Empty coal loads on a BNSF train cruise northbound past the power for the Watts Dodger local, at this point off-duty for the day, in Watts, OK on a stormy August 29, 2022 afternoon.

Metrolink 664 passes some beachgoers at San Clemente North Beach as they head towards Oceanside.

The desolation of the Montana plains is evident as a coal train heads through a cut on their way east.

The privately-owned Broadview Sub was constructed in the late 2000s, one of the most recent lines built in the US. An empty coal train heads east on the western portion of the Sub as they cut thro... (more)

After zig zagging up the line, an E-RBGSXM cuts east out of Broadview.

Empty coal heads up the Broadview Sub enroute to the Signal Peak Mine.

An empty coal train leaves Billings behind as they head towards Walter for a recrew.

A Signal Peak coal train breaks the early morning silence as it heads upgrade out of Billings.

A Laurel shuttle crew takes a E-RBGSXM empty coal train up the BNSF Laurel Sub out of Billings. This train is returning to the Signal Peak Mine after unloading to ships at Roberts Bank in British ... (more)

With the sun rapidly setting, BNSF 5649 leads a northbound coal onto bridge 127.6.

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

An uncommon sight takes place on this quiet, Southern California evening as BNSF 5469 rests at the bumper of Track 5 of Los Angeles Union Station. Leased by Metrolink while their cabcar's pilots w... (more)

My last chance to catch one of the leased BNSF AC4400s in passenger service on Metrolink was a nail biter. The train was running late and I helplessly watched shadows quickly take over my scene. L... (more)

It's a Matter of Faith... They Have None

With Saddleback looming in the distance, Metrolink train 686 (Los Angeles to Irvine) departs the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal C... (more)

Behold the great expanse of the Red River Valley, what once was the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz. Now it's just fertile, flat land that gives the Grand Forks - Northtown manifest absolutely no ... (more)