The rolling hills of the Buffalo Ridge surround a southbound BNSF grain train as it hustles through southwest Minnesota.

A couple of old grain elevators along the former Great Northern in Russell, MN look on as an example of the modern unit grain trains that made them obsolete rolls by.

Westbound grain train passing a parked coal train at Betrice.

BNSF Railway's California Division Christmas Train operated a pair of 50-mile round-trips on the railway's Cajon Sub from San Bernardino, California, to the Summit of Cajon Pass. The second trip ... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train arcs along the riverbank of the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Eddy, Montana, on September 19, 2012.

BNSF 5633 & 9022 eastbound with a loaded coal train.

BNSF 3664 & 3285 lead 271 empties westbound.

BNSF 8509 & 5929 descends into Cairo with an eastbound loaded coal train.

BNSF 5936 leads an eastbound loaded coal train.

The BNSF utilize a couple former Sante Fe Caboose as shoving platforms in the yard in Golden, Colorado. Although tagged by graffiti, it's still good to see a caboose on the active roster.

BNSF 2549 (GP39-3) runs with a mate to the terminal in Hudson, Colorado where they will lash up to a cut of tanks cars and take to Denver.

BNSF 4019 (Dash9) leads a Warbonnet and a grain train through an elevated curve in Keenesburg, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub.

A crewmember walks BNSF 8400 (SD70ACe) through an elevated crossing in Keenesburg, Colorado, which had a vehicle knock over one of the crossing gates.

It's a chilly February morning in Avery, Iowa as a BNSF ES44AC and SD70ACe lead eastbound coal loads past frozen farm fields. This is one of the sections of split main on the Ottumwa Subdivision, ... (more)

A BNSF C44-9W brings up the rear of an empty coal train as it heads back to the mines on a frigid March day. The train is rolling past the frozen lakes at the Bryan Mohler Waterfowl Production Are... (more)