A westbound heads into Belen at 6:20 pm with building thunderstorms around

BNSF #8357 westbound near Belen, New Mexico on February 19, 2019.

561, a pair of Dash 9-44CWs and an SD40-2 switch cars from their train, visible in the background.

SD45-2 5835 leads GP35s 2822 and 2911 at the head of westbound autoracks.

It is 5:06 pm as BNSF 4736 leads a J.B. Hunt doublestack east over the Abo Canyon bridge. It is one month after the attack on 9/11, and soon this area would become restricted. The addition of th... (more)

It is 6:10 pm as former Santa Fe 6723 leads BN 7052, BN 8085 and Santa Fe 863 east across the Abo Canyon bridge. This photo was taken one month after the attacks on 9/11, and soon this area would... (more)

Having just made a crew change, Santa Fe 5628 west heads out of the Belen yard at 7:45 am with the hot 188 intermodal train.

Lots of color at the west end of the BNSF Belen yard as Ferromex power waits to back into the diesel service area. Ex Santa Fe 1608 is switching cars, while BNSF 7927 east come around the corner ... (more)

Eastbound doublestacks roll into Belen for fuel, exam and crew change. Trailing units are C30-7 8151, F45 5983 and C39-8 CR 6019.

One month after 9-11, a very worn looking Santa Fe 804 leads a colorful consist across bridge number 2 in Abo Canyon. Things have changed since this photo was taken, with the addition of the secon... (more)

Two Santa Fe Dash 8-40BWs led by ATSF 559 bookend a pair of BN SD40-2s on a westbound intermodal train headed out of Abo Canyon on its way to Belen, NM. It's 2.5 years into BNSF, but you would not... (more)

A spring 1998 trip to Abo Canyon led to an interesting mix of power in the early BNSF era. Here a westbound stack train exits Abo with a mix of BN/Santa Fe and BNSF power. The two blue and yellow ... (more)

BNSF 8564 west a loaded coal train near the Lucy crossovers along the Transcon in New Mexico. This coal train has just met an eastbound double stack under dramatic stormy skies.

BNSF 6622 east with heritage one paint 1019 race along with a 15 car stack "sprint" train at the Beevers crossover near Abo Canyon on a beautiful morning.