Flag Waver: A pair of SD-70Ms and an SD-60M depart Fremont with a westbound manifest.

BNSF 5218 North is moving through Fremont, NE with a consist of hopper cars with canopies - some kind of mash. Parked in the yard are BNSF 2572 and BNSF 1542.

UP 5593 leads a string of some 70 loaded racks west. Slowly spring approaches and soon things will be a bit greener, thus ameliorating some of the blandness of the flat lands.

BNSF 1046 East rolls downgrade nearing Bison as it passes this familiar yet impressive viewpoint along US 2.

A pair of Essex helpers shove BNSF 1046 East over the summit of Marias Pass. Add traffic along the Hi Line to the pure and exhilarating air in the Montana Rockies and one has a rather irresistible... (more)

UP 4755 leads 110 baretables through the control point at Belvidere, NE on a spring evening. Not too many years ago it took all of the dogcatch crews one could rustle up in order to keep this rail... (more)

Laboring up the final mile of the long grade from the Flathead River valley, BNSF 1046 (with some less than attractive former Santa Fe units) nears the summit of Marias Pass.

NS 1113 and NS 2554 lead an intermodal consist beneath the iconic PRR-era westward home signals for Port interlocking on an October morning.

On a mild afternoon foretelling of spring but with an environment still very much subdued with shades of brown, UP 6803 heads across the flatlands bound for North Platte.

CREX 1345 West follows the H-KCKPAS with a lengthy string of hoppers returning to the Powder River basin.

A trio of UP, two CSX and a KCS unit lead this eastbound manifest as it climbs out of the Snake River valley and onto the high plains of central Idaho.

The ambient is just above zero and the Wyoming wind hurls the light snowfall across the frozen landscape as the 7497 West comes over the summit of Tipton hill. From here it's 75 miles of almost co... (more)

BNSF 4614 East tops the Continental Divide at Gonzales, NM. Fifth out in the locomotive consist is BNSF 5815, the LNG "Dual Fuel" test unit. Vintage test cars Canyon Diablo and Kootenai ... (more)

The 9639 West is whistling for the grade crossing in town as it highballs up the Juniata River valley with a big ole manifest.

BNSF 5048 enters Nebraska as it crosses the Missouri River on the new span that provides an interesting contrast with the 100+ year old original bridge to its left.