The southbound Heartland Flyer hustles through the deep sag at Lake Wanda.

BNSF intermodal trains meet at Herman, TX. Coming down the "stairs," or multiple hogbacks here, is 705 East, headed for Alliance Yard north of Ft. Worth. At left is U.S. 287, which runs ... (more)

Three big C-C locomotives in BNSF's red and silver "warbonnet" paint roar past the bluffs at Manuelito with an eastbound stack train. The train is climbing toward the Continental Divide,... (more)

Late in the day in May 1998, SD75M No. 8265 leads an eastbound BNSF stack train toward the Continental Divide at North Guam, NM. During this period of time, BNSF was running about 45 trains in eac... (more)

On a chilly Thanksgiving morning in 1986, Santa Fe 9523 East, a hot 991 train, kicks up dust as it hustles past the Dupont chemical plant in east Antioch, CA. This symbol kept a blistering schedul... (more)

On a beautiful afternoon in March 2003, BNSF Dash 9 No. 2003 leads a westbound manifest at the east end of Woodford. Note how easily adaptable the red and silver was to "BNSF," where jus... (more)

Power off a BN 137 train idles at the engine facility in WP's Stockton Yard. The power will return to the Pacific Northwest on the counterpart symbol, BN 138, via WP's and BN's Inside Gateway. BN ... (more)

Late in the afternoon, Cotton Belt 9298 West departs Roseville Yard at Antelope, CA. The train came over Donner Pass earlier in the afternoon with an SD45 helper coupled on behind its UP "poo... (more)

Just after sunrise, a UP eastbound thunders through Serpentine Canyon. The rock here is quite unstable, and slides are common. WP and now UP maintain slide fences to alert trains to rocks and slid... (more)

A westbound BNSF intermodal train hustles along the base of the beautiful bluffs at Manuelito, NM. The train is not far from the New Mexico - Arizona border at Lupton. During the first decade foll... (more)

In January 1995, three EMDs and four GEs, all in red and silver, pull an eastbound Santa Fe stack train over the many hogbacks between Sunshine and Winslow, AZ. The crew is approaching the end of ... (more)

In a light rain, SP 9337 West heads into the north siding at Woodford for a meet with an uphill. Until the 1980s, Woodford sported two through sidings, but then SP took out the connection to the m... (more)

A four-unit set of SP power helps a stalled Santa Fe 991 train up the steep grade at tunnel 10 on Tehachapi Pass. The 991 was Santa Fe's hottest eastbound train over the mountain, and the dispatch... (more)

SP 8538 East, a hot intermodal train headed for the Southland, roars out of tunnel 10 as it clims the steep grade toward the summit. The rest of its train is still negotiating the Loop. This tunne... (more)

Just after sunrise, two men check the lead unit of a BNSF eastbound for mechanical problems. Meanwhile, the flanks of BNSF SD75I No. 8277 gleam in the low, clear sunlight, Many observers felt that... (more)