BNSF power leads a westbound IG1LC at Fingal on the Yuma Sub.

The distinctive nose of a former BN SD40-2 6361, now BNSF 1968.

GE C44-9W BNSF 776 ~ Delivered September 1997. Seen at BNSF's Commerce Diesel Servicing facility in the City of Commerce, CA.

GE C44-9W BNSF 676 ~ Delivered to the ATSF in September 1994. Seen at BNSF's Commerce Diesel Servicing facility in the City of Commerce, CA.

PURCELL OK Feb 15 1981 — A grungy day and a grungy locomotive. Santa Fe U33C 8502 holds the main on its way south with a covered hopper train. I believe the cantilever was donated to the Oklahom... (more)

Snaking downhill from Tehachapi toward the loop with the same name.

BNSF 4271 leads an intermodal train through Monolith.

BNSF 4390 leads a vehicle train out of Woodford.

BNSF 4390 leads a grain train at Caliente, crossing the seasonal flow of the Caliente Creek.

Rolling through Bealville, in southern California's Tehachapi Mountains, is BNSF train U-NTWEES7-15A. This train is descending into the San Joaquin Valley, and has just passed through Cliff (the ... (more)

BNSF Railway vehicle train V-RICWAT4-22A rounds the curve at Woodford as it approaches the famed Tehachapi Loop on its way from Richmond CA to Watson, in the Los Angeles' harbor area. A trio of G... (more)

Eastbound BNSF manifest grinds around a broad curve near Ballico Ca.

An unusually wet winter has brought a super-bloom of wildflowers to SoCal in the Spring of 2023 and the Mojave Desert was not exempt. Having just departed UP rails at Mojave an eastbound intermoda... (more)

An unlikely matched pair of green 60s speeds the H-ROOPAS towards pasco through the arid eastern gorge, making light work of the train’s empty garbage bins.

Mountain Pass. BNSF Railway 6746 is seen sitting at Cajon Summit awaiting a favorable eastbound signal. This photo was taken while on a technical tour of the pass, escorted by railway e... (more)