A westbound BNSF train traveling over the MRL exits Mullan Tunnel in a plume of smoke. The tunnel cuts under the Continental Divide at 5,548 feet above sea level and stretching 3,896 feet long. T... (more)
Looking more like a modeler's paint test engine than the once proud Santa Fe racehorse that it was. Now literally coughing and wheezing, this unit once pulled 199s and 991s at 75+mph...
Ex ATSF Z train power reduced to dog duty
A westbound BNSF freight train has just exited the west end of Mullan Tunnel. The train will stop at the west end of Blossburg siding to cutout the 4 mid-train helpers that were needed to get up t... (more)
Bluebonnet 8625, one of two B40-8's in the Bluebonnet paint scheme, crosses the Des Plaines River, backing into the Joliet Yard for switching.
I went to try out my new movie camera and wow...what a surprise! I was greeted by Santa Fe Bluebonnet B40-8 8625, one of only two B40-8's in the Bluebonnet scheme.
In the late afternoon light the BNSF Cuba Local roars through Pacific on its way to Cuba, MO. We were waiting for the MOP and Katy units, but this heritage unit was a nice suprise too. Canon 350D.... (more)
BNSF 8625 leading BNSF 5176 (kodachrome) and ATSF 824 & 817
