BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)

A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.

A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.

The sound of dynamic brakes whining echo through Crozier Canyon as the Z-NYCLAC4 (New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA) descends down the 1.3% grade of Crozier Canyon.

With a week left of Peak Season 2023, six GE locomotives are polishing the rails with hotshot San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z2. With a total of 26,400 horsepower, this Z-train has no is... (more)

Morning sunlight peaks through the thin layer of clouds to illuminate the Music Mountains as four locomotives descend into Crozier Canyon with a hot Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA Z-train near... (more)

BNSF 1022, still sporting BNSF's H1 paint scheme, leads an 8,600' Denver, CO to San Bernardino, CA repo baretable train out of Crozier Canyon.

A rare "Hi-Wide" movement is led by two BNSF GE motors as they slowly move through Crozier Canyon as they near Valentine where a relief crew will takeover for the remainder of the trip i... (more)

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)

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)

The hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z-train races west out of Valentine as it starts to reach track speed of 70 MPH.