One of the many intermodal trains that traverse the Mojave Desert grinds up the 1% grade of Goffs Hill at Essex on BNSF's Needles Subdivision.
What I think is an Omaha to Tacoma stack train makes a rare appearance on the coal corridor powered by BNSF 7343, 3684, & 7636.
On June 16, 2020, after descending Raton Pass, this loaded ballast train led by BNSF ES44DC No. 7343 comes to a stop at the signal at East Raton, New Mexico, where they will get talked by the sign... (more)
Being born in the early 90s, I never got to experience big-time mountain railroading on both Tennessee Pass and Raton Pass. When Tennesee Pass closed in 1997, Raton Pass continued to host freight ... (more)
A recently washed GEVO and a Goatboat lead the Pasco, WA to Northtown manifest into Clear Lake on the wrong main with a dead bird on main 2. Eastbounds usually take main 2, but a coal train was bl... (more)
I'm not accustomed to being on the ground and looking DOWN at planes. Four Boeing 737s roll west along the Clark Fork River.
The daily westbound Spokane - Everett mixed freight passes the old GN signal bridge, and is within three miles of the Cascade summit and tunnel.
BNSF 7343 & 4756 are in charge of the KICKPASS.
A pair of GEVO's shove on the tail end of an eastbound stack train in the small village of Medill, Missouri. Some nice ATSF signals still stand guard here, but probably not for much longer.
The DPUs of a westbound stack train glide down Cajon Pass and the sun sets behind the San Gabriel Mountains.
It's always nice to see some foreign power on the Joint Line.