After a 36 year hiatus, my friend Ralph Hintze and I ventured in to the Swede Tunnel site on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline between Leavenworth, WA and Winton, WA just in time to catch a stack train... (more)
January on Stampede Pass: A free Sunday, a couple of snowmobiles, some warm snow gear and a lot of patience pays off as the only train to cross in daylight that day exits Tunnel 4. Ironica... (more)
12-12-12, the last triple header for 89 years. An empty WB 106 car grain train with BNSF run thru power rolls by NYS Barge Canal Lock 10 on the Mohawk River just east of Amsterdam. This Lock area ... (more)
After waiting for HOURS in the cold and windy atmosphere os Stampede Pass, BNSF finally brought a train over. Here an eastbound empty grain train is seen emerging out of Tunnel 4 on the last bit o... (more)
Northbound baretables slip down the grade through Woodford, CA.
A young person talks on his cell phone while BNSF 4946 is stopped on track 1 because a dragging equipment detector in Santa Fe Spring went off.
An A-B-A lash-up consisting of BNSF Dash 9 4946, a Heritage 1 BNSF GP60B and a Santa Fe Warbonnet, highballs through Coal City with a westbound stacker.
Helpers pushing. Note the lead units already ascending the line on the right edge of the photo.
BNSF 4946 has remumbered KCS 4593 along with as they sprint down the river with about 9 inches of fresh snow!
BNSF C44-9Ws lead Eastbound CSX freight through Berea.
BNSF 4946 leads BNSF Warbonnet 772 east past a CSX work crew replacing a section of rail on Track 1.
A photo of BNSF's M SDGBAR (San Diego - Barstow) going through the Solana Beach Coaster Station.