An eastbound manifest has just crested Marias Pass and is on the downgrade towards East Glacier. The iconic Marias landmarks, Summit and Little Dog Mountains, look down on the scene. A tip of th... (more)

An early-morning eastbound intermodal has crossed Marias Pass and has almost reached the prairies as it swings around the big curve just west of Browning. The mountains of Glacier National Park a... (more)

On the western approach to the Flathead Tunnel, a 114-car empty grain train swings through the rock cut at Fisher River, approximately half way between Libby and the west portal of the tunnel. Th... (more)

Shortly after sunrise on a clear June morning, a hot eastbound Z-train is on the causeway across Rowland Lake in the Columbia Gorge between Bingen and Lyle.

The long climb up the western slope of Marias Pass is nearly over and the summit is almost in sight as this eastbound intermodal works around the big curve at milepost 1152. Although it is late J... (more)

In the high Sierras on the west slope of Donner Pass, a westbound manifest swings under the signal bridge at Yuba Gap. Note the signal hut raised above ground level to allow easier access during ... (more)

Westbound through the Columbia Gorge, a hot BNSF Z-train is approaching Home Valley. Around the curve, the rear of the train is still passing the site of the Collins Slide, a particularly unstabl... (more)

As if the westward view through the Columbia Gorge were not enough, the Union Pacific added two locomotives in factory-fresh paint to the head of the three unit consist on this eastbound manifest.... (more)

In the heart of the Columbia Gorge, a BNSF eastbound manifest emerges from Tunnel 7 just west of Lyle, Washington on the BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision, and will soon roll through Tunnels 8 and 9. T... (more)

Early on a bright February morning BNSF 7155 leads an impressive cut of power and an eastbound manifest under the iconic SP signal bridge just north of Mojave. The future of the signal bridge is ... (more)

On a clear February afternoon in the Mojave Desert, BNSF 7198 is nearing East Siberia on its climb to the summit at Ash Hill. The site is near the former railroad location of Trojan.

The westbound stack train is at Bagdad, in the heart of California's Mojave Desert, and is about to start working its way up to the summit at Ash Hill.

With its fresh paint gleaming in the late afternoon sun, BNSF 7198 leads a westbound stack train out of Amboy, mid-way in its trip across the Mojave Desert.

The rays of the rising sun have just reached the BNSF's rails in the Mojave Desert as an eastbound stack train clears Fenner and will soon be cresting the summit at Goffs.

An eastbound stack train has just crested Ash Hill. The crew change point at Needles still lies 107 miles ahead across the Mojave Desert.