DPU's on an HRICBAR await a meet with a NB UP at Woodford.

One of BNSF's newest units in their fleet brings up the rear of this Fresno to Barstow manifest.

BNSF 1798 (SD40-2) sits on a ready track as the California Zephyr and the private car Tioga Pass reverse into Denver's Union Station.

A Barstow to Pasco freight works out of Mojave just after 6am.

A BNSF Railway light engine movement traverses the shoofly around the construction of the Highland Avenue overpass, which will eliminate yet another grade crossing – the last one in an eight-mil... (more)

Goat Boats at Dawn. BNSF 1078, a 1996 product of General Electric, catches the first light of the day at Oro Grande as it, along with a fellow Heritage 1 painted Dash-9, a warbonnet and two... (more)

ATSF 5704 has returned to home rails, painted in a spectacular rendition of the bicentennial colors it once wore for the 1976 anniversary, as it rolls west on a Z train ultimately bound for the So... (more)

Meltdown at Barstow. The meltdown that is the BNSF Railway right now was more than evident at Barstow on June 25, as seen here from the Yucca Ave. overpass. From left to right: 1) an eastbo... (more)

5704 Gets Its Kicks Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 5704, an EMD SD45-2 built in 1973, makes its triumphant return to Southern California in its gleaming bicentennial paint scheme as... (more)

A Z-train from Logistics Park races into the afternoon sun, heading westbound and nearing its destination at Hobart Yard. Fifth unit out is the bicentennial SD45-2.

BNSF Railway train B-CSXLAC6-23 ("B" is for Boring … er … Baretable) hustles its way west from the CSX Interchange (in Chicago) to Los Angeles. A pair of Dash 9-44CWs, 1000 (nearly ... (more)

BNSF power leads this eastbound UP stack up Beaumont Hill on a hot, and muggy morning in San Timoteo Canyon.

Eastbound intermodal lead by BNSF GE ES44C4 6810 passes a westbound local freight in Escalon Ca. EMD SD70ACe 9047 is an interesting contrast to all the GEs.

The American Bicentennial is just a year off, and Santa Fe’s fifth Bicentennial locomotive, SD45-2 5704, has still not been repainted. By this point, ATSF 5700-5703 were all painted and usually... (more)

Morning sun illuminates the Mojave Desert as a westbound Z train pulls the grade up Ash Hill on main one at Klondike. Trailing the road power is the recently (cosmetically) restored Santa Fe 5704.... (more)