BNSF GP40-2 #3019 wearing the BN white face paint scheme is seen resting for the weekend at Jasper, AL. waiting on its next assignment on the Jasper local.

Back in the late 90's with the BNSF merger, power was scattered to the wind. Man just about anything could lead anywhere. A combo BN/ATSF consist leads a priority intermodal train west on the Auro... (more)

Eastbound BNSF train passes thru East Cabin on the Aurora Sub with a couple old veterans. ATSF 854 became the CN 2189.

This Santa Fe GP30 lasted almost 5 years into the merger with the original number and lettering. In March 2000, the old girl would turn into the BNSF 2402. Nowadays, the 2705 runs around as the BN... (more)

Spent a beautiful morning along the Marceline Sub at the Des Moines River Bridge. I know its the Transcon, but we had a blast enjoying the nice October day. Surprisingly, the BNSF ran a few odd ba... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for the CP at Ottumwa rolls thru bottoms between Halpin and Chariton in southern Iowa on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. These trains are easy to figure out as they have power in t... (more)

This time of the year is fun to work with the leaves. Here a hotshot kicks up tons of leaves as they make their way east on the Marceline Sub. The train is just out of Medill and will cross into I... (more)

Old signals and an old BNSF paint scheme are caught together in this more than a decade old photograph as a north bound BNSF manifest races off the Tehachapi grade at Sandcut on a warm spring afte... (more)

Summer night runaround at Sandcut at the base of the Tehachapi mountains.

A bone dry golden hilled landscape, along with a saturated green creek bed, creates a perfect contrast and scene for a short BNSF intermodal to quickly twist its way up through one of the most sec... (more)

A classic Tehachapi Loop view.

A BNSF intermodal drifts down and around the famed Tehachapi loop under a mid morning storm.

As the thick morning fog continues to linger longer into the day above the San Joaquin Valley, countless south bounds would appear from the hazy depths below on their climb for the high desert and... (more)

A BNSF manifest quickly glides down the Tehachapi grade and approaches tunnel 9 on a warm summer afternoon.

Loaded taconite train crosses the Wisconsin Southern at Crawford, south of Prairie du Chien. These SD60Ms were common thru the 90s on these heavy trains bound for Granite City. Scanned slide from ... (more)