Arizona's monsoon season are like no other. From June to October, rain, rainbows, and thunder happen nearly daily. July 17, 2017 was no exception. Here, the sounds of four GE locomotives pulling a... (more)

Dwarfed in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, an eastbound BNSF trackage rights train snakes its way through Azure, Colorado. Recent winter storms have blanketed the Western Slope with a fresh l... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight passes the old searchlight signals at mile 14.5 on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Leyden on April 20, 2003. The grass is greening up on this spring morning, but... (more)

The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline Sub is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places w... (more)

A trio of GEs haul grain loads off the Hi-Line across the 4,769 ft trestle over the pristine waters of Lake Pend Oreille. This train is hot on the heels of a Z-train while two eastbounds are waiti... (more)

BNSF 3990 rounds the curves west of the Columbia River bridge near Rock Island, WA with a J train consisting of Boeing 737 fuselages. The tight curves restrict the trains to about 25 mph here. The... (more)

BNSF 7394 leads a 360 axle southbound manifest out of Cascan.

Light snow dusts the scene as a westbound BNSF freight enters double track at East Algoma after crossing the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille across from Sandpoint, Idaho, on January 28, 2020.

Across the vast spaces of Montana at the foot of Glacier Park, BNSF 4339 East has one more short grade to crest before heading onto the plains.

BNSF 4959 leading the Pasco - Fresno manifest through La Pine, OR

A bull crosses Echeta Road as a pair of Burlington Northern SD40-2s hustle an eastbound “Z’ train past milepost 627 through Croton, Wyoming, on the morning of June 14, 1997. Croton is located ... (more)

The Southern Pacific era signal bridge just west of Mojave, CA was a popular photographic location before its demise during the decimation of heritage signal systems. Just a few blocks from enteri... (more)

BNSF 756 East is about to enter two main track territory as it leaves the Flathead River gorge on the long grade to Marias Pass. The image fails to capture the incredible lightness and pine scent ... (more)

Essex helpers on the 756 East approach the summit of the grade at Marias Pass.

BNSF 6188 East is descending Silver Zone Pass on the former Western Pacific line between Elko and Wendover, NV.