPC1-12, heading from Los Angeles Harbor CA (GGS) to Logistics Park Chicago IL. A quartet of GE diesels, BNSF Dash 9-44CW 40... (more)
Another winter night is fast approaching as BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4948 leads an eastbound welded rail train toward Trout Creek, Montana. Fog is layering over the mountains and through the trees, with... (more)
Storm clouds are brewing as BNSF 5693 (Dash9) leads a freight towards Rollinsville, Colorado as it drops down the mountain after exiting the Moffat Tunnel's East Portal.
BNSF's Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest rounds a curve at Kane, WY. It's about to meet northbound counterpart DENLAU. This stretch of the Casper Sub is remote with few trains, "dark" te... (more)
BNSF 7019, 5222, 4644, & 5698 eastbound with a stack train.
The local run north of Greybull, WY has assembled a formidable 96 car train by the time it returns to the terminal. These old coal motors are a good match to the task of this heavy train. The long... (more)
Passing through Napa Street, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn approaches Yardley at Spokane, Washington, on October 6, 2018. Powered by an impressive A-B-B-B-B-A set of EMD locomotives—GP60M No. 105 leadi... (more)
BNSF 5693 (Dash9) leads a freight on the ridge west of Rollinsville, Colorado, where the aspen are in full color change mode.
BNSF 5984 & 8514 lead westbound empties.
Rough terrain is the setting for the local freight's trip through the Wind River Canyon. The channel cut through the mountains by the river doesn't leave enough room for the tracks in places. Near... (more)
BNSF 5924 & 6290 with westbound empties.
Fog shrouds the Clark Fork Valley an eastbound BNSF manifest freight rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, on the morning of October 14, 2018. Trailing the two road locomotives is Montana ... (more)
Climbing the western grade of Marias Pass is an eastbound BNSF freight traversing the Hi Line Subdivision main line through bright autumn colors between Red Eagle and Paola, Montana, on October 9,... (more)
CPKC 229 has a BNSF leader as it crosses the St. Lawrence River a bit later than usual.
The local from Greybull, WY is southbound through the Wind River Canyon bound for Bonneville, WY. At Bonneville it will interchange with the shortline BD&W before returning north. The alignment th... (more)
It is 7:22am and the valley in which the Moffat Tunnel is located is half lit by the rising sun. A trio of BNSF DPUs brings up the tail end of a westbound coal train, which is disappearing in to t... (more)
Minutes before the sun peeks over the top of the ridge, a westbound loaded BNSF coal load approaches the signals at the west end of Tolland. Traditionally, coal loads on the Moffat head east. Howe... (more)
BNSF 5683 & KCS 4163(?) westbound with empties for Omaha Public Power District.
BNSF 8500 (SD70ACe) waits in the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado before heading back to Denver.
BNSF 6953 (ES44C4) leads a stack train through the refineries at Commerce City, Colorado as it heads to the intermodal facility in downtown Denver.
An old-school Heritage I BNSF 1001 (Dash9) waits for a crew in downtown Denver, Colorado. The main line is adjacent to RTD's light rail line that shuttles passengers to Denver's Union Station fro... (more)
BNSF 8423 & 9750 westbound with a mixed freight.
Aspens in the Valley Fall in the valley below Rollins
Southbound empty phosphate train K811 heads south down the Fitzgerald subdivision as they pass through the small town of Talbotton, GA.
Two BNSF coal trains meet at Algoma, Idaho, on a snowy February 27, 2017. BNSF GE ES44AC No. 6280 is the DPU on the eastbound empty, while BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9290 leads the westbound coal load o... (more)
A BNSF coal train makes its way through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs on August 26, 2018, while eastbound on the railroad’s Dickinson Subdivision.
BNSF 7652 (ES44DC) leads a freight down from the Moffat Tunnel East Portal and through the valley lined with golden aspen.
A solid set of brand new GE ET44ACH's take the siding at Dalton, NE for a meet with 2 loads.
A shiny new ET44ACH's leads 3 other new GE's on westbound symbol SALTLHA, as it passes Topock and knocks off the last miles into Needles for a crew change.
A Southbound BNSF coal drag is seen rounding the bend at Palmer Lake on the Joint Line with a 2x2 power configuration and 124 loads of electric car fuel. The photo was shot from a fairly new pedes... (more)
After holding for over an hour North of town for a Northbound train and a MOW window, this Southbound Power River Basin coal drag is seen heading South at Palmer Lake, on the Joint Line.
A Northbound empty coal drag is seen snaking North through Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.
A BNSF manifest crossing the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri.
BNSF 9071 & 8593 power westbound empties.
BNSF 7460 and BNSF 7027 are power on an NS intermodal making its way through Marion.
A pair of BNSF GP60Ms (known as GP60M-3s by the railway), 142 and 149, switch the La Mirada Yard. The 149, facing away, is the former Santa Fe 149, but BNSF 142 has a less straightforward history... (more)
BNSF 616 leads an eastbound grain train by Stronghurst Illinois.
BNSF heavies stack up in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF Bluebonnet 2854 (GP39-2) waits with another Geep near the Longmont Depot for orders to take the Buck Local to Broomfield, Colorado.
Light snow is falling as BNSF 2854 (GP39-2) crosses the road in a pull me / push you configuration with a motor on the other end of the short train.
With two GP38-2's on the point, one BNSF unit in BN green and one CN unit in the striped scheme, Canadian National's L580 local departs from Brantford, Ontario with a train for Hagersville. The tr... (more)
A trio of former Santa Fe warbonnet GEs lead L-CHI105 West through Lemont.
Santa Fe All The Way! Following some afternoon rain showers, the sun made an appearance just in time for train L-CHI105 with a trio of antique Santa Fe warbonnets at the helm. B40-8W #552 l... (more)
BNSF ACe 9285 leads a coal train into the Denver Yard and will hold on the Coal 1 track until a new crew arrives.
BNSF 3127 (GP50) heads to the Denver Yard to sort rail cars.
Storm clouds are moving in over the foothills as BNSF 2698 (GP39-3) waits to take the local to Broomfield, Colorado.
BNSF 5215, a C44-9W in the H2 paint scheme, leads NS 179 past the NS yard in Marion.
Gotta Love Sucker Holes. Today's L CHI105 features a trio of ATSF Warbonnets and a BNSF GEVO, the leader of the pack being B40-8W 552. 552 has received some touch ups lately, most notably t... (more)
Rolling at track speed, these two former Santa Fe relics, now in swoosh scheme, head back towards Amory after having worked Columbus.
BNSF SD40-2 Number 1594 Shows Its Heritage As It Idles At Stacy Street.
BNSF 5606 & 6294 westbound with empties.
MARYHILL WA May 4 2008 — BNSF SD40-2 6976 heads east in the Columbia River Gorge with a trash train. Also in the consistent are BNSF SD40-2 6749 and EMDX SD60 9069. My photo.
VANCOUVER WA May 7 2009 — BNSF ES44DC 7603 makes its way south on the Seattle Sub. It has just passed under the Fruit Valley signals and will shortly pass under the East 39th Street overpass. Ge... (more)
BNSF 6214 (ES44AC) waits in the BNSF servicing yard in Denver, Colorado as two pairs of light power pull out strings of cars for sorting.
BNSF 2698 (GP39-3) gets ready to head to the yard in Longmont and take a cut of cars to Broomfield, Colorado.
BNSF 9285 (SD70ACe) leads an empty coal train under the Park Avenue Viaduct in Denver as it heads to the Denver Yard for a change in crew.
A pair of GE's leads BNSF's Galesburg to Des Moines manifest as it begins its trip up the branch on the Des Moines Sub after diverging off the Ottumwa Sub at the junction in Albia, Iowa. As the tr... (more)
Running short on four axle power CN has turned to BNSF to help fill the void and pay off horsepower hours. This unit is one of several BNSF “Geeps” helping out in the eastern side of the syste... (more)
A BNSF coal train follows the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’s fourth Subdivision main line between Noxon amd Heron, Montana, on September 17, 2011.
The California Zephyr has pulled into Denver Union Station which then gives a green light to BNSF 5785 (ES44AC) to take the morning Z train out of the intermodal facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 3127 (GP50) heads into the Denver Yard early in the morning to sort cars.
BNSF 6298 descends the westbound grade with empties.
BNSF 5694 & 6431 lead westbound empties.
VANCOUVER WA Feb 25 2011 -- BNSF C44-9W 4407 is stopped for a crew change during its transition from the Seattle Sub to the Fallbridge Sub. General Electric built the unit My photo.
Rolling off Metrolink's 5½-mile-long Olive Sub and onto Metrolink's Orange Sub is BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG, a (supposedly) High Priority freight heading from Barstow to San Diego. At this poi... (more)
WISHRAM WA Feb 18 2012 — Eastbound BNSF C44-9W 5018 rides the superelevation as it leads a covered hopper train in the Columbia River Gorge. General Electric built the 5018 (b/n 54921) in August... (more)
The BNSF Beer Train heads out of Denver and will arrive at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado.
BNSF Warbonnet Dash 9 737 leads X565 West through Hammond.
A scrap metal train approaching Barwise Road near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
11pm - BNSF empty Coal Train passes the Holland Depot/Amtrak Station working its way back to Chicago Illinois with two leaders and 3 on the tail end and 128 empty cars
BNSF 3664 and BNSF 3665 are making their first revenue trip over Colorado's Joint Line as they pull 17,700 tons of Engle Butte Mine coal. These ET44ACH are BNSF's new six-axle Tier IV locomotives.... (more)
BNSF 2854 (GP39-2) runs past the cactus and the cooling ponds at the Valmont Power Plant in Golden, Colorado.
VANCOUVER WA Jan 26 2009 — BNSF GP38-2 2339 is tied down on the tail track as BNSF ES55DC 7669 approaches from the north at the point of the Coast Starlight. In the background is the Mill Plain ... (more)
BNSF 2854 (GP39-2) crests Burke's Hill as it leaves Boulder, Colorado and runs towards Broomfield.
This double oil empty is back rolling after slowly making their way thru the yard/siding at Livingston the MRL 2nd Sub. An old EMD white MAC still hangs on helping out. One of these empties is bou... (more)
The normal junker freight train across southern Iowa is this Lincoln to Galesburg and counterpart. These trains usually drag everything possible between Galesburg and Lincoln and are dog-along tra... (more)
Passengers in BNSF Railway Dome-Parlor-Observation 35 Canyon View are enjoying a beautiful California sunset as train O-LACSDG1-20A, comprised of nine business cars pulled by ES44C4 6571, t... (more)
BNSF Railway officer special O-SDGLAC1-20A travels along the California coast at dusk as it heads from San Diego to Fullerton, where it will unload passengers, and then moves on to Commerce, near ... (more)
BNSF 9065 & 9893 power westbound empties.
BNSF 5813 & 5628 power westbound empties.
BNSF 1812 (SD39-2) takes a cut of cars to the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.
From the 1970's to the late 1990's the AT&SF adopted a new paint scheme for freight diesels known as the Bluebonnet or Yellowbonnet scheme, which placed more yellow on the locomotives. The purpos... (more)
BNSF 2854 (GP39-2) runs light on the Longmont Siding and will take the spur that runs to Lafeyette, Colorado.
BNSF Bluebonnet 2854 (GP39-2) runs light past the Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado.
