A developing monsoonal thunderstorm towers over an empty coal train bound for El Segundo Mine near Lee Ranch Jct on this warm and muggy August morning. 8/13/11

The sun has just dipped below a cloud as the 3 maiden run ES44C4's head downhill on Main 2 at Coolidge,NM 7/16/12

BNSF SD70MAC #9436 helps out a 7+ hour late Amtrak train #4 eastbound at Bluewater, NM on 5/4/13. This engine was added at Kingman, AZ, and would lead this train all the way to Chicago, IL since t... (more)

JOSQ snaking along Seton Lake

BNSF 7699 has a clear signal to proceed east at West Daggett just after sunrise on 3/5/11.

APA 81 and 5 other Alcos lead a manifest up the last hill at Milepost 34 before arriving the Catilyst Paper Mill 1/13/12.

The Station to Station special train heads west at west siding switch Levy, NM with Wagon Mound in the distance above the train. 9/17/13

A very late running #7 meets its counterpart, #8, at the west side of the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic Siding on 6/26/14.

NS 8099 heads west at track speed around the big curve at Mesa, WA.

A BNSF officers special splits the semaphores between East Watrous and Shoemaker, NM on the BNSF Raton Sub 2/21/12. This is a rare move these days on this line, as the only scheduled train to run ... (more)

The Chewelah Turn heads south along Loon Lake as a fisherman fishes Loon Lake on 5/23/15.

Amtrak #3, led by Phase 4 heritage unit #184, passes the last operating mainline wig-wag in Colorado at Delhi,CO. 8/2/11

UP 7400 leads the MNPPT below Mitchell Point on a cloudy day in the Columbia River Gorge. 10/23/10

The snow is falling and a cold north wind blowing as the UP 844 New Mexico/Arizona Centennial Special crosses a wood trestle on its trek south on BNSF's Boise City Sub 11/2/12.

A cold north wind is blowing powdery snow around as UP 844 approaches a crossing on BNSF's Boise City Sub near Casa,CO 11/2/11. Code Line is still in use of this section of the former ATSF.