Some prairie wildflowers sway in the breeze as a westbound stack train crosses the Sheyenne River valley and Lake Ashtabula on the former Great Northern bridge between Luverne and Karnak, ND.

BNSF 8286 (ES44C4) leads a freight through the S curves right before getting to Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

BNSF 8286 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.

4 trains are staged in the yard at Staples waiting for a new crew.

At the End of the Day

Westbound into the sunset, A busy day on the Brush Sub on the High Plains.

Warbonnet 8286 passes Centralia, WA, in 2010

BNSF 8286 reaches the Yumpai summit on a snowy winter afternoon.

A late afternoon westbound Bay Area bound Z passes through Crozier Canyon.

BRCGAL's power does some switch work at West Eola.

Blizzard Conditions Blizzard conditions have set in up in northeastern South Dakota has high winds, coupled with sub zero temps, whip freshly fallen snow up into the air. A reactivated SD... (more)

BNSF Warbonnet SD75I 8286 leads M-BRCGAL west through Aurora.

M BRCGAL's great lash-up shoves back to the train waiting on M1. In the process, it passes under the classic CB&Q searchlights.

M BRCGAL heads west by High Street in Aurora, IL. Rolling along in golden, evening sunlight, Warbonnet SD75I 8286 leads the way, followed by a CSX AC4400CW, a Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP50, a BNSF GP38... (more)

A pair of Fauxbonnets and a Horsehead bring Q393 into Defiance on a warm fall afternoon.