The sun has been up a matter of minutes and the shadows are still very long as an eastbound ballast train blasts upgrade past the newly-built siding at Lamphier on the climb up Sprague Hill in the... (more)

BNSF 7878 leads the GALCNI south through Crest Hill, approaching Turner.

BNSF 7878 is on the point of a westbound stack through West Winton. From this angle you would think it is an overpowered J-train (Boeing 737 parts,) but it really is a stack train. Also notice tha... (more)

After emerging from out of the Cascade bore and into the sunshine, BNSF 7878 west begins its descent down the mountain. In the background US HWY 2 climbs Cowboy Mountain toward Stevens Pass. Tim... (more)

Alongside the Skykomish River with MT Persis in the background, BNSF 7878 west is taking the siding for the passage of Amtrak 8. I felt like jumping into the water to cool off, we were experienci... (more)

A ballast train bound for the flooded areas around Gulf Port, IL and Burlington, IA, holds in downtown Monmouth, IL, awaiting maintenance dispatch. This subdivision was still Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Monmouth, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7878
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 21, 2008

Another day's garbage train heading back empty through Dallesport and points west on the Columbia River.

A pair of BN engines are seen leaving CN Johnston Yard on the Memphis Sub at Industrial Avenue on their way back to BNSF's Tennessee Yard in SE Memphis.

BNSF 7878 leads this manifest train west towards Arkansas and a trip down UP's Brinkley Sub.