A Provo to Denver BNSF trackage rights train rolls thru the siding at Tabernash around an empty UP coal train holding the main. The train has just left the confines of Fraser Canyon behind. For so... (more)

The crew had this short BNSF freight is hammering as they approach Granby. The train is working over trackage rights the BNSF has over the UP between Salt Lake City an Denver. There is only 5 mile... (more)

BNSF 9771 brings up the rear of an Eastbound as the train works upgrade between Cajon and Sullivan's Curve.

Tunnel #7, scarred, stained, and sans a concrete portal reveal its venerable steam era history in the morning sun along the Moffat Road. #9771 an EMD SD70MACe, another veteran in modern times hand... (more)

A rebuilt 70MAC leads loaded coal buckets Out of Castle Rock. A MACe leading on the Joint Line is a fairly rare sight, so this was a nice treat to chase.

A rebuilt 70MAC leads loaded coal buckets into Larkspur. A MACe leading on the Joint Line is a fairly rare sight, so this was a nice treat to chase.

A fairly rare sight on the Colorado Joint Line has an SD70MACe rebuild leading black diamonds south into Castle Rock.

Led by former EMD SD70MAC No. 9771 that is newly-rebuilt into a SD70MACe is a westbound BNSF coal train on Montana Rail Link flying through Tuscor, Montana, kicking up some snow on the morning of ... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train on Montana Rail Link is powered by an all-EMD consist, led by former EMD SD70MAC No. 9771 that is newly-rebuilt into a SD70MACe. The train is blowing through Tuscor, Mo... (more)

BNSF 9771 and 9458 have 132 empties near Pleasant Dale, Nebraska.

A pair of executive MACs leads an empty coal train down the Hillsboro subdivision out of Grand Forks on a warm summer morning.

Nothing goes as planned in railroad engineering. As a contractor readies a new fuel line for installation, BNSF 9771 slows to a stop for fuel. The fuel truck conveniently backs into place to blo... (more)

The DPU for loaded coal train NS 734 sits under the East Parkway overpass. If you look closely to the lower left of the picture a motorcycle cop sits there too waiting to give out a good driving a... (more)