BNSF GE's bring an empty gon train into Oak Canyon on the trek to Trinidad

Kasey and his dog watch a westbound BNSF Q train climb the 2.2 percent grade of Mullan Pass from his land on the outside of the big curve encircling Iron Ridge above Austin, Montana, on June 26, 2... (more)

BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) leads a JB Hunt stack train south on the Joint Line into Colorado Springs.

BNSF 6928 (ES44C4) leads a JB Hunt stack train through Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.

A fresh-looking BNSF 8028 muscles a loaded coal train through Nixon, Colorado on the Joint Line.

NS 19W has just crested the grade in Christiansburg, VA as it goes through the signals at CP Christiansburg.

NS 19W continues up grade through Shawsville, VA just out of Montgomery Tunnel.

With a BNSF unit in the lead, NS 19W heads west through Shawsville, VA over a private crossing.

With a BNSF unit in the lead, NS 19W heads west through Shawsville, VA.

BNSF 7036 heads West at Barstow.

BNSF's business train heads east on the Wayzata Sub as sunset nears on Halloween.

An intermodal flies west through Maiden Rock. Despite it being very late into October, a good amount of foliage was still present.

BNSF 7955 (ES44C4) runs the S curve east of Sedalia, Colorado on the Joint Line.

Six engines lead a massive Manifest along the BNSF Barstow Sub.

The last minutes of evening sun extend the shadows onto the southbound track of the Joint Line through Castle Rock, Colorado.