The photographer, standing atop the old Route 66 overpass, is about to experience the warm exhaust from four units hitting their stride between Gallup and the Arizona line. This was still current ... (more)

Eastbound stack train SOIGLPC lead by BNSF 8283 works upgrade at Woordford.

Four BNSF westbound trains wait at the diesel service fuel racks before departing Belen.

BNSF 8382 leads a westbound grain train out of the Belen yard.

A loaded coal train passes the cantilever at Big Timber.

Arizona's monsoon season are like no other. From June to October, rain, rainbows, and thunder happen nearly daily. July 17, 2017 was no exception. Here, the sounds of four GE locomotives pulling a... (more)

A pair of orange pumpkins pull a short, but hot, North Bay Z-train through the sag at Darling, along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide.

BNSF 8283 leads a quartet of GEs west through apple orchards near Peshastin, WA on a Z train headed for South Seattle. Spring flowers and apple blossoms were close to their season peak on this day... (more)

Three different models from EMD lead a westbound empty coal train.

BNSF 8283, 9484, 9099, 9405 with westbound empties.

BNSF 8283, 9484, 9099, & 9405 lead westbound empties.

A warbonnet is always a nice surprise. BNSF 8283, 9484, 9099, & 9405 are arriving at Ravenna for a crew change.

Late evening on the Arizona divide finds BNSF 8283 west racing through Maine.

NS 68Q sits tied down in the North Controlled Siding at Berea with BNSF 8283 and 8256. The power will be cut off and replaced by an NS dash 9 and a BNSF dash 9. The two SD75's will then be assig... (more)

Sign of the times. Although there are older, obsolete models represented in the deadlines at Northtown, SD75s have been added to the growing list of sidelined units.