BNSF Railway's Stockton-Denver 'Q' train heads east along the 1983 Thistle line change made necessary by a massive mud slide which shut down the original line through Thistle proper. The Thistle T... (more)

BNSF Railway's Stockton-Denver 'Q' train looked great climbing the former D&RGW through the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. Color along these hills is usually at it's peak during the thir... (more)

Over the top of Soldier Summit and rolling downgrade, BNSF 5368 leads the Stockton-Denver manifest just east of Colton, where the former Rio Grande Pleasant Valley Branch diverges to the southwest... (more)

Working up the grade about 10 miles from Soldier Summit, BNSF 5368 and a colorful lashup round the lower horseshoe curve at Gilluly, with the Highway 6 overpass in the background.

The nose of BNSF 5368 reflects most of the early morning sun as the eastbound train passes Rio working towards Soldier Summit.

The BNSF Stockton-Denver manifest emerges from the Thistle tunnels, with the trailing KCS 'Southern Belle' SD70ACe having just been blackened due to the train being a bit underpowered working upgr... (more)

BNSF 5368 and a multi-color lashup lead an eastbound trackage rights train descending from Soldier Summit near Kyune, with Highway 6 in the background left.

BNSF 5368 leads a colorful consist including an ATSF Warbonnet GE and a KCS Retro Belle SD70ACe eastbound with a trackage rights train on the old Rio Grande at Castilla. The fall colors are start... (more)

An overnight storm system lifts at sunrise while a BNSF eastbound crosses the Diamond Fork River in Spanish Fork Canyon. The fall foliage is at it's peak on this, the first day of fall along the o... (more)