Snow falls on engines waiting for service or assignment in the Denver BNSF engine servicing facility.
A hot Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA Z train rolls west through downtown Emporia. It is "peak season" here on the transcon and this "silvered up" Z9 is running ahead of the advertised on its l... (more)
A westbound BNSF auto/stack train departs Edmonds after waiting for some MOW equipment to clear the tracks.
A manifest rumbles past the small Essex Yard and the Izaak Walton Inn with a rather eclectic lashup, including and SD45-B and an upgraded geep in a GP30 carbody.
A short manifest rounds the east leg of the wye late in the day with two Dash 9s in command.
Westbound NS 117 cruise by the Springfield's Market Place in the late evening sun.
Here's an idea, pick a spot 5' from a roaring water fall and wait for a train, try to stay dry and don't fall in. Ahh, what we do to get the shot. Patience pays off and in this case there was n... (more)
After coasting to almost a full stop an inbound Chicago Amtrak train has just cleared and this E/B NS stack with BNSF motors hammers on the throttle and heads east with their train.
Coasting into town on a dispatcher-commanded approach for a signal maintainer, BNSF 4941 East makes a neat sight, entirely trailers with not one flat or well empty. Time - 0957.
After being held for a few minutes for a signal maintainer to 'fix' crossing gates to no avail, a Z continues east at 1023, still having to be flagged across the crossing at restricted speed.