Power ready to help with locals and trains splitting on their way in to Chicago.

Into the sunrise, a long manifest finishes passing through the odd West Texas town of Marfa, heading east where in 10 miles it will summit the highest rail point in Texas at Paisano Pass.

Going through Buford, WY ... population one'ish ... on a (believe it or not) clear day, but with wind howling and whipping snow across the landscape, this well-powered stack train approaches the s... (more)

Final approach to Sherman Hill summit, the highest point on the Overland Route at just over 8,000 feet in elevation.

Approaching the sag on its approach to the Palmer Divide, BNSF 5993 leads a Texas-bound coal drag.

A hot JB Hunt train races around a not-quite-as-hot-but-very-well-powered intermodal. Just behind the photographer, BNSF 6725 will hit the high speed frogs to cross back over to the right-side mai... (more)

AC4400CW brings up the tail of a long freight as dark approaches on a freezing, windy, snowy evening in the Texas Panhandle.

Having just passed the Marfa Lights viewing platform, UP 5831 navigates the S-curve that marks beginning of the eastbound climb over Paisano Pass, halfway between Marfa and Alpine TX. Paisano Pass... (more)

Still in use (with a co-corroborator in the same yard) for local moves next to the Coors Plant.

A backup into Denver has another train holding up in Sedalia, just clear of the Sedalia crossing. Shortly, another one will pull up just yards behind it to wait its turn.

Holding up the back of a northbound into Denver, BNSF 8334 sits alongside another inbound train which holds one of the few sidings along the Joint Line.

A pair of ballast rigs sit along the main line on the west end of Wichita Falls.

A crewed coal train bound for the Houston area holds the siding for the first of a batch of high priority westbound stack traffic. The first, a JB Hunt/Prime train approaches at track speed, cross... (more)

I've gone over this Interstate Bridge so many times in my life and always wanted to get a picture. This time through, traffic slowed to a crawl and I was the passenger, and fired off a few. This ... (more)

In cold snowy flurries, BNSF 1041 leads a group representing all three BNSF heritage schemes as well as a Warbonnet. They are holding the main awaiting a pass from behind by a JB Hunt/Prime train.