In the sun at the summit, while clouds and mist shroud the mountains to the west.
BNSF 4645 races east on the transcon towards Vaughn, New Mexico.
BNSF 4645 leads CSX Q316 on the eastbound main at Keyser. The CSX locomotive on the engineer's side of 4645 is waiting to help the loaded coal hoppers behind it to the Mt Storm power plant. Note t... (more)
2 dash 9's lead a eastbound empty baretable train up Cajon as it approaches Silverwood.
A clear signal can be seen way off the in east as a loaded oil train approaches Rochelle. The train has the green light to cross the UP Geneva Sub at Rochelle. The train is on a short double track... (more)
The quiet evening is broken by the sound of 3 GE's working hard to pull this oil train out of the Rock River Valley east of Oregon. Here the train is about to the top of the grade at sunset as the... (more)
It's just before sunrise as BNSF 4645 & 5459 lead an eastbound ethanol train.
BNSF 4645 and BNSF 6395 race east along side the new second main line as it heads towards the construction site for the new second main line bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad at Vaughn.
BNSF 4645 heads an empty grain train east on Montana Rail Link along the Clark Fork at the frog pond near Trout Creek, MT. Weather is almost spring-like, and there is virtually no snow on the grou... (more)
A late Summer afternoon brings forth a BNSF manifest rounding a curve in East Vancouver with a Dash 9 leading high hood forward. This is the only time that I have seen a BNSF GE lead a train in th... (more)
A southbound Laurel - Denver Manifest waits in the siding at Longs Peak as an empty crude oil train passes by on the main heading north.
BNSF 4645 west tackles the westbound grade at Siberia as it cilmbs towards Ash Hill.
Between Klondike and Amboy, a westbound BNSF general merchandise freight winds through the curvature near Siberia on the Needles Sub.
Warm evening light fills the valley as a westbound doublestack train rounds the horseshoe at Caliente. Third engine is a rare GP60B.
Evening shadows creep across the tracks as a pig train rolls through Bealville.