A short 45mins after sunrise across the northern Illinois countryside, NS loads for Detroit cruise eastward in the shining sun with a rebuild 70mac & AC44EV for power.

Now Amtrak, but formerly BN and before that CB&Q, this old depot inside Plano has seen quite the number of movements in its many years standing. Today is no different, as NS loads for Detroit rumb... (more)

On a crisp sunny morning, the small town of LeLand is awoken by the unmistakable sound of a 70mac cooking through… today, with loads for Detroit via NS.

BNSF 9749 & 5735 westbound with empties.

This particular Rawhide Mine, WY to Smithers Lake, TX coal train had an eclectic variety of early BNSF-era power, which included an SD70MAC leader and this DP set, which included another SD70MAC a... (more)

BNSF 9749 crosses over Deception Falls approaching the West Scenic siding

A solid pair of SD70s lead a loaded coal train heading towards Denver, Colorado just after hitting the town of Keenesburg during great sunlight.

Emerging from the shadows of Downtown Denver, a rebuilt SD70MAC leads a Southwest Public Service (Amarillo, TX) Power coal train at "LoDo" before it begins the climb south on the Joint L... (more)

BNSF 9749, an EMD SD70MACe, leads a Southwest Public Service (Amarillo, TX) Power coal train out of Hudson, CO as it heads towards Denver.

An SD70MACe & an SD70ACe shove upgrade on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.

Led by EMD SD70MACe No. 9749, a westbound BNSF manifest freight curves though the big cut on double track between Granite and Athol, Idaho, on February 4, 2021.

Straddling the city line between Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe Springs, which is Spanish meaning "holy faith," was first applied to mineral springs purchased by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa... (more)

A rebuilt SD70MAC races westward out of Crozier Canyon, near Hackberry, with a 13,000 foot-long stack train. Running under the symbol S-ALTLHG1-15L (Stack train from Alliance, TX to Los Angeles Ha... (more)

A combo stack train (13,000 ft long) races down towards the control signal of Cherokee with a rebuilt SD70MAC leader. One main track #1, the hot Z LACWSP9 18U charges up the grade with ease.

A pair of ACe motors (SD70MACe, SD70ACe) thunder westward with building storms in the distance.