Westbound grain train for export skirts the Columbia River on a chilly winter day.

BNSF 7406 leads a westbound Q train at the Frost flyover.

BNSF 7342, 4793, 4321, 6761, 5617, 5973, & 6345 are on the point of a westbound manifest.

An eastbound intermodal begins its trek out of Los Angeles with a set of GEs for power.

A westbound marine intermodal brings up the tail end of a parade of four trains on a Sunday afternoon along the San Bernardino Sub.

It's called Big Sky Country for a reason! It looks to be the start of a beautiful summer day on MRL's 4th Subdivision as a westbound Roberts Bank-bound unit coal train cruises through the S-curves... (more)

BNSF 5724 leads a westbound grain train between Ludlow and Ash Hill.

On a hot summer afternoon, a loaded Roberts Bank-bound export coal train is seen cruising westward along the Clark Fork River between Noxon and Heron, Montana, passing one of several backpools alo... (more)

Essex is a lonely spot in California's Mojave Desert, on the former Santa Fe mainline between Los Angeles and Chicago. BNSF Railway train S-CLOSCO1-01A, powered by the typical assortment of ES44D... (more)

Another era will soon draw to a close. The last remaining SP signals on UP's Mojave Sub through the famous Tehachapi Pass are slated to be replaced by the end of the month. This includes the signa... (more)

On the longest day of the year, a perfectly timed unit grain train catches the first minutes of light as it traverses the northernmost mile on BNSF's northern mainline. Here in the Kootenai River ... (more)

BNSF5888 lifts a Centailia, WA bound coal load over Skyline Trestle. The bridge is a favorite photo location for railfans visiting the pass. My favorite time to visit is at last light, like on th... (more)

The odd shape on the front of the engine is a bird pinging off of the hand rail.

The classic Kingman Canyon shot.

"Pumpkin GEVOs on Stacks"