Working westbound on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision is a BNSF coal train following the Missouri River into Clarkston, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

I took a little break from football Sunday to nab S LPCTAC heading north on the J with an Executive SD70MAC leading the charge. The veteran MAC also comes complete with a nose logo. Later this aft... (more)

BNSF 9431 brings up the rear of a rare grain load as it passes thru Summit and begins the trip down Cajon Pass.

KCS 3928 and KCS 4561 work hard upgrade towards the summit of Rich Mountain with a southbound loaded grain train. The train snakes it way through a large S-curve following the Ouachita River, and ... (more)

Coal trains line up and wait to depart the BNSF yard at Donkey Creek, Wyoming, on May 4, 2007. This yard built along BNSF’s Black Hills Subdivision east of Gillette is to help stage empty trains w... (more)

A Grinstein Green Big Mac takes up the rear on a unit grain train as it runs into the last rays of light on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub.

CSX Selkirk to Buffalo local B789 is pulling past the tower at Rochester's Goodman Street Yard with an SD70MAC on the point, picking up locomotives from the engine tracks to be moved for servicing... (more)

Southbound sand train running along the Mississippi River.

An executive MAC brings up the rear of an eastbound coal train.

A pair of MAC's wait in the small BNSF yard in Golden for an assignment.

"Plain-face" Grinstein painted #9615 leads Norfolk Southern #8027 on an Eastbound loaded Oil train.

Hotshot Intermodal Q025 rumbles South to Jacksonville, Fl.

One of my favorite locomotive color schemes was that of the Burlington Northern SD70MACs in their original lettering. They ruled the coal routes for several years. Here a trio have paused with the... (more)

A pair of MACs take coal empties from Superior west to the mines in Wyoming for reloading on a clear evening.

BNSF 9720 & BNSF 624 leading a vehicle train to San Bernardino, CA through the Midwest on the Santa Fe. Couldn’t have asked for better light with this pre merger consist!