Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.
A hot eastbound BNSF intermodal train takes the siding at the west switch at Watrous, New Mexico, on March 6, 2005.
A South Seattle, WA, to Chicago, IL, Z-train pounds the curves along the Mississippi River at Victory. The train is about 25 miles south of La Crosse, WI, where this crew jumped aboard for the fin... (more)
As the late winter day light wanes in the desert, a westbound BNSF military move passes though the control point of Ibis on 2/25/12.
A westbound manifest glides out of the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel and past an empty grain train that has been waiting for the last two hours. You can see a photo of when the empty grain trai... (more)
At last sunlight a westbound with military cargo passes through Ibis, CA.
BNSF 4955 passes a DPU on a grain train. The snow has picked up the past few days, with Skykomish receiving a good 12" in the last 48 hours.
Nikon D2x, 200-400 @ 350mm
After the dispatcher finally figures out how to drop the signal for the H-GFDNTW and give it to this train on the wye instead, Alton grain empties roll southward out of town.
Relatively short but heavy, this Seattle-bound freight demonstrates BNSF's use of DPUs to get the tonnage over the Cascades. Besides 4955 and 4779 on the head end, two more C44-9Ws add their braw... (more)
