A Q-train bound for LA, is about to stop at Fort Madison for a crew change. The train skirts the near banks of the Mississippi River the 1st couple miles into Iowa. For a fast built railroad, the ... (more)

Even though symbolled a "B" for a baretable, this stack train is full of containers heading west from Memphis. The train rolls thru the CP at ISU Switch on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub enroute t... (more)

Ballast loads shove off the 3M Spur with a clean Tier 4 GEVO bringing up the rear.

These ex-Santa Fe signals fell at the end of 2019. PTC upgrades to the signal system spelled the end to all ATSF signals on the Marceline now. Here a Fort Madison to Pearland, TX, auto train strug... (more)

Herzog 19700 meets BNSF 6863 on Devils Canyon bridge, October 30, 2012. One of the most interesting meets I ever shot, both in regards to location and equipment. Steve Crise © 2012 (File# SJC_BN... (more)

A westbound Grain train rolls through the small wheat farming town of Ritzville in eastern Washington State.

BNSF 7024 struggles up the grade through flagstaff as they battle toward the AZ divide

BNSF 3825 cross Cajon wash in the Mormon Rocks area on its way up Cajon Pass.

A fresh looking BNSF 3686 (ET44C4) waits at the Broomfield, Colorado siding for orders to proceed to Denver.

BNSF 3693 eases down Cajon Pass at CP Walker.

Brand new BNSF 3693 brings up the rear of a westbound Ethanol train at Cajon Summit.

A fresh looking BNSF 3686 (ET44C4) holds station on the Broomfield Siding with a stack train as the crew waits for a green signal to proceed to Denver.

BNSF train Z-LPKLAC7-18, with still-shiny ET44C4 3679 up front (built in 2020), overtakes lower-priority train S-LPKSCO1-17, which is stopped at Basta. Both trains originated in Logistics Park Ka... (more)

After getting an orange leader the Z train leaves town.

Brand new BNSF 3692 leads the westbound Barstow to Kaiser Yard manifest.