Bnsf 3831 and ton's of other Ge's waite to be serviced at Argentine yard.
A pair of SD70MACs lead a train of empty coal hoppers through Montgomery. 08/16/23
BNSF 1899 (SD40-2) runs past the UP's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 2302 & CN 4724 are stopped in the Port of Montreal. Soon they will depart westwards for CN's Pointe St-Charles Yard.
BNSF Grinstein 9604 (SD70MAC) shoves an empty coal train into the sunrise at Roggen, Colorado.
Westbound intermodal with international containers from California cross the Walnut canyon creek deposited with copious amounts of powdery snow over the previous night
An east bound Intermodal crosses a west bound at Walnut Canyon creek east of Flagstaff, Arizona.
A west bound with fresh snow at Walnut canyon creek east of Flagstaff, Arizona.
An Eagle Butte Mine coal train grinds up the grade of Colorado's Joint Line as it crosses over the Santa Fe bridge at Larkspur.
A pair of EMD SD70ACe pump out heavy smoke as they get their 17,500 ton coal train moving on a 1.4% grade of Spruce as the DP motors of an empty coal train head north on main track 2.
BNSF 3127 GP50 runs light as it enters the Keensburg Cut on the Brush Sub.
The sun has cracked the horizon as a BNSF coal train crosses Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 6:16 a.m. on July 11, 2023. This particular train is powered by four BNSF EMD SD70ACe locomotives... (more)
BNSF 4276 leads CP 31B towards Spence’a Bridge in the early morning.
BNSF 4276 leads CP 31B through the Thompson Canyon, with BNSF business cars in tow.
The RCO Day Zone Job returns to Northtown after working Waste Management on the St. Paul Sub. BNSF 625 is one of several former Santa Fe C44-9Ws that have recently been equipped with remote contro... (more)
A trio of BNSF GE's power the westbound Galesburg to Lincoln manifest freight as it rolls underneath the wooden bridge that carries 695th Avenue over the BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision outside of Avery,... (more)
Eastbound ethanol unit Train from Tirgo, CA - Dodge City, KS - (U-TCADDC0) with a fake bonnet Dash-9 leading the train.
BNSF 1899 (SD40-2) lashes up to a container train which it will take to the ready track and stage for the Z train.
Former Santa Fe warbonnet B40-8W 552 leads Local 102 West through Hodgkins.
Train from El-Paso, Tx to Dorchester, NE passes by BNSF 6900 at Fort Sumner.
BNSF train through Seattle
One of the Joint Lines 'rescue motors", BNSF 9026, sits idle in the spur track of Spruce with a pair of bad order coal cars coupled behind it. Normally, a lone BNSF locomotive waits in the sp... (more)
BNSF 1899 (SD40-2) runs light towards the BNSF intermodal facility in Denver, Colorado where it will stage a container train.
Freezing temperatures and blowing snow blankets the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado. A rare sight these days catches two Cascade Green Burlington Northern SD40-2's waiting for ... (more)
Light snow catches BNSF 9570 SD70MAC holding station in the yard at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado.
South Draw A westbound BNSF manifest climbs the grade at Tunnel 16 on the steep 2%+ climb at South Draw. The train is crossing a small creek that flows under ROW at the bottom of the larg... (more)
High above downtown Aurora, one of the few active ATSF paint B40-8Ws crawls through town with a long manifest train for BNs Eola yard.
On a sunny warm afternoon, the 452 job rumbles west by the Congress Park Metra Station with a very faded ATSF paint B40-8W up front. This job, normally utilizing road power on its bi-weekly trips ... (more)
Built in 1915, the quarter mile long elevated viaduct above the streets of downtown Aurora serves its purpose on a beautiful August morning, as a pair of 70macs cruise by with coal empties for Bla... (more)
BNSF 4276 leads CP 31B-03 ACOT on the approach to Drynoch, deep in the Thompson Canyon.
Willow Creek This manifest has been dropping down the the east slope of the Continental Divide since it crossed the Summit at Marias Pass. The train is passing the Lewis and Clark monum... (more)
BNSF Grinstein MAC 9828 waits in the falling snow for order to take a train out of the yard in Denver, Colorado.
A deep freeze and falling snow covers the BNSF firefighting cars as well as engines waiting at the engine servicing facility in Downtown Denver.
Eastbound intermodal crosses the town of Holbrook towards Belen, NM
West bound Intermodal passing the historic SantaFe depot just before the sunset on a cold winter day.
The power of the Pointe St-Charles Switcher is about to couple onto cars that it will take out of the Port of Montreal.
A BNSF manifest climbs up the curves of Allard in the late afternoon sun of a perfect spring day.
With a trio of EMD's on the point, the BNSF M EDYGAL is rolling along the main after departing from Eddyville as it makes the return trip to Galesburg. The train is crossing over the still waters ... (more)
Mojave Rainbow A storm front rolls off the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi Pass. Rain was no stranger to the desert in the Spring of 2023. The fast approaching storm is moving fas... (more)
An uncommon BNSF ballast train races through Morrison Canyon just after sunset
A westbound BNSF weed spray train holds on the main while an eastbound BNSF grain train races by, probably the first meet this siding has seen in awhile.
A westbound BNSF weed spray train passes under the abandoned Milwaukee Road bridge. Westbounds are very uncommon on stampede pass this is the first one i have seen in 7 years.
Snowing at Bridge 57 BNSF GE ET44C4 No. 3943 leads an eastbound unit oil train across the Clark Fork on Bridge 57 west of Trout Creek in a Montana snowstorm on February 6, 2021. Interes... (more)
The DPUs of a long north bound BNSF manifest are seen winding their way down the Tehachapi grade and in to the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a warm, late summer morning. The orange of the lead u... (more)
A BNSF intermodal glides down the Tehachapi grade between tunnels 1 and 2 on a warm summer morning.
An eastbound BNSF grain train sails across Bridge 62 spanning the inlet of Swamp Creek into the Clark Fork at Tuscor, Montana, on the crisp morning of October 5, 2020.
BNSF 4260 (ES44C4) gets ready to take four Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Trains) to DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) in Texas. Meanwhile an RTD Light Rail train passes by as it... (more)
A BNSF in H2 paint leads NS 279 west through Shawsville.
NS 13Z heads west through Wabun, VA with a BNSF leader.
About an hour before thunderstorms would arrive on this hot 95-degree afternoon, BNSF 4678 passes by the Kansas City Union Depot with a string of grain cars.
BNSF 4598 west with an Ash Train heads west towards Argentine Yard while a coal train from Juliette, GA/NS comes off the Fort Scott heading towards Murray.
BNSF assists DART to move four Stadler FLIRT's for DART from Salt Lake, UT to North Yard, Tx over the old Rio Grande main. The Stadler units would further be transported to Denton County Transport... (more)
It’s almost 6 p.m. on a cool Montana winter eve at Trout Creek on February 5, 2023. A trackside fire helps warm us up a bit as the “blue hour” descends upon the Clark Fork River Valley. The ... (more)
BNSF 6829 (ES44C4) snakes through the S curves with a string of gondola cars as it runs south on the Joint Line through Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 6185 (ES44AC) waits for its turn in the fuel and sand service bay at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado.
TULTEA headed towards Teague crosses a local at Gribble crossing at Royal lane, Dallas.
On a warm sunny evening, BNSFs Office Car Special rockets along the Mississippi River with a long train for Dilworth. There, BNSF personnel would board for Havre, MT.
A pair of GEs work their way south out of Denver on a power move.
BNSF 1899 SD40-2 waits for service at the BNSF engine servicing facility in downtown Denver.
BNSF 8415 (SD70ACe) is seen from the top of the mountain at Pinecliffe as it leads a coal train down the mountain on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
BNSF 8475 (SD70ACe) leads a freight through Brighton, Colorado.
BNSF 9045 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train west towards Denver on the Brush Sub through Brighton, Colorado.
Late in the day, with their work done, a pair of power sets for locals have tied up for the day. Closest to us are BNSF GP39-2 2732 (ex-BN 2732) and GP38-2 2317 (ex-BN 2317, née-SLSF 462) and, o... (more)
Birmingham-Mobile #385 gets moving after meeting a northbound coming off the 3B District, passing the relatively large two story Alabama Great Southern RR Station.
At 6:27 a.m. on June 20, 2023, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight curves through Radium, Colorado, utilizing trackage rights on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. In the foreground along... (more)
BNSF 8165 (ES44C4) leads an officer's special southbound on the Joint Line at Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 7911 (ES44DC) gets ready to leave Denver while running south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 1093 (Dash9) leads a formation of Boeing 737 fuselages in a low-level mission.
The CSX transfer may have standard diesels, but at least the right of way is eco-friendly.
649 is on the point of a local freight waiting for a crew. The unit has been in service nearly 30 years plus milage.
Intermodal stack train from Long Beach, CA to Clovis, NM. This spot is a famous spot in Winslow, AZ where the railroad track runs parallel to I-40
Clean Stickers!
BNSF 4018 & 6695 westbound with a unit grain train.
An SD70MAC and SD70ACe shove on the rear of coal loads on the beginning of their run down the Pikes Peak Sub.
An EMD pair slowly pulls a loaded coal train out of Denver and cross Cherry Creek.
Westbound freight.
BNSF’s Laurel to Denver priority freight (HLAUDEN) exits 177-foot Tunnel 4 between the sidings of Dornick and Piper while negotiating Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Canyon on June 25, 2023.
BNSF 1093 (Dash9) leads two Boeing 737 fuselages through Littleton, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 4327 (Dash9) leads a coal train past the old Rollins Pass Mercantile store as it runs down the mountain towards Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 2718 (GP39-2) runs towards the Denver Yard for a day of sorting cars.
A pair of BNSF ES44C4's lead an empty grain train as it hustles east through Livingston, Montana after descending from Bozeman Pass. Meanwhile, a Montana Rail Link helper set eases out of the yard... (more)
Bealville, California A southbound BNSF manifest leaves Bealville, throttled up for the climb up the 2.2%+ grade ahead. The train has just met the Southbound stack train that can be seen ... (more)
A long hood forward Dash 9 leads lite power arriving at Denver.
A vehicle train begins their trip to the West Coast as they slowly run through Denver.
Worst Case Scenario. BNSF L-CHI663 clears up yard limits as it begins It’s trek to Eddysville with a rare veteran ATSF warbonnet B40-8W, 552 leading a BNSF GP39-3, 2867 along with another... (more)
Waiting for another train. I lucked into this BNSF movement of two Stadler FLIRT's for DART. They will make the trip from Salt Lake to Dallas over the old Rio Grande main.
Shiny paint and aluminum hoppers nicely reflect the early morning sun as BNSF EMD SD70ACe Nos. 9098 and 8557 lead a coal train over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, just after sunrise at 6:04 a.... (more)
The sounds of GE motors echo through Coal Creek Canyon as they work their train out of the Big 10 Loops and up the grade around Plainview, CO on Union Pacific’s iconic Moffat Tunnel Subdivision.... (more)
A short Northbound ZLPKSTO lead by BNSF 6060 works upgrade just out of Mojave.
