Westbound grain train at Beatice, WA otherwise known as Providence Hill.

Westbound grain train at Ritzville, WA.

Westbound grain train at Fishtrap, WA.

Four BNSF motors led by 4191 (Dash9) pull an autorack / mixed freight through the stretch between Castle Rock and Sedalia, Colorado.

A BNSF manifest rolls by the since-removed Frisco signals at the west end of Eureka siding.

Rolling downhill west of Wyaconda, Missouri.

Photo #1,000 Nestled between the Cottonwood Mountains to the west, and the Music Mountains to the north east is Crozier Canyon. Originally named Truxton Canyon, Croizer Canyon is one of the... (more)

...and don't forget Winona... Winona, Arizona, was made famous for it's mention in the classic song "Route 66." BNSF Railway train X-BARMIN1-16 passes through Winona as it hauls... (more)

An empty Bakken oil train rolls up to Moorhead Junction behind H2 and H1 Dash 9 counterparts.

The day's last light finds the Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL "Z" as the train thunders out of the Caliente Creek Canyon.

Early morning finds a Southbound manifest dropping out of the Tehachapi's rounding the big curve at Warren.

After a rare crew change in Greenland, this northbound manifest is underway again heading north, seen here skirting the base of Hunt Mountain (which isn't really a mountain but more of a plateau).

Northbound manifest twists into Palmer Lake behind a trio of Dash 9s, the second of which sports a fresh coat of Swoosh.

The signal (hard to read at this angle) beckons a Sounder commuter into Mukilteo station as this stacker rumbles by in the opposite direction -- the commuter would be on its way already before the... (more)