MRL 253 leading the late afternoon 840 local out of Helena, MT southbound "eastbound" over Winston Hill.

With their dynamic brakes roaring away, dissipating most the locomotives' tractive effort in the form of heat, the BNSF 7120 brings the Q-CHISBD6-14 down hill along the Cajon Pass route.

UP 8128 West (MNPWC1-03) with 133 cars and a whopping 15,749 tons creeps down Main 2 on BNSF's Cajon Sub between CP Walker and Cajon.

Just a passing photograph of BNSF 5638 playing rear DPU (along with DASH-9 BNSF 4102) on an eastbound S-LHWLPC1-13 stack train. Captured at Placentia, CA running Main 1 on BNSF's San Bernardino Su... (more)

MRL's Night Gas Local rounding the big curve east of Arlee, MT on MRL's 10th Sub. into the late afternoon sun.

Dilapidated code lines watch over an eastbound UP freight heading through the Mojave River worn Afton Canyon in the heart of California's Mojave Desert.

East coast power on a west coast mountain pass. NS SD70 no. 2523 leads a pair of CSX AC6000CW GEs down the westbound grade of Tehachapi Pass. Captured here crossing over Tehachapi Creek between Wa... (more)

BNSF 7864 East, V-SBDTUP4-28A with 64 empty racks headed for Tupelo, Mississippi. But first navigating the curves west of Ludlow, CA.

On a warm summer afternoon, MRL F45 #390 heads the daily MISLAU manifest on the final leg of eastward travel towards Laurel, MT along the Yellowstone River Valley east of Big Timber, MT.

MRL 4303 leading the "M-L" around the curve at Austin, MT on the east side of Mullan Pass.

Witnessed at Los Angeles, CA, Saturday the 16th of February, 2019. Basking in sunny, yet cool (for California) 55° air and very late afternoon solar rays. BNSF 1309 and 1310, sequentially numbere... (more)

Eastbound BNSF coal empty between Perma and Dixon, MT on MRL's 10th Sub.

With the dynamics in full, BNSF's daily "Barstow to Kaiser Yard" manifest works its way down Cajon Pass approaching the railfan friendly Hill 582. This, days after a near record 10" early season s... (more)

Head-on westbound into the afternoon wind, coal dust can be seen wafting out of the freshly loaded hoppers of a Centralia Coal train behind BNSF 8850 at Greycliff, MT on MRL's 2nd Sub.

Yes the symbol indicates a baretable, because this is a repo-train hauling empty containers and trailers back to the LA basin for distribution. Shown here descending the old main (now main 3) near... (more)