Out in the vast Mojave Desert on a late winter's day, this interesting westbound manifest came struggling up Ash Hill with a roundhouse full of power: Dash9s in BNSF and righteous Santa Fe marking... (more)

The solitude at Canyon Diablo is almost palpable - an entity that is at once overwhelming and eminently soothing. Only the rush of the wind disturbs the silence for awhile - until a thin silver li... (more)

A hotshot intermodal races west through Shelby passing the depot and elevators at the busy junction, chasing the setting sun about to dip below the Rockies. Soon enough it will be in the throes of... (more)

A four pack of warbonnets hustles through Willard, NM on a late winter's morning, having recently crossed the Manzano mountains on the long grade out of the Rio Grande valley. Now the landscape is... (more)

Cruising down the valley between Seneca and Thedford, NE, deep in the Sandhills of central Nebraska, a pair of SD70MACs lead a coal train across the meandering middle fork of the Loup River in cow... (more)

ATSF 672 in the company of a new Dash9, a BN GP40M and an ATSF SD40-2 brings an eastbound manifest down from Marias Pass, soon to depart the rarified atmosphere of the high country for the vastne... (more)

Heritage I unit 1094 is lookin' good with that wagon wheel logo as it leads a power consist including Oakway SD60s and BN GEs. The coal train is about halfway between East Glacier and Marias Pass ... (more)

Once upon a time, Powder River coal business exceeded capacity and both BNSF and UP struggled to keep up with the volume. That was then, and BNSF is still adding to the substantial fleet of SD70MA... (more)

Before the Super Fleet Dash8-40BWs arrived, AT&SF had a fleet of Dash8-40B standard cabs in the tasteful blue and yellow warbonnet scheme. Trailing the 7419 is one of predecessor BN's cabless B30-... (more)

Rolling through Kingman Canyon, the 656 West has just passed one of the old R2 color light signals that were in service across much of Santa Fe's territory. They began to disappear with the advent... (more)

BNSF 754 slams across the Hackberry Road crossing with one of the Transcon's ubiquitous intermodal trains. An LMX B39-8 of BN heritage and a Heritage I Dash9 join this power set. Versus the origin... (more)

Still wearing its original colors, BNSF #695 awaits its next local assignment.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW (718), a pair of ex-Santa Fe Dash 8-40CWs (877 and 895) and a Burlington Northern SD40-2 (6919) are in charge of hot intermodal train Z-SBDALT1-20, as it... (more)

Westbound BNSF 4459 is cresting the grade out of the Rio Grande River valley from Belen at Dalies, NM. The old main line via Raton and Albuquerque joins the Transcon here. Once upon a time, beauti... (more)