Dash9s were as ubiquitous on BNSF as SD70Ms on UP. A pair of Dash9s and pair of SD40-2s power this westbound through Williams Jct., AZ on a winter late afternoon. Ektachrome.

A pair of Dash9s lead an SD60M and 40-2 with an eastbound intermodal train at Suwanee, NM., about forty seven miles west of Belen. Fuji Velvia.

MASNP-14, usually running via the Marysville Sub, has detoured via the Falls City Sub from KC to Omaha and thence west into the flatlands.

Most days one could just sit by the tracks and watch coal trains go past like a steady procession, loaded or empty. It's a crisp and clear December afternoon as the 8051 arrives in Fremont with a ... (more)

CNW 8638 West is pouring on the power for Arlington hill as the train departs Kennard, NE on a winter's day.

Early morning on the Arizona Divide finds this eastbound humming downgrade in dynamic past the Cosnino Road crossing between Flagstaff and Darling.

MGRNP-24, a soda ash train out of Green River, WY, pours on the power as the heavy outfit ascends the grade toward Sherman.

The Route 30 overpass west of Maxwell, NE provides a viewing point for the passage of symbol MFWNP-19 on the home stretch into North Platte.

In a typical scene along US 30 in central Nebraska, a westbound empty set destined for the Coal Creek mine in Wyoming rolls along the center main departing Gibbon, NE. Quite a sight with all of th... (more)

Before the SD70Ms started coming on line with the expansive UP wings on their nose, the little postage stamp shield predominated for some time. UP's new nose treatment is similarly (and appropriat... (more)

A late winter day along the Sidney Sub in western Nebraska finds a predominantly C&NW power set leading 12,000 ton West Colton manifest MNPWC-9 towards Cheyenne. Fuji Astia.

Under blue Arizona skies and following old Route 66 west of Seligman, here comes an eastbound with a typical post-merger power consist rounding the bend near old Audley station. Fuji Velvia.

The 1960 line change between Williams and Crookton, AZ was a significant event in expediting traffic. The steep grades and sharp curves of the old route via Ash Fork were replaced with a high spee... (more)

On the Arizona Divide: BNSF 7834 leads a westbound approaching Williams Jct., AZ. Fuji Velvia.

A rather eclectic lash up rolls east at the entrance to corn country (as opposed to cow country) near Anselmo, NE. AFSF 5009 is a 1966 SD40 that was rebuilt as an SD40u. The fuel tender and SD40-2... (more)