Destined for Willow Springs, IL, this Z train wastes no time descending the 1.8% grade on main 2 between Ash Hill and Siberia.

A Willow Springs-San Bernardino Z train flies west on the Needles Sub at near 70mph.

The hotshot nine trailer train from San Bernardino, CA - Chicago Willow Springs, IL speeds across the Mojave desert

BNSF 6252, 4196, 7016, 8097 hustle a hotshot zipper across the Needles Sub

A Chicago-bound train of autoracks cruises through the Illinois countryside west of Milledgeville on a frigid second day of 2016.

6252 shoves on the rear of a "Tommy Hill" coal train through the cut between Maxwell and Thiehoff. The black diamonds are bound for the AEC power plant at Thomas Hill, MO.

An empty Scherer coal train splices through downtown Madison at track speed. Madison's entire downtown district is on the US National Register of Historic Places. The town's history is closely lin... (more)

6252 and 8869 grind hard as the pushers on this 130-car coal train as it crawls slowly up East Saugatuck Hill on a colorful fall afternoon. Vantage point courtesy of a 50 ft tall tree. :-)

Trains on BNSF's Canyon Sub have to cross the North Platte River in order to get in or out of the west end of the yard in Guernsey. Such is the case for this eastbound coal load which is on the br... (more)

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On Christmas Day 2009, a brand new GE ES44AC awaits it's call to duty on BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO trackage rights manifest.

On Christmas Day 2009, an eight week old GE ES44AC basks in low winter sunlight at Utah Railway's interchange yard at Provo, Utah. In the distance, Slate Canyon Peak of the Wasatch Range reaches s... (more)

The sun has popped out for a short moment before sunset to created a nice rainbow. Serve weather has broken out late this afternoon in Nebraska due to hot and humid weather. This coal load is wait... (more)