Three Santa Fe cowls lead an eastbound manifest past SP's Mojave Yard with the Tehachapi Mountains for a backdrop.

After topping Winston Hill, an eastbound BNSF empty coal train rolls downgrade through the curves past milepost 216 at Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2019.

UP 8904 leads an Altoona to St. Paul freight west near Roberts, WI on the former C&NW (Omaha Rd.) mainline a day before UP 4014 rolled east on this line.

UP 9061, 6234, & 4631 lead an eastbound mix of COFC & TOFC.

A UP double stack races toward Cheyenne from the west. The wide open prairie lands provide ample locations to shoot trains.

NS 7214, an SD80MAC, leads the IAIS SIPE across the Colona interlocking

Passing the old location of Fingal, UP 7443 rounds the sweeping curve here known as Windy Point.

Sporting a fresh coat of paint without flags, UP 7443 leads this MWCEW at Cabazon.

They don't look like this long. Brand new SD70AH 8969 and 8967 are on there return trip east, after their first trip to the west coast.

Back in June the mighty Mississippi River was raging out of its banks. In Fort Madison the BNSF worked hard to keep the Transcon and the depot open. The employee parking lot was moved to the north... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LHALPC2-15 passes through downtown Fullerton, California, on August 15, 2019. A quartet of "elephant style" Dash 9-44CWs - 4659, 5051, 5315 and 5378 - is leading th... (more)

BNSF C44-9W 4760 E/B at Amboy, California.

A military train, heading to USMC Camp Pendleton, passes through the passenger station in Santa Ana, California, on a hot and humid September 3, 2017. This train, symboled U-BARSDG1-02A, has BNSF... (more)

A trio of General Electric diesel locomotives are on the head-end of BNSF Railway train S-LBTLPC1-12 as it heads east through the pine forests of Maine, Arizona, on August 13, 2017. BNSF ES44DC 7... (more)

On a hot afternoon (102º), BNSF train Q-CXOLAC1-10 hustles through the canyon west of Kingman, Arizona, ahead of an approaching thunderstorm. The hot intermodal train - Guaranteed Service Interm... (more)