Eastbound Z train at Maryhill, WA.

BNSF 5313 leads a intermodal east at Steam Plant Rd in Rochelle.

BNSF 5313 leads a intermodal east around the sweeping curve in Lockport.

Morning fog finally begins to burn off at Sandpoint, Idaho, as a burst of sunshine illuminates a westbound BNSF grain train making its way across the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille on September 27,... (more)

As a thick morning fog begins to finally lift off of Sandpoint, Idaho, a westbound BNSF grain train makes the long trek across the bridge over Lake Pend Oreille on September 27, 2008.

Ethanol empties return east on the busy BNSF transcon as they cross the mighty Colorado River bridge at Topock on a brisk winter afternoon in northwestern Arizona.

Fog envelopes the town of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille, as a westbound BNSF grain train makes its way across the "Funnel."

An eastbound Z train climbs the hill at Lee on the C&I Sub., enroute to Chicago.

The Chicago to South Seattle Z train passes beneath the soon-to-be-replaced ex-Q signal bridge at West Hinsdale.

At the close of OutstateMinnesotaRail's railfan gathering in Verndale, the final train to be shot in daylight would be this stack train. While the engines are coasting down grade, the end of the ... (more)

A stack train (with some autoracks up front) cruises past the green fields on the outskirts of Epping at the start of the last hour of sunlight on the longest day of the year.

Like Linkin Park's, "Minutes to Midnight..." may be a little early, but minutes to sunset for sure. Three miles down the line, the BNSF 5313 is getting ready to make a dip in the Wing Rive... (more)

Having spent nearly 15 hours along the tracks on the second longest day of the year, this eastbound Z train provides a perfect ending to a marathon day of railfanning.

Eastbound climbing Tehachapi Pass in the evening. The work crew just finished, and there are 5 trains one right after another climbing the grade.