A BNSF stack train climbs south through the curves just west of Bealville in the mid morning light of a warm summer day.
A heavy Modesto, CA to Barstow, CA manifest comes to a stop at the end of the double track section of Caliente to wait for a northbound train coming down from Bealville. Off to the engineer's side... (more)
Bear mountain peak soaks in the sunlight as big summer clouds drift by above. Below, a long south bound BNSF stack train slowly climbs the steep grade around the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a ... (more)
BNSF 8114 exits Tunnel 9 at the base of the Tehachapi Loop as it leads a hefty Modesto, CA - Barstow, CA manifest upgrade.
Rolling to a stop at Caliente, BNSF 8114's assault on the northern slope of Tehachapi Pass has briefly been halted as it will pause to wait for heavy, northbound BNSF grain train to drop down. In ... (more)
BNSF 8283 west heads out of the busy Belen yard with a long grain train.
BNSF 8114 west has come to a stop in order to let a hot z-train run around it and get into the Belen yard first.
A short manifest train bound for Saint Louis is passing under the cliffs on the west side of the Mississippi River near Foley, Missouri. I was actually most interested in the second unit, which w... (more)
A BNSF double stack train utilizes the crossovers at Ancona, Illinois to run around maintenance of way crews working just west of here in Toluca. The crossovers here were guarded by these Santa Fe... (more)
With Tehachapi's spring 'green' season still in bloom, an overpowered BNSF intermodal train heads for Mojave across the famed SP Tehachapi Pass route.
BNSF 8114 and team get a manned escort while crossing the South Platte River.
On a very warm November afternoon, a pair of BNSF GE's and a CSX SD60 lead a westbound oil train along the Youghiogheny River.
The "BN Barstow" local from Barstow, IL to Rock Island and return got their hands on the pair of ex-BN SD60M's to handle the day's chores.
This matched pair seems to have been together for a while. Here they drag four cars from Moline into Rock Island, passing the Quad Cities Industrial Center in the back ground.
The green machines lead the 102 local west out of Joliet.
