The loaded unit ethanol train was the first eastbounnd out of La Crosse after 16.6" of snow fell on Saturday. The Mississippi River bluffs were beautiful on this cold and clear Sunday afternoon.
A late evening Denver, CO to Laurel, MT (DENLAU) manifest appeared on the BNSF Front Range Sub sporting foreign power. Not just one but three NS GEVOs. Leading was NS 7543 followed by NS 7521 and ... (more)
CP/D&H #930 pulls across the Canada/U.S border as it just received the permission from border services.
northbound manifest train on BNSF Palmer Lake, CO
A colorful trio of GE motors lead BNSF Railway's Denver-Provo manifest through Davidson Canyon a few miles west of Soldier Summit.
Of the hundreds trains I've photographed in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon in the past 4 decades, this one has to be one of the most unusual. An odd series of circumstances and good luck have brought ... (more)
The crew of this northbound manifest was running low on hours and with no dogcatcher crew available, the race was on to get to Denver. Here they are powering a visiting Catfish down the grade lea... (more)
Nikon D2x, 180mm
A Northbound Oakland bound stack train heads downgrade in the Tehachapi's at Bealville with NS pool power in the lead.
NS pool power is in DPU service as it shoves on the rear of a UP stack train heading up the Palmdale Cutoff
NS 9086 leads a southbound across the Hell Canyon Bridge on the BNSF Phoenix Sub.
A solid set of NS run through units lead a Westbound at Garnet.
It was a tough chase to get ahead of this guy... but I made it. Travel not advised... unless you are in a GE or a die-hard railfan!" Several people have called me crazy for going out in t... (more)
