BNSF 7280 South rolls downgrade toward the Red River through an area studded with a surprising variety of vegetation.

An eastbound SP stack train attacks the constant 1.0 percent grade at Bosque that will continue all the way to the summit at Estrella in the Maricopa Mountains.

Workmen at UP's Burnham Shops use a 120-ton capacity Whiting crane to lift the superstructure of SP GP60 No. 9743 off its trucks. Meanwhile, a mechanic at left goes about his work as though nothin... (more)

A southbound BNSF ethanol train rolling through Thackerville has three GEs for power today, with the middle unit a big CSX ET44.

BNSF 8007 East, an empty ethanol train headed back to the Midwest, is about to accelerate out of out of town and head onto the Hereford Sub of the Transcon. Meanwhile, DPUs on the rear of a grain ... (more)

A westbound UP stack train crosses the Cienega Creek Wash and UP's Track Two on the old El Paso & Southwestern bridge.

Just before sun-up, BNSF 7925 South holds at the north end of Lake Wanda as an opposing stack train heads for Alliance Yard. 7925's conductor is on the ground to give the northbound a roll-by.

On its maiden eastbound run, Santa Fe GP60 No. 100 meets a westbound UP APL stack train at Daggett. No. 100 is on the point of a 2-891 this morning, and her conductor is giving the UP train a good... (more)

A UP local returning from Chico passes through Saginaw on its way to Ney Yard in Ft. Worth. In consist are tank cars repaired at a Trinity Industries shop just north of Saginaw.

I was surprised to stumble onto this locomotive "storage" line on the west side of North Yard. The line consisted of NRE gensets and GEs (at the far end). No. 1231, the genset closest to... (more)

A Union Pacific mechanic drills a new hole in an locomotive engine block. Since the hole has to be precise, the drill is attached to a large guide.

Late in the day, a Santa Fe 589 train nearing the end of its run from Houston, TX, hustles through a tight curve at Gately, CA. In the distance at left one can see SP's Cal-P line.

At UP's ex-DRGW North Yard in Denver, a workman sands a big GE AC for its next run into the Rocky Mountains with coal empties.

SP 6788 East, a manifest headed for the yard at West Colton, CA, grinds its way up the relentless grade at Bealville in the heart of the Tehachapi Mountains. The smooth, rounded sides of the mount... (more)

As night settles over Avery, ID, one of the brakemen that will be working the train behind him looks over his car list. Behind him, other Milwaukee Road employees discuss tonight's operations. The... (more)