Dash9s were as ubiquitous on BNSF as SD70Ms on UP. A pair of Dash9s and pair of SD40-2s power this westbound through Williams Jct., AZ on a winter late afternoon. Ektachrome.

A pair of Dash9s lead an SD60M and 40-2 with an eastbound intermodal train at Suwanee, NM., about forty seven miles west of Belen. Fuji Velvia.

Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.

A hot Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway piggyback train, BNSF 9-896-24, passes through the station of May as it heads east out of Los Angeles behind ATSF SD40-2 5084, which has not yet been ren... (more)

Under blue Arizona skies and following old Route 66 west of Seligman, here comes an eastbound with a typical post-merger power consist rounding the bend near old Audley station. Fuji Velvia.

A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.

The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)

On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.

A rather eclectic lash up rolls east at the entrance to corn country (as opposed to cow country) near Anselmo, NE. AFSF 5009 is a 1966 SD40 that was rebuilt as an SD40u. The fuel tender and SD40-2... (more)

Out in the sunflower vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills, BN 5584 leads a set of DC power on an eastbound coal train through cow country west of Mullen.

The Great Northern influenced Heritage 1 colors looked pretty good on this westbound sailing through Maine, AZ. The classic Santa Fe station signs could once be found all along the system. Fuji Ve... (more)

CSX Q643 southbound splits the former Monon semaphores at Romney, IN, 09/20/2003. Nikon F100, Nikkor 300mm f4 AF lens, Fujichrome Velvia. I remember chasing this train from Lafayette Junction with... (more)

Westbound at Maine, AZ

Westbound in the big curve between Marmon and Laguna, BNSF 8247 in native colors leads two Heritage II GEs.

Standing on the overpass in Winslow, Arizona on a late winter morning, BNSF 4974 comes rolling into town on the final mile of its lengthy crew district from Needles, CA. Out across the majestic sa... (more)