Snow has begun to fall near Barr Lake as a loaded coal train, pulled by a pair ex-BN MACs, begins to charge up to speed after slowing for a 10 MPH temporary speed restriction. A scene like this wa... (more)

Like a scene from the late 1990's, a pair of ex-BN executive MACs pull a 120 car Halsted, TX coal load over the hill of Keensburg, CO on a storm, cold, winter day.

Two Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs, along with a SP GE AC4400CW, power a westbound coal train over Adobe Creek at Arlington, Colorado, on July 26, 1996. BN locomotives leading SP trains were unc... (more)

CSXT 4563 leads an ethanol train through Blue Island, IL.

An untouched CSX SD70MAC leads a hotshot Q258 southbound on a nice February morning.

After holding at CP VO for just about 2 hours for some Westbound traffic, loaded auto Q258 gets the light to head into the yard, A becoming rare SD70MAC leads Saturdays train in.

BNSF 8975, 9278, & 5857 bring up the rear of a westbound empty coal train on BNSF's Ravenna Subdivision.

BNSF 9651 & another BN painted “Executive Mac” lead a coal train off of the BNSF and onto the NS at 18th Street in Chicago. I would later on shoot this same exact set of SD70MAC’s on the BNSF Peor... (more)

BNSF SD70MAC 8811 leads X-CSXBTL west through Westmont.

The day after a blizzard coated everything with a thick layer of snow, BNSF 9709 (Executive SD70MAC) sits waiting for orders in the small yard which serves the Coors Brewery facility in Golden, Co... (more)

Multi State Picture. CSX Q262-07 was the second train of the day to have an Kansas City Southern EMD leader on Sunday, April 8, 2018, as CSX Q234-07 had already passed with KCS 4164 (SD70Ace). KCS... (more)

Seeing an EMD CSXT motor leading trains isn't too common around the Midwest. Here a SD70Mac leads this potash train on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is passing thru Savanna enroute towards Grebne... (more)

After swapping crews at Western Avenue, an empty coal train heads west out of the city with a BNSF SD70MAC leading the way.

A pair of Conrail SD70MACs (4136 & 4131) lead SEEL west past Lock 10 along the Erie Canal.