A pair of ballast trains work on laying the last section of ballast on the new Truxton Flyover on Oct. 25, 2020. After 10 months of construction, the Truxton Flyover is designed to create an easie... (more)

After making a crew change 170th St. in Cameron, IL BNSF C-ALNMEK1-19 (Alliance,NE-Memphis,TN/NS) get the diverging approach signal to proceed off the BNSF Ottumwa Sub (MP-164.64) and onto the Gal... (more)

Some of the prettiest scenery Colorado has to offer rail photogs is between Castle Rock and Larkspur, Colorado. Trains run along I-25, making for good opportunities to chase the trains along a fr... (more)

BNSF 5684 (AC4400CW) negotiates the 'S' curves leading from Greenland to Palmer Lake, Colorado.

The sun has just dipped below the rolling hills of the Tehachapis as BNSF 5684 peaks into view on the east end of tunnel 3, above Bealville.

AC44 No. 5684 has just cut off from its coal load on which it was the DPU. The coal train will now proceed east to its destination power plant over flat terrain.

Eastbound coal behind a pair of GEs in Heritage II paint.

An AC4400 leads a westbound coal train past the elevator at Annada, Missouri.

There were a couple of westbounds that slowed this eastbound down, so I got to twiddle my tumbs while standing on the Highway 197 bridge waiting for this one to get moving again. Not recommended ... (more)

After meeting a northbound grain load at Ruthton, coal empties from Dairyland Electric in Alma, WI head back to the mines for another load under filtered late afternoon sun.

The DPU of an eastbound loaded coal train has just cut off and will now proceed to the engine facility at Galesburg Yard.

A loaded coal train, followed by another of the same, both of which have been sitting here for about 48 hours (which is common practice these days on the Mendota Sub), idle away just west of Lelan... (more)