Urban Freight. BNSF 559 leads a short mixed manifest train past the 48th & Brighton - National Western Center RTD Station. This train is likely heading to serve industries in Commerce Ci... (more)

The last hurrah of four axle mainline power in the form of Dash8s and GP60s was being played out on BNSF as 6 axle road power was soon to become dominant. But not quite yet, as a four-pack of Dash... (more)

BNSF local approaches the crossing northbound, will duck under I-270 then turn southward off the main into the sprawling industrial park network east of Commerce City.

A pair of fresh B40-8W's take a freight through Commerce City on the Brush Sub.

The latest and greatest B40-8W 509, 527, 525, lead two old veterans SD40's 5024, 5045. Heading westbound on the eastside of Flagstaff, Arizona (Tom Ellis photo.)

A Santa Fe piggyback train, most likely the 891 (Los Angeles CA to Chicago IL) has just made a crew change in San Bernardino and it once again moving east. A quartet of ATSF Dash 8-40BWs – the ... (more)

"The Local" returns from Castle Hot Springs with a quartet of B40-8Ws.

BNSF and ARZC power wearing prior owner colors swap trains at Castle Hot Springs.

With a railroad that has a mix of newer Genesee & Wyoming paint and older "heritage" paint, getting a clean set of either is worth the trip out... Here 4006 and 3903 make their way sout... (more)

AERC 5935 with a 1 car train at the top end of the Albany yard.

The Cadiz Local swaps trains with the ARZC with a clean B40-8W on the rear.

BNSF's Local based out of Grand Jct. CO makes the trek out to Parachute, located approximately 45 miles East of Grand Jct. every Monday-Wednesday-Friday. Here it is seen here approaching Tunnel s... (more)

What a beautiful sight to see the rebirth of the red and silver paint scheme. Was so fun to be track-side during this era. Four B40-8W and a B40-8 rolling through West Flagstaff. (Tom Ellis photo)

Red and silver Santa Fe locomotives are teaming at the railroad’s servicing facility at Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on June 2, 1996. General Electric B40-8W Nos. 500 and 521 share track s... (more)

Hottest of the hot
Powered by a quartet of Super Fleet GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s 199 train, the hottest in a fleet of hot intermodal trains, barrels through Ancona, Illinois, at 4:00 p.m... (more)