A heavy Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest races across the Crookton Cutoff as it starts to notch into power and begin the climb out of Eagle Nest towards Crookton.
BNSF 7057 & 4527 lead a westbound manifest.
The first rays of sunlight warm the nose of the BNSF 7057 as it, and two other motors, hustle up the 1.2% grade towards Crozier Canyon with a Texas-bound intermodal train this morning.
After a well executed meet with Jacksonville bound Q133, the hot Q183 and its 7800 feet of domestic containers start to roll again as it splits the signals at the north end of Hogansville siding w... (more)
The maiden run ES44C4's head west through Perea,NM with about 5 minutes of sunlight left on 7/16/12. 1 minute before the train showed up, the sun was hiding behind a cloud.
The sun has just dipped below a cloud as the 3 maiden run ES44C4's head downhill on Main 2 at Coolidge,NM 7/16/12
New Mexico monsoon season is upon us! 3 brand new BNSF ES44C4's(BNSF 7057, 7056, 7053) on their maiden run west on the BNSF passes through a sun break while storm clouds from a complex of thunders... (more)
