C44-9W 4453 with SD75M 8230 w/b at West Daggett.

A grain train has just hit the West end of the Creston Subdivision and turned south onto the Saint Joseph Subdivision.

With flooded farm fields, an eastbound breaks the quite Saturday afternoon silence.

BNSF 4453 is seen leading a westbound manifest just east of Lyle - 11/09/2010

After making the long climb from the Columbia River up through Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Winchester, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4453
Train ID: S-SEACHI3-29A
Photo Date: March 31, 2007

A BNSF freight rolls through one of the flat spots on the Highline not far from Keddie.

Waiting for crew

Now well into flat land, the quartet of GEs rounds a bend with the mountains it just traversed serving as a perfect backdrop

BNSF 4453 seen crossing the bridge in front of "the most photographed barn in Montana"

Now east of the summit and heading downgrade, BNSF 4453 and company pass a picturesque pond. How tranquil.

An early morning BNSF train heads upgrade, just west of the summit, which is also the continental divide