BNSF C44-9W 5104, BNSF GP35 2563, BNSF GP38 2191, BNSF SD60M 8128 and BNSF C44-9W 1055 westbound leaving Barstow, CA.

The deciduous trees are just beginning to show their autumn colors along Boyer siding just east of Sandpoint as a unit grain train rolls westward.

Two BNSF C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO on October 03, 2014.

Two BNSF Heritage Two painted C44-9W's lead elephant style on the Tacoma, WA to Omaha, NE stack train at Legion Park in Boulder, CO with the Valmont Power Plant in the background.

BNSF 5104 leads a Warbonnet and a colorful collection of freight onto the Brush Sub line, heading for the Denver Yard.

BNSF 5104 and Warbonnet teammate bring a freight string through the busy North Yard.

BNSF 5104 charges up Tehachapi Pass as remnants of the previous night's storm hang over the pass.

This BNSF GE and NS SD70M-2 lead an intermodal heading out of Elk River into the setting sun.

Late in the afternoon a westbound intermodal running all Dash-9's elephant style pass the Cajon RR railfan Jeep!

Thanks to the summers sun one can take shots of westbounds from this angle at Swarthout Cyn crossing in the late afternoon.

A westbound BNSF manifest train with a KCS AC44 passes the Polo, IL derail.

2 Dash 9's have a short grain train moving into Morris. Only 52 cars on the train today based on the detector.