BNSF's southbound Modesto to Barstow manifest grinds upgrade at Cable on a warm spring morning. The train is a heavy one today, with 4 swing helpers cut in, and 2 units shoving on the rear. In the... (more)
BNSF ES44AC 5873 shoves a loaded coal train westward at Toston, MT.
With the Clark Fork River at an unusually low level following a long winter, three H3's lead an empty unit coal train slowly across the river approaching the west switch of Colby in the final minu... (more)
Southbound BNSF 5873 has just reached the summit of Providence Hill on its run from Spokane to Pasco, WA.
"What's he looking at?" I get odd looks from the engineer and conductor as this ES44AC gets a needed break after pulling a heavy grain train over Providence Hill.
A GE and an EMD lead a 124 car loaded coal train over a small creek near Glen Ullin on the ex-Northern Pacific.
A coal train led by a new GEVO is only minutes away from being released from the yard and taken east through the sand hills of Nebraska.
A pair of brand new BNSF ES44AC units (BNSF 5873 & 5872) are out front of an empty coal train as the sun sets in Memphis. The NS has brought the train this far and now a BNSF crew will continue th... (more)
