BNSF 5421 shoves a stack train through the desert.

A westbound stack train waits next to Historic Route 66 at West Goffs for a fleet of eastbounds.

On September 2, 2003, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train thunders through Iron Ridge cut just east of Weed, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s crossing of Mullan Pass. Twelve six-... (more)

After meeting two westbounds, BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO trackage rights manifest gets the signal and departs the siding at Pinecliffe, CO.

With the city of Denver and the suburbs in the background, BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest train eases down the grade at Big Ten Curve on the approach to the siding at Rocky.

A westbound BNSF grain train grinds through the big cut at Iron Ridge, bypassing the tunnel with the same name, climbing the steep grade of Mullan Pass above Austin, Montana, on September 2, 2003.... (more)

A Cascade Range blizzard is in full effect as BNSF's daily M-EVESPO glides across the Skykomish River during twilight's gloom. (With apologies to Bob Ross for stealing a few thousand of his ether... (more)

Busting through the grade crossing after a blizzard cleared out the night before. Video and other photos here.<... (more)

Yesterday's blizzard has cleared the area, leaving behind over a foot of fresh snow that was driven to massive drifts by 30MPH winds all day. Even today, the temperature didn't make it above zero... (more)

The blizzard has cleared and the skies have cleared. Over a foot of fresh cold snow fell yesterday and the day before. Traffic on the Lakes Sub and Grand Forks Sub pretty much stopped with this ... (more)

Westbound tonnage prepares to descend the 3% south track towards San Bernardino.

DPUs shove a westbound stack up the hill towards Flagstaff.

An interesting meeting of the BNSF's heritage: Two different merger paint schemes sandwich an unpatched BN SD60M, as the three units bring a hotshot stack train east past AT&SF searchlight signals

BNSF train bound for Englewood takes a left off the UP Houston West Belt Sub at Tower 26 to go east on the UP Terminal Sub. Sure wouldn't have minded if that Chesapeake and Ohio, er, I mean, CSX ... (more)

BNSF 5421 races [as do most trains on this line] through Bucklin with a westbound auto train with BNSF 4773 Dash9-44CW as the second engine.