Three GE motors hold back a heavy Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX intermodal Q-train as it descends down the Palmer Divide through Monument. Even though this train is classified as an intermodal train... (more)

A lengthy grain train skirts along the Missouri River near West Alton, Missouri.

The morning eastbound Z train approaches Maryhill, looking rather tiny compared to the hillside above.

H3, H2 and H1 Paint Schemes
Three BNSF paint schemes are on display on this westbound manifest near Elsberry, Missouri. I think I would have preferred the H1 locomotive to be the le... (more)

Shortly before sunset, a westbound domestic stack train is well into its climb up Goffs Hill. In the background, the Dead Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert.

An early spring snow storm has covered Flagstaff, Ariz. with six inches of fresh powder (the forecast predicted only an inch). With the Coconino pine trees dressed in white, a high priority interm... (more)

BNSF 3791 (Tier 4 ET44C4 new to the data base) brings a freight past Fox Junction on its way to the Denver Yard.