The yard at the BNSF engine servicing facility is getting full, with power waiting for service or train assignments.
The inbound engineer briefs with the outbound conductor in front of the La Junta Depot where Denver crews hand of the trains to Amarillo crews.
A westbound coal train heading towards Pasco, WA on track 2 instead of the normal track 1 due to a westbound train running out of fuel. The crew on that train ( the one that had run out of fuel) ... (more)
A 120 car load coal train sits in front of the depot in La Junta, CO as it waits for the outbound crew to board to begin their 250 miles down the Boise City Subdivision to Amarillo, TX.
A pair of ES44's lead a heavy unit crude oil train westward through the rock cliffs and tunnels in the Kootenai River Gorge between Katka and Crossport, Idaho. The train is traversing the northern... (more)
BNSF 6314 heads south along the interstate.
A crew works the west section of Hobart Yard. The second locomotive BNSF 3703 is an MP15 outfitted with diesel particulate filters in an agreement with the California Air Resources Board.
Can you tell that this engine has been through Los Angeles or does the graffiti on its side give it away.
Two engines rest on the storage track across the street from the yard.
Was a little surprised on a recent visit to L.A. to find this original ATSF SD40 (ex-ATSF5014?) working the Hobart intermodal ramp tracks as an RCL convert
