An Executive MAC makes for a great leader on H GFDBRC as it leaves the Twin Cities behind, passing under the Q searchlights at Hoffman. Currently, only a few Executive SD70MAC's are PTC equipped.

Former BN SD70MAC 9687 leads BRCGAL West through Downers Grove.

Former BN SD70MAC 9687 leads BRCGAL West through Downers Grove.

Today's high priority manifest from Grand Forks, ND to the Belt Railway of Chicago features an SD70MAC leader that still wears its original Burlington Northern Executive/Grinstein paint scheme. Wi... (more)

BNSF 9687 leads a loaded grain over the recently replaced bridge at Stevenson. BNSF 9678 brings up the rear end in the DPU position.

It’s just after 3:45am as C-CXCNAM heads west past the old CB&Q depot at Stone Avenue with a former Burlington Northern SD70MAC, 9687 leading solo with an empty coal train.

It’s a busy weekday afternoon in Downtown Aurora as C-BTMCXC crosses Galena Blvd on the 2,000 foot long section of elevated trackage splitting through the heart of downtown. The elevated trackag... (more)

The hustle and bustle of everyday life in Castle Rock, CO is commonly interrupted by trains such as this Smithers Lake, TX bound coal train, navigating the twists and turns of Colorado's Joint Lin... (more)

After missing my chance to photograph this rare BN executive SD70MAC duo leading eastbound coal loads for the NS, I made sure to not miss my chance to get them coming back west with empties, even ... (more)

With a train loaded for Detroit, a pair of BN painted 70macs scream through the northern illinois countryside, seen here having just departed Mendota.

On a hazy, yet sunny, Tuesday evening in downtown Chicago… a Wyoming coal train crawls under 18th street with loads for NS in Detroit. With railfans from all over the area in hot pursuit, this i... (more)

Just like the old days, BNSF 9687 hauls 124 loads of coal battling the steep grade down the Joint Line heading south.

As evening progresses, an Executive MAC leads an empty coal train north through Lyons on the BNSF Galveston Sub.

Fresh off the CSX, a BNSF coal train crawls out of Montgomery with a BN executive paint 70mac up front.

A BNSF coal train passes the shoofly just east of the Highlands Metra station with an ex-BN 'Executive' SD70MAC leading. This is one of only a handful of these that are equipped with PTC.