While not covering the hills in masses like past springs have produced, splashes of color can still be found in the hills of Tehachapi as found here at Cliff. BNSF 7037 is seen breaking the silenc... (more)

BNSF 7037 South threads the needle South of a tunnel at Celilo, OR, as it climbs away from the Columbia River.

BNSF 7037 south, a manifest out of Wishram, WA, climbs the heavy grade out of the Columbia River Gorge.

BNSF 7037 leads a intermodal west past Ceco Steel in Lemont, running around a stopped westbound auto train.

New C4 No. 7037 leads a southbound manifest up the grade from the Columbia River on the Oregon Trunk.

An eastbound stack train passes thru the small town of Norborne on BNSF's Transcon Main. Norborne is located on the joint trackage with the NS between Camden and Carrollton on the Marceline Sub. T... (more)

The H PASBAR makes its way into Wishram where it will layover until the next day when it will begin its long journey south to Barstow. A substantial fall squall looms over Stonehenge as it envelo... (more)

The H PASBAR charges up the hill above Celilo on its way to Barstow.

On 9/13/12, a TEPCO empty coal train passes the red rock formations at Escalante Jct on its trip east up the Lee Ranch Sub towards El Segundo Mine.

New C4 No. 7037 leads a southbound manifest up the Oregon Trunk from the Gorge.

Westbound mixed freight glides along the cliffs overlooking the Columbia River. Down the road at Wishram it will cross the Celilo draw and continue south down the Oregon Trunk.

On a day in which I caught a trio of Cascade Green Geeps, I was also able to catch a trio of Cascade Green SD40-2s, seen here running west with a long manifest.

Pre-merger paint leads the daily Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest onto the east leg of the wye at the Amtrak station.

Light power out of Cicero departs for Eola yard where they'll pick up their train, the high hood SD9 brings some added interest to the consist.