With 786 SD70MAC's purchase in the 90's for BN and then BNSF, these beast were the mainstay power for coal trains on the BNSF system for many years. When traffic levels tanked alot of these motors... (more)

Working upgrade out of the Caliente Horseshoe, BNSF 9793 leads this Southbound Z as it climbs Tehachapi Pass.

With BNSF's recent power shortage as brought quite a bit of variety to Tehachapi Pass lately with large amounts of lease units along with older EMD units like BNSF 9793 seen here leading train ZST... (more)

After a crew change just outside the small town of Cloquet, MN the train continues on with a big MAC pushing as they travel by the Sappi Fine Paper mill on a cold winter afternoon.

Ominous clouds that would eventually bring the region's first snow flurries move in as a train I previously caught in Fisher, MN, makes a reappearance, but this time with the DPU facing into the l... (more)

One of the first coal loads destined to MERC in Superior, WI following the terminal's annual mid-January maintenance shutdown splits the signals at East Dilworth, the westernmost terminus of the S... (more)