3,700 feet of intermodal cargo for Northern California enters Cherokee Canyon on an Alliance, TX to Stockton, CA Z7 as it was the last train during a fleet of afternoon Z-trains.
Chargers are not known for their reliability. And on a crisp warm summer morning, we find another failed charger. This time a horn failure occurs, so a BNSF Gevo takes charge of Amtrak 380 to Chic... (more)
BNSF ES44C4 6929 rips a Willow Springs bound Z train into Winslow.
A hot Los Angles to Willow Springs Z train approaches Winslow
A sight not often seen on the Cajon Sub. BNSF 6929 leads a westbound coal train at Frost bound for Hesperia and the Cushenberry Branch.
The crew of BNSF 6929 (SD40-2) wiat for a signal change so they can take a mixed freight through Denver on the Joint Line.
The early morning silence is broken as the 12 cylinder powerhouse of a recently built ES44C4 thunders off the mountainous walls that enclose Palmer Lake as a loaded cement train conquers the third... (more)
All three orange paint schemes created by the merger of Burlington Northern to Santa Fe are present as a loaded cement train from Pueblo descends the tough 7,297 foot elevation of Palmer Lake and ... (more)
BNSF power is seen in a contrast of paint schemes. 6929 in the H1 scheme and former BN, now patched BNSF 1914 in the Cascade Green colors. Both units are currently in service on a Local that ope... (more)
A matched consist of two Heritage 1 SD40-2s (second one being ex-CN) and two Yellowbonnet GP30's are in charge of this Saturday Richmond to Riverbank Local.
BNSF 6929 and mate BNSF 6994 lead the Eastbound/Northbound Warm Springs Local through Emeryville, almost to STEGE, where it will jump off the UP Martinez Subdivision and get onto the Richmond Paci... (more)
A car man assists in switching the yard, the Z-SSECHC sneaks up the middle, and a stack train advances for a reverse into the yard.
An empty grain train is in dynamic as it heads towards Livingston.
Eastbound BNSF job pulling the Hill
Intermodal Stack Train from Seattle, WA - Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard). (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)