Empty tank cars from St James, LA via the UP cross the spectacular Gassman Coulee Trestle on a dazzling Summer afternoon, destined for Trenton, ND and another load of sweet Baaken crude oil; with ... (more)
With a pair of ex-BN executive Mac's up front and one more shoving on the rear, a loaded coal train charges through Gladstone on the former Burlington Northern mainline between Chicago and Burling... (more)
A eastbound coal load is racing a gust front from a line of thunderstorms on a warm summer evening west of Hebron,ND 8/10/07. The field of sunflowers in the foreground are in full bloom, and are f... (more)
A surprisingly clean BNSF 9700 leads coal empties north through Palmer Lake. I've been seeing a lot of matched Executive MAC sets on the Joint Line lately, not sure why, but they beat the heck ou... (more)
I got word that a Track Geometry Train from Guernsey, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado was coming down the FRS. It was a nice treat to see this as well as a BNSF Executive SD70MAC on the point. Seen he... (more)
Engineer Zimmerman smiles as he leads a single executive MAC and Argyle, MN, grain empties out of East Grand Forks.
A pair of executive MACs leads an empty coal train down the Hillsboro subdivision out of Grand Forks on a warm summer morning.
Q633 heads West with a pair of ex-BN "executive" SD70MACs leading the way. Western coal power is quite common up here, as CSX likes to pull it off loaded coal trains and run it between Buffalo and... (more)
A trailer train whisks by, as the cold rain falls upon an old BN Executive unit, awaiting a new crew.
BNSF 9754 leads an Eastbound coal load onto the Creston Sub through an evening snow storm at Ashland Nebraska.
An empty coal train climbs the steep grade at Blue Island with a pair of sparkling unpatched BN Executive SD70MAC's.
A loaded eastbound coal train on the Creston Sub... and not taken in Fairfield, IA!
A westbound pair of matched 70MAC's enters the junction at Ashland, where the Creston Sub, the Omaha Sub, and the Sioux City Sub meet. The train is coming off the Creston Sub.
