About 5 miles south of Potosi is where the Platte River where dumps into the Mississippi River. The BNSF Aurora Sub crosses the river on a little causeway near the Banfield Saddle area. Here the C... (more)

Somewhat unusual consist for the BNSF, this Northtown Yard to Belt Clearing Yard manifest train has a couple SD70Ace's on the point. The train is seen here gradually moving south along the back wa... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for Mona, IA, works west on the Mason City Sub. The train is currently between Luana and Postville as it snakes around to follow the ridge lines to minimum grades in n... (more)

Out in northeast Iowa is a mountain of a grade on the Mason City Sub. The Calmar Hill is a 1.4% grade that runs for about 4 miles between Fort Atkinson and Calmar. The area is mostly inaccessible,... (more)

For many years the BNSF had this Columbia Coal contract out of the PBR in Wyoming. Trains were ran to St. Paul for interchange with the CP for the plant near Portage, WI. Now the UP has the contra... (more)

A loaded sand train out of Tunnel City, WI, from the Unimin Corporation transverses the back waters along the Mississippi River. The train is bound for unloading at Loving, NM, south of Carlsbad. ... (more)

An eastbound auto rack train rolls east of the Moberly to Decatur section of the NS in north-central Missouri. The train is passing the west end of the 1st siding outside of Moberly at Holliday, 1... (more)

An 70ACe pushes on the back of this empty coal train as they work thru central Iowa on the UP's North Platte to Chicago corridor. The train is 109 miles west of Clinton as they pass thru the small... (more)

When KCS got these AC's new in December 1999 they made some trips over the BNSF probably to pay back horse power hours. A pair of them power this loaded coal train towards Galesburg. Seen here in ... (more)

Made a trip up to the Stevens Point area to shoot the last of the WC days. One of the trains we got was this southbound ore train with an odd ball leader. IC GP40 brings up a trio of WC units as t... (more)

A westbound freight train back in August 1996 is carrying power that really doesn't exist much anymore on the UP. A Pair of SD9043 and a pair of "ZZ-tops" roll a westbound at Chelsea. Ba... (more)

A coal train bound for the Laramie Basic Electric Station crawls out of the Wendover River Valley south of Wendover on the BNSF Front Range Sub. The train will use the Front Range Sub for 20 miles... (more)

I forgot what a winter wonderland looked like this winter!!! I have had my drone since the end of January and I have hardly any photos with snow in it, the winter has sucked in the Midwest this ye... (more)

The daily Waterloo to Kirk Yard manifest train screams thru Independence as they cross over Wapsipinicon River. Most of the towns along the Dubuque Sub are at the bottom of hills due to the rivers... (more)

5 units hammer west with the "Nick-Lack" Z-train as they scream thru the Missouri countryside. The sun popped out for a few brief moments before the the sun would be covered up by a larg... (more)