A loaded grainer climbs through Marshall Canyon.

A BNSF manifest races through Monolith in the late afternoon summer sun as a dust storm continues to blow through the area.

On a wet, misty winter morning, in the highly saturated lower Tehachapi foothills, a north bound BNSF intermodal drifts down the steep grade between tunnels 1 and 2, as the rear portion of the tra... (more)

A BNSF stack train climbs south through the curves just west of Bealville in the mid morning light of a warm summer day.

A BNSF manifest climbs up the curves of Allard in the late afternoon sun of a perfect spring day.

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)

Unsure if its all the time, but the week we were out here, the Bozeman Pass is alittle different in operations than Mullan Pass. Mullan seems mainly 4 helpers mid-train and shove. Over Bozeman som... (more)

A coal train is trying to get up to speed after leaving Toston siding following meeting 1. The train rolls along between highway 287 and the Missouri River. Helena is the next crew change point fo... (more)

Evening in the mountains can be so cool. The sun has set on the day as westbound trains wait at Helena to head west towards Missoula. The LM is one of those trains, but wouldn't leave for another ... (more)

A loaded coal train works south on the Orin Sub south of Bill. Not much to see out here except a few pronghorns, hills, and a couple windmills with a whole lot of coal trains!

DP's shove hard on the back of this load as they makes their way south on the Orin Sub. The crew has just left Bill after a morning of jacking with the power. This train is bound for a Mid-America... (more)

A loaded coal train is working back up to speed after the slow crawl thru Burlington and across the Mississippi River. The train passes a HGALLIN here at CTC Connett. This is the BNSF Ottumwa Sub... (more)

A coal train works between Ravenna and Lincoln. This section see most of the coal traffic out of the PRB for the BNSF. A cool old ex-CB&Q Depot is still used by the BNSF at York.

Tower 55 On Short Time. Tower 55 sits at the grade-level crossing of the Union Pacific (ex-Texas & Pacific) and the BNSF Railway (ex-AT&SF) in Fort Worth, Texas, nestled between a maze of h... (more)

Named For Names. Traveling through the Cajon Pass on the afternoon of April 4, 2022, BNSF Railway 5227 (C44-9W, GE) leads an intermodal train through the area in between the San Gabriel and... (more)