A morning Southbound empty phosphate train (Cicero, IL (BNSF) to Mulberry, FL) passes a Northbound manifest under the Mother of God Catholic Church steeples and spires.
The hot Stockton, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train waste no time making track speed up the more than 2% grade of Tehachapi Pass as it snakes through the curves of Allard. This train had to stopped... (more)
The PHL 1400 BNSF Dock Job switches an inbound stack train at the Pacific Container Terminal in the Port of Long Beach as many ships await their turn in the Harbor in the background.
After a crew swap at KK, and a bit of nail biting wondering if we would get any sunlight, 281 crawls through the Milwaukee Intermodal Station with BNSF 9748 as a one-unit wonder on a 10K foot trai... (more)