Classic Crescent Winter temperatures at minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit with all the splendors this most beautiful of a view in the morning sun after a winter storm.
Soon after the sun rests below the horizon, BNSFs Chicago to Galesburg road local rounds the bend into Lemont with a very unique assortment of power. Seen here traversing over the Des Plaines rive... (more)
After traversing NS over the cover of darkness, BNs empties for North Antelope Mine in Wyoming are seen making their way down the BNSF Racetrack with a rebuilt 70mac up front.
BNSF 8993 (SD70ACe) waits on a siding as a Kansas City Southern train moves by on the southbound Joint Line through Spruce, Colorado.
A faded Geep waits at the yard in Longmont, Colorado for orders to go to Lafeyette.
Orange and blue work together as a BNSF empty grain shuttle rolls east behind BNSF 3888, two more Gas and a pair of MRL ACes. This train is operating on Montana Rail Link heading upstream in the C... (more)
From the old, unused Highway overpass at mile 44.6 near Bradley, a westbound BNSF Boeing special flies by at this location on Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivision main line between Avon and Gar... (more)
BNSF 6206 (ES44AC) runs northbound on the Joint Line and passes a southbound coal train at Spruce, Colorado.
A westbound BNSF Z train cruises down the grade at Parks just west of the Arizona continental divide after the first decent snowstorm of 2024
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACE) runs through the S curve at Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF ACe 9017 leads a heavy coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
Y-EOL102 makes its way back to Eola with 552 in the lead as it crosses over Park Ave. 1/9/24
A relaxing afternoon along the Montana’s Clark Fork at Trout Creek sees one last train before nightfall sets in on October 2, 2013, as an eastbound BNSF coal train trundles by.
BNSF 6078 shoves on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through the Keenesburg Cut as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 8578 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train into the valley at Acequia, Colorado.
BNSF 6206 (ES44AC) runs north on the Joint Line past a herd of cows.
Much to the surprise of us, this tank train out of Williams, OK, had some coal train power on it. It's kind of rare for these parts on the Transcon. Here, the train crosses the Des Moines River on... (more)
An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.
One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)
With five motors on the point, the hot Z-WSPSBD3 waste no time descending down the Arizona Divide as it kicks up leftover snow at the control point of Maine.
A high priority intermodal train from San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL intermodal train charges up the grade out of Seligman during a brisk, chilly, winter morning.
Four GEs bring up a Long Beach, CA to Clovis, NM stack train through Williams Junction a day after a winter storm blanked the northern Arizona region with six to eight inches of snow.
BNSF 5732 & 6157 with westbound empties.
BNSF 7157, 5663, & 8770 lead a westbound mixed freight.
With a BNSF Dash 9 leading three EMD's, a loaded westbound coal train cruises across the Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision on a snowy spring day. The train is crossing over the Yellowstone River... (more)
The evening's last sunlight catches BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) at Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
Running through the Red Oak Nature Center between Aurora and Batavia, BNSFs West Chicago job crawls north with the only active smurf on the roster, and one of the three active ATSF warbonnet paint... (more)
BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.
BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.
BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) survives in its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint as it waits for servicing at the BNSF engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) gets ready to lead a coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) runs a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.
BNSF 5836, 9155, & 8752 westbound with empties.
A pair of BNSF GE's bring up the rear as DPU's on a BNSF manifest and intermodal freight making its way east over Montana Rail Link's 3rd Subdivision. Holding in the siding at Bearmouth, Montana i... (more)
Still wearing its Burlington Northern Cascade Green, BNSF SD40-2 1706 sits on the point of the M GALEDY power set at the south end of the yard outside of Eddyville, Iowa. After a night run from Ga... (more)
The daily H-GALMEM rolls west through Annada Mo.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) drags a loaded coal train up the grade between Greenland, Colorado and Spruce.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train south on the Joint Line through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train towards Keenesburg, Colorado.
The late evening sun catches BNSF 8406 (SD70ACe) running in front of a rock formation at Palmer Lake, Colorado.
After sitting in the city all night, coal empties from NS highball west along the Mendota sub, with a cab light 70mac rebuild taking the charge.
The last of its kind left on an active BNSF roster, along with one of roughly seven left active, having a “smurf” and warbonnet 4-axle dash 8 paired up, and running on the mainline, was quite ... (more)
BNSF 6249 with westbound empties.
BNSF ES44AC 5724 leads CP Vancouver Coquitlam-Edmonton Walker train M310 east on CN's Edson Sub. BNSF power is quite rare in these parts, especially in the lead position.
BNSF 8578 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Acequia, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.
After spending the morning along the UP between Fremont and Grand Island, we planned to grab some lunch and then follow the BNSF's Ravenna Sub back east. Luckily, the BNSF local was finishing up t... (more)
BNSF 5946 & 9604 with an eastbound coal train destined for Chiles Kentucky.
BNSF 6005 & 9469 shove on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train destined for Marston Missouri.
BNSF 3658 & 9113 with westbound empties.
This lengthy 630 axle westbounder with a special load upfront is moving along smartly despite the extra length.
An empty Scherer coal train passes through 'Nickajack' led by a 2000's era consist. Nose jobs seemed to be a theme in 2023...
BNSF 8482 leads a grain train through Weeksville, MT approaching Loys Ln road crossing
BNSF 5117 shoves on a westbound grain train.
BNSF 7872 (ES44DC) leads the morning Z Train into the cut at Keenesburg, Colorado.
BNSF 5655 (AC4400CW) leads a coal train through Keenesburg, Colorado.
The Aurora based local heads west to Grand Island to work JBS Swift.
BNSF 8393 & 617 eastbound with a mixed freight.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a MAC and a coal train through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) snakes a coal train through the S curves just north of Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.
With a colorful consist on the point consisting of an BNSF SD70ACe, CSX ES44AC, and BNSF Warbonnet C44-9W, a loaded oil train slowly makes its way through the junction at Mossmain, Montana and app... (more)
One of BNSF's 25th anniversary units leads an eastbound loaded coal train destined for Ottumwa Iowa.
A pair of shiny new heavies, BNSF 3671 (ET44ACH) & 3306 (ES44ACH), power westbound empties.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train over the Santa Fe Bridge in Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 9017 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through the curve in downtown Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 9082 (SD70ACe) and an Executive MAC shove a loaded coal train through the cut at Keenesburg, Colorado.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train south on the Joint Line through Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 9087 (SD70ACe) leads a load of coal through Spruce, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line towards Palmer Lake.
Rolling eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision is a BNSF manifest freight passing through a wintery landscape at the edge of the Clark Fork and a frozen Frog Pond as it approaches T... (more)
The final day of 2023 finds NS 19W heading west in Shawsville, VA with a BNSF dash 9 leader.
The final day of 2023 finds NS 19W heading west in Elliston, VA with a BNSF dash 9 leader.
An empty BNSF "trash train" is in the process of easing onto the mainline of the Fallbridge Sub as it departs the yard at Roosevelt, WA. Republic Services operates a large landfill on to... (more)
Scherer coal loads pass through the junction at 'Green'
As the sun sets on a beautiful summer day in the Montana mountains, a doubled-up BNSF empty coal and grain train glides eastbound preparing to descend the grade of Winston Hill on the east side of... (more)
BNSF 7872 (ES44DC) hits a bright sunrise as it moves through the Keenesburg Cut on the Brush Sub.
BNSF 5754 (ES44AC) leads a freight eastbound on the Brush Sub through Keenesburg, Colorado.
Crisp, morning sunlight immediately greets BNSF 8457 and company as they punch through the east hole of Tunnel #3, swinging immediately around a long, sweeping curve with H AUBPAS3 27A and its tra... (more)
A trio of 6 axle EMD's switch the west end of BNSF's yard at Carlsbad, NM.
Local power idling in the yard.
Eastbound local at Fishtrap..
Eastbound manifest train at the summit of Providence Hill.
Westbound coal train.
HPASKCK in Lombard Canyon An interesting locomotive consist pulls BNSF’s HPASKCK along the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon just west of Lombard, Montana, on September 12, 2010. ... (more)
The only westbound of the afternoon, BNSF 9163 leads westbound empties.
BNSF Railway train Z-CHCDEN9-10 (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Chicago IL - Denver CO) rushes across Camp Creek. Behind the usual BNSF power (ES44C4 8039, ES44C4 6956, ES44DC 7283 and Dash 9-44CW ... (more)
Too close for comfort. BNSF 9124 (SD70ACe) runs past a homeless person that was walking on the tracks in Denver, Colorado.
A pair of westbound BNSF Railway trains descend Cajon Pass, and one overtakes the other at CP Walker. BNSF’s California Division Christmas Train, symboled O-SBDSBD2-12A, heads downgrade after r... (more)
CN C704 rolls south through Lucedale, MS on CN’s Beaumont Subdivision. The 135-car coal train is on the last leg of its journey from the Powder River Basin as they approach Evanston, where the t... (more)
An empty scrap metal train near the west bank of the Mississippi River. All the signal sheds are elevated here to prevent flood damage.
