Straight as an arrow for miles, but not as flat as you might expect, the BNSF Dalhart Sub sees almost exclusively northbound trains, primarily ethanol and empty coal trains. Here, BNSF 9096 tails ... (more)
Falling snow has created a near white out in downtown Denver, catching a number of engines waiting to be serviced in the BNSF engine servicing facility.
BNSF southbound coal load climbing into Greenland using normal northbound only main two
K055 passes the sight of the former Erie Lackawanna yard in downtown Akron, Ohio. Foreign power was once a common sight on EL trains in the 1970s. The surge in oil traffic has once again made we... (more)
A sharp looking western visitor leads a CSX tank train past one of the viewing platforms along the side of Sand Patch Grade.
"Breaking the Calm:" Empty CSX ethanol train K057 crosses the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia just a few minutes after sunrise on a gorgeous summer morning. These regul... (more)
BNSF 9096 leads an empty crude oil train west towards Chicago on the CSX Willard Sub.
In this modern era of run through and shared power you never know what combination of motors you might see. Here a BNSF leader with help from 2 Norfolk Southern locomotives power an eastbound CSX... (more)
It's a hot Friday afternoon as an eastbound BNSF crude oil train passes across the impressive bridge over the Gassman Coulee, nearing the crew change point at Minot.
A eastbound oil can roll's up to Steward, IL with a ACer and a CEFX SD60.
A nice looking ACe passes a sister on a plow train at Boylston. The 9096 is in distributed power mode on the rear of a loaded ore train from Hibbing Taconite headed for Allouez (Superior).
A southbound BNSF coal load running south on the normal northbound only main two was approaching Larkspur led by a new ACe.