BNSF Q-ALTPTL rolls over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Montana, heading west on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on the bright winter day of February 5, 2022.
BNSF 8115 (ES44C4) gets a stack train moving in Spruce, Colorado as it heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8567 (SD70ACe) shoves a freight towards the Moffat Tunnel in Tolland, Colorado.
BNSF 2549 (GP39-3) moves a cut of cars in the yard at Hudson, Colorado.
An eastbounder picking up speed after the engineer had to put the train into Emergency in response to a close call at the grade crossing near West Gibb. Oh joy, more paperwork...
BNSF 8526 & 8583 with westbound empties.
Westbound empties tied down waiting for a new crew.
BNSF 5634 & 5962 on the rear of eastbound loads.
NS loads for Detroit crawling out of downtown Chicago, with BNs sole PTC pinwheel executive 70mac up front.
BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)
An eastbound BNSF coal empty runs along the siding at Trout Creek, Montana, and passes the wye and spur that once served a lumber facility on February 12, 2024.
Worth waking up at 7am for some greens!!!
BNSF 7400 leads an eastbound train up grade out of Ludlow as the sun sets in the background.
BNSF 4684 & 8193 shove on the rear of an eastbound mixed freight.
BNSF 9069 & 5797 with westbound empties.
BNSF 9093 & 9731 power eastbound loads.
GE ES44AC 6352 powers the end of a westbound manifest through Riverbank Ca.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) leads a short freight past the Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado.
Big BNSF power waits near the south end of the Dardanelle and Russellvlle for a sixty-car unit tie train to be assembled. Once the train is ready, these locos will lead it up a serious grade towa... (more)
BNSF 262 leads the daily Y NYF307 yard transfer down into Saginaw. This particular train was once a favorite amongst railfans across DFW thanks to the pair of Santa Fe warbonnets (632 & 698) that ... (more)
In the bright spring sun, NS coal loads for Detroit Edison tread east across the Des Plaines River in Riverside. Todays train is sported by a pair of EMDs, with the lead being a BN Executive 70mac... (more)
With a long string of coal loads for Detroit Edison, BNSFs lone PTC pinwheel 70mac takes the charge as they cruise through LeLand, and into the sunrise.
Minutes after sunrise, BNSFs sole PTC equipped pinwheel 70mac, with coal loads for Detroit Edison, rumbles through Plano aside the former CB&Q Depot.
ES44C4 5537 powers and eastbound local freight through Denair Ca.
Eastbound priority intermodal passes Turlock/Denair Station on the heels of Amtrak San Joaquin 710 at Denair Ca.
BNSF 6354 & 6802 lead an eastbound ballast train.
BNSF 7019 leads westbound empties.
BNSF 7153 shoves on the rear of a westbound grain train.
A pair of BNSF SD40-2s – 1773 (formerly BNSF 6958, originally ATSF 5213 … was it obvious?) and 1646 (ex-BNSF 6765, née-ATSF 5106) – idle in the Emporia Yard, awaiting their next call to dut... (more)
BNSF 5983 leads a intermodal West through Joliet.
These is a lot that is out of the ordinary here… (1) On the left is an intermodal train (BNSF S-CDZSCO1-29L) with a Grinstein Green and Cream SD70MAC, not a usual visitor to southern ... (more)
Heading east on the BNSF Railway's Emporia Sub is BNSF Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-ALTWSP7-23A. This spot, the "ghost town" of Ellinor, just east of Strong City, Kansas, is the ... (more)
Following the BNSF's Clovis Sub, at milepost 688 we happened upon an empty coal train, BNSF E-SPSBTM0-09D, heading back to the Powder River Basin's Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming from Springerville... (more)
The BNSF Local to Hudson Colorado makes its run back to Denver as the last licks of sunset light highlight the clean orange paint on both motors.
BNSF 6407 (ES44C4) muscles a loaded coal train through Monument, Colorado.
BNSF 9122 (SD70ACe) runs a loaded coal train past the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado.
A clean Grinstein Green SD70MAC leads a Stockton, California to Alliance, TX stack train across the Canyon Diablo Bridge on a sunny January day. It was sure nice to see something other than ano... (more)
B117 heads south by CP 117.
B117 crossing the Catskill creek.
Loaded grain train 46A drops down Richmondville Hill as it heads north towards the Ardent Mills facility in Ayer, MA.
BNSF 5674 & 6427 eastbound with a loaded coal train.
Former BN SD70MAC 9650 leads a coal train East through downtown Chicago.
Former BN SD70MAC 9650 leads a coal train East through Riverside.
BNSF 7142 & 3729 westbound with a grain train.
BNSF 5613, 9792, 8547, & 8505 power westbound empties.
A Heritage II GE & an Executive MAC lead a westbound empty coal train.
Snow is falling as BNSF 5874 (ES44AC) joins a Warbonnet, a Norfolk Southern Pony and an Executive Grinstein while they wait for service at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
Sunrise catches BNSF 5973 (ES44AC) leading a long freight with heavy power through Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) climbs the grade on the Longmont Siding.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) runs though Louisville, Colorado with a short freight
Early Morning Rescue | The first light of Friday, March 29, 2024 illuminates the sky over Golden City, MO where a pair of brand-new ES44ACH engines have left their train of empty coal hoppe... (more)
A somewhat rare daylight move of a San Diego-bound freight, BNSF H-BARSDG1-25A, occurred when the train transitioned off Metrolink’s Olive Sub and onto Metrolink’s Orange Sub at 11:00 am, as A... (more)
Heading west out of Abo Canyon is a vehicle train, BNSF V-BLUSBD1-17A (Blue Island IL to San Bernardino CA), with ES44DCs 7531 and 7225 up front. This train is slowing for a Maintenance of Way tr... (more)
On the outskirts of Gallup NM is an eastbound BNSF Railway freight led by BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5156 and Norfolk Southern SD70ACe 1173. (Mentmore, New Mexico – March 19, 2024)
BNSF 7001, 9206, & 9302 westbound with empties.
BNSF 1022, 8278, 7284, & 7961 eastbound with a mixed freight.
BNSF 9321 & 9392 power westbound empties.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) rounds the corner in Longmont, Colorado and will deliver a short train of wood to a customer.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) takes the siding in Longmont, Colorado and will move some wood cars to a client in Superior.
BNSF 2530 (GP39-3) rounds the corner at Burkes Hill in Louisville, Colorado.
BNSF 3627, 3655 & 8494 westbound with empties.
BNSF 3650 & 3659 are rear DPUs on a westbound empty coal train.
BNSF 7595 & 784 power an eastbound manifest.
BNSF power returns west on an empty Scherer coal train as they cross I-75/I-85 near South Yard
The hills of the Buffalo Ridge surround a southbound BNSF manifest between Ruthton and Holland, MN as one of the area's numerous wind turbines stands in the distance.
A southbound grain train with three big GE's up front curves and climbs toward the US 14 overpass at Florence, MN.
Rambling along north of town right along the Mississippi is the local on double track. Had a great place up high across from the state park and enjoyed vacation immensely.
BNSF 5249 & 709 lead a Pasco Washington to Kansas City Kansas manifest.
BNSF 6248 & 5827 westbound with a grain train.
BNSF 8039 & 3854 power a westbound rail train.
NTWLIN heads west on the Wayzata Sub in heavy snowfall. This winter was very mild in Minnesota, so getting a snowstorm this late in the game was unexpected, but a welcome sight to get proper snow ... (more)
Westbound coal train at Beatrice.
Westbound grain train at Beatrice.
Westbound oil train at Beatrice at the summit of Providence Hill.
A warm summer evening on the Mississippi Export Railroad sees a loaded BNSF coal set begin the southbound run down the shortline. These coal sets are loaded at the Powder River Basin in Wyoming... (more)
An eastbound empty unit oil train runs along the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir west of Noxon, MT. Running on the MRL, this line will be going back to BNSF in just under 4 months when the lease is termin... (more)
A couple of BNSF locomotives tow their bare-table train south through Roanoke, AL. The ID of this train on the BNSF Railroad is (Q-STOATG6), it originated in Stockton, CA.
A Rerouted BNSF Z-train passes downtown Austin. This train, the Z-EAPCHI (Priority Intermodal, Eagle Pass TX to Chicago IL) has been rerouting over the Austin Subdivision in recent weeks as UP has... (more)
BNSF 8348 (SD70ACe) emerges like a ghost out of heavy snow and leads a stack train north on the Joint Line towards Denver, Colorado.
The BNSF yard in Denver is often home to some vintage SD40-2 motors, including on this day #1933, which was built in 1979 and still represents the Cascade Green fallen flag of the Burlington North... (more)
BNSF 8443 & 5973 lead westbound empties.
BNSF 6917 powers a westbound geometry train.
BNSF 5829 & 7976 with an eastbound mixed freight.
A pair of heavies, BNSF 3656 & 3627, lead an eastbound loaded coal train.
BNSF 6157, 9243, & 9285 power a westbound manifest.
An Executive Grinstein MAC sits amongst the pumpkins waiting for service at the engine facility in Denver, Colorado.
Rolling west toward Chicago is a selection of BNSF schemes and some home road NS units.
