A BNSF stack train makes good time up the westbound grade of Stevens Pass bound for Cascade Tunnel at Merritt, Washington, on February 20, 2017.
BNSF9273 & 9678 eastbound with a loaded coal train destined for Martin Lake Texas.
BNSF 5946 & 9604 power an eastbound loaded coal train destined for Chiles Kentucky.
Inboound stack train from Logistics Park reaches the end of its run as it slows through Commerce to wait for clearance into Hobart Yard.
BNSF yard power at Temple Texas.
BNSF intermodal exiting the famed Tehachapi Loop.
The BNSF YWAT2041 Relief Job subs for the First Watson job on weekends and is seen here on Saturday, December 2, 2023, climbing Monoco Hill in Lawndale, returning from Chevron in El Segundo, passi... (more)
BNSF light and heavy power are mixed at the engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado. Some are waiting for servicing, and some are waiting for orders to head to the Denver Yard.
BNSF 2828 (GP39-2M) runs through Longmont, Colorado and heads towards Boulder on the Front Range Sub.
Two heavies, BNSF 3284 (ES44ACH) & 3674 (ET44ACH), lead westbound empties.
BNSF's Masters Tournament special speeds through middle Georgia on the ex CofG Macon - Columbus line
A BNSF train is at a stop waiting for traffic head to clear.
BNSF 5604 & 9041 power a westbound mixed freight.
BNSF 4246 & 4247 power a westbound grain train.
BNSF 4281 flies through Plains, MT with an empty coal train.
Battling the grade up Mullen Pass with a loaded coal train, BNSF 9164 is at a steady 12 MPH at Austin.
BNSF 8409 (SD70ACe) leads a KCS unit towards Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.
BNSF 2828 (GP39-2M) runs with a cut of cars towards the Longmont Depot where it will pick up orders before heading to Broomfield, Colorado.
Holding at West Daggett is BNSF Railway train U-RAVWAT7-12A, a unit train of tank cars full of ethanol, heading for the BNSF's Watson Yard, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and near a... (more)
Shortly after sunrise, BNSF intermodal train S-LHWLPC1-16, heading from Los Angeles Harbor’s West Basin to Logistics Park in Chicago, departs Seligman on the Transcon after making a crew change.... (more)
BNSF Railway Intermodal Stacks train S-FRESCO1-13A rolls under the West Daggett signal bridge as it approaches Barstow on its way from Fremont NE to Long Beach CA. With just 72 loaded cars, this ... (more)
Speeding at 75 miles per hour (120.7 km/h) through Arizona's Mohave County on a gloomy December morning is BNSF Railway Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-WSPSTO7-16A. BNSF ET44C4 3742, SD70ACe ... (more)
BNSF 6976 leads an Alliance, TX to San Bernardino, CA Z-train through the new control point (CP) of Homer along BNSF's Needles Sub. This control point was added with crossover switches for the new... (more)
A Stockton, CA to Atlanta, GA Q-train runs down Goffs Hill on the newly built third main track as glint lightning reflects off of the BNSF 6818.
A Needles to San Bernardino "long pool" train climbs the grade of Ash Hill at Siberia as the the moon rises over a fading late November evening.
A young daughter of one of the residents of Trout Creek, Montana, tries her luck at ice fishing on Frog Pond along the Clark Fork on January 25, 2013. Rumbling along between the two over a frozen ... (more)
BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) runs from the yard in Longmont, Colorado to the depot which is located in the downtown area.
S CHCTAC slowly works its way upgrade at Jackson Street with three different BNSF schemes on the head end, just before the shadows crept in.
The rains of springtime have greened up the Badlands of North Dakota, as an eastbound BNSF coal train snakes through through the curves at Sully Springs on June 20, 2015.
A BNSF freight train runs through tunnels 3 and 4 and is heading towards tunnel #2 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub at Plainview, Colorado.
BNSF 5735 is on the rear of a westbound empty coal train.
BNSF 9284 & 8493 eastbound with coal loads.
No Dust. BNSF B40-8W no. 559 is seen with a cut of cars approaching the 56th Ave grade crossing in Commerce City, CO. Per the signs at right, the speed limit on these dirt roads is 5 mp... (more)
Light snow is falling on the Brush Sub as BNSF 7735 (ES44DC) runs light with a group of motors towards Denver, Colorado.
Heavy snow is falling on the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado.
Former Santa Fe B40-8W 552 leads 452 South through Aurora.
BNSF 6338 & 8429 bring up the rear of westbound empties.
BNSF 8255 leads westbound empties.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) runs to the BNSF yard in Longmont, Colorado.
BNSF 6717 (ES44DC) brings the DenLau freight train into Denver, Colorado.
The sound of dynamic brakes whining echo through Crozier Canyon as the Z-NYCLAC4 (New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA) descends down the 1.3% grade of Crozier Canyon.
With a week left of Peak Season 2023, six GE locomotives are polishing the rails with hotshot San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z2. With a total of 26,400 horsepower, this Z-train has no is... (more)
Morning sunlight peaks through the thin layer of clouds to illuminate the Music Mountains as four locomotives descend into Crozier Canyon with a hot Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA Z-train near... (more)
An eastbound BNSF Z train obliterates a small snowdrift at Bellemont as it charges east towards Flagstaff, Winslow and points east. This was my first ever encounter with snow railfanning, and I wa... (more)
A BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Gibb, Missouri after passing a loaded coal train.
Former Santa Fe B40-8W 552 leads 452 South through North North Aurora.
BNSF 6004 (ES44AC) leads the BNSF Provo train through tunnels 4, 3 and 2 as it heads to Denver, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
ES44C4s lead a local freight bound for Riverbank Yard.
Eastbound BNSF local rumbles by Modesto Station.
After a short (less than a mile) run on BCOL's Port Sub, BNSF ES44C4 8024 leads a Vancouver-Portland manifest back onto home rails at Colebrook heading south to Washington State.
You can still find a working Grinstein in Denver, Colorado. BNSF 9709 (Executive SD70MAC) works the Beer Train that moves between the Coors Brewing plant in Golden, Colorado and the BNSF yard in ... (more)
BNSF 1022, still sporting BNSF's H1 paint scheme, leads an 8,600' Denver, CO to San Bernardino, CA repo baretable train out of Crozier Canyon.
A rare "Hi-Wide" movement is led by two BNSF GE motors as they slowly move through Crozier Canyon as they near Valentine where a relief crew will takeover for the remainder of the trip i... (more)
A weathered BNSF 2028 (GP38-2) waits at the depot in Longmont, Colorado.
A fairly common scene in Cajon Pass where two trains are "racing" eachother.
BNSF 9225 (SD70ACe) runs between the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado as it heads to Denver.
An ex ATSF warbonnet C44-9W leads CSX loaded phosphate train K810 north past the searchlights at Madisonville
Powered by four BNSF GE locomotives, an eastbound BNSF freight works upgrade approaching Tunnel 2 just west of the siding at Bealville, California, on the afternoon of February 26, 2016.
BNSF 8578 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Acequia, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
You can still find original Cascade Green Burlington Nothern units at the Denver yard in downtown Denver, Colorado. Here BNSF 1656 (SD40-2) waits for servicing at the engine facility near Denver'... (more)
BNSF 1880 (SD40-2) shuffles a cut of cars in the yard in downtown Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 9215 (SD70ACe) runs through downtown Denver, Colorado.
A very faded BNSF 2028 (GP38-2) waits in the yard in Longmont, Colorado to take the local Buck to Westminster, Colorado.
Eastbound local freight rumbles through Hughson Ca.
A Montana Rail Link crewman of a westbound BNSF train sitting in the siding at Austin, Montana, greets BNSF HPASKCK descending the grade of Mullan Pass on September 12, 2010.
A shiny BNSF 7788 (ES44DC) heads to the Denver Yard and will lash up to a coal train heading south.
Eight days after a 10 hour 19 minute late Amtrak 3, another Amtrak 3 heads west, but is only 6 hours and 1 minute behind schedule on this day. It was, of course, for the same reason: One of the ... (more)
BNSF train D-BARLAC3-30I, a movement of light engines (BNSF ES44DC 7889, ES44C4 6941, Dash 9-44CW 5500, ES44AC 6167, ES44C4 6733 and ES44C4 6949) traveling from Barstow to Los Angeles, makes a bri... (more)
An early season snowfall veils BNSF’s Hi Line Subdivision main line through Grizzly, Montana, as a BNSF grain train climbs west toward Marias Pass on October 10, 2018.
BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) runs south on the Joint Line with a stack train destined for Texas.
Its late in the evening as BNSF 6382 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.
BNSF 9156 & 9147 bring up the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 6380 & 8944 lead an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 7222, 9716, 9875, 9945, 9984, & 9203 lead a westbound manifest. Not all of the units are online.
Lowell siding in Everett is one of the more frequent places along the BNSF Scenic sub to land trains nearing hours of service. The viewing friendly pedestrian overpass and new-ish third track mak... (more)
BNSF 6382 (ES44AC) leads a load of coal south on the Joint Line through Castle Rock, Colorado.
BNSF Executive 9709 (SD70MAC) brings a freight into the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.
An eastbound BNSF coal empty curves along the shoulder of Montana State Highway 200 and river’s edge of the Clark Fork between Weeksville and Plains on May 9, 2010.
BNSF 7299 leads a westbound stack train toward a setting sun as it climbs the east slope of Mullan Pass just east of Austin siding, Austin, MT, on the Montana Rail Link.
BNSF 1404 and another triclops SD60M sandwich a rebuilt GP30 of some kind on a beautiful mid-July evening back in the summer of 2020. 1404 is leading the charge (timetable) east with the Galesburg... (more)
BNSF ES44C4 4276 is on the approach to Ottertail leading a 15 car BNSF business train west through thick forest fire smoke on CPKC's Mountain Sub.
BNSF ES44C4 4276 climbs west on the north track of CPKC's Laggan Sub between Lake Louise and Divide leading 15 of BNSF's business cars towards an overnight stop in Golden.
BNSF ES44C4 4276 hustles train 31B-03 west on CPKC's Laggan Sub between Massive and Eldon as the smoke from nearby forest fires gets thicker and thicker.
Business train 31B-03 holds the main at Banff while 201-02's train passes by in the siding.
BNSF ES44C4 4276 brings a BNSF business train into Banff, AB where its occupants will disembark for a few hours of exploring before continuing on towards Golden, BC.
BNSF 2712 GP39-2 joins a mix of light and heavy power waiting for servicing or assignments at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
BNSF 7731 meets UPY 625 in the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.
The rhythm of a loaded coal train runs up the grade on the Joint Line between Greenland and Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 6382 (ES44AC) runs over a bridge in the town of Castle Rock, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 6382 (ES44AC) runs towards Larkspur, Colorado in evening light.
