BNSF 5956 shoves the rear end of CBCR (XSACR crew) up Walford Hill as they continue their climb into Cedar Rapids, IA on the CIC Amana Main (IAIS Cedar Rapids Subdivision).

BNSF 5956 & 9143 power eastbound loads.

Weather is approaching as an eastbound BNSF empty unit oil train cruises through Crossport, Idaho, on the Kootenai River Subdivision east of Bonners Ferry on October 8, 2017.

BNSF power leads a train across the joint Norfolk Southern/CSX bridge over the Tennessee River at Decatur.

A BNSF remote control yard job and the DENPUE mixed freight train rest side by side in a rather full yard this morning at Pueblo.

BNSF 5956 leads an eastbound empty oil train along the Kootenay River just west of Troy, MT in a mix of sun and rain squalls.

BNSF 5956 leads an eastbound empty oil train along the Kootenay River towards Troy, MT at Yakt. The train is on the former Great Northern Railway mainline between Bonners Ferry, ID and Troy, MT.

An eastbound BNSF empty oil train follows the banks of the Kootenay River approaching Troy, Montana, on the afternoon of October 8, 2017.

An empty hopper train rolls west, nearing the crew change at Bismarck, ND.

The fall rains are about to start on Stevens Pass as an empty oil train rolls east into Merritt, WA in a blanket of golden leaves. The orange locos are perfect for fall photos just a week ahead of... (more)

Westbound BNSF coal empties near the crew change at Bismarck on a great summer afternoon.

A single GE leads a unit tank train through Sioux City Line Jct and onto the Marshall Sub. Two more units are shoving on the end of the train. The loaded coal cars on the right are for the munic... (more)

With railfans everywhere, this BNSF coal train heads west on the NS Chicago line and prepares to meet with another train.

As a snow storm brews coal empties fight their way to Superior. The crew is about 20 miles from home now.

Not long after sunrise, the 73rd load from North Antelope Mine to Detroit Edison’s Midwest Energy Terminal at Superior, Wisconsin, climbs Walker Hill behind ES44AC 5956 and SD70MAC 8871. Even w... (more)