After departing Galesburg, a BNSF mixed freight departs to the north with a duo of BNSF Dash 9's.

Snarling up the steep grade from Pica, BNSF 7817 leads a 4+1 manifest towards Yampai summit just around the bend, after which it will be downgrade to Needles. Dispatching lore has it that whatever... (more)

Standing on a bridge in Winslow, Arizona as the intense southwestern sun rises, action is likewise intense along the Transcon this morning as a manifest gets out of town and baretables wait for a ... (more)

Approaching Dalies Junction from the west, a manifest train is cresting the grade and will soon be in dynamics for the run downhill to Belen.

Two LMX units bracket a GP60B as they crest the Palmer Divide enroute to Denver. Today this scene is no longer possible as the LMX units have been sold off and the red barn has been torn down.

5 locomotives in 5 different paint schemes, lead an EB manifest train downgrade on BNSF's Hi-Line Subdivision in north-western Montana, not far east of Marias Pass. This spot is known as Triple Di... (more)

The nice thing about helpers (aside from preventing stalling or break-in-twos) is that added opportunity to take advantage of photo angles; especially with a dearth of westbounds this morning. Her... (more)

In Montana autumn, BNSF 7841 eases a grain train down the long grade off Marias Pass and through the tight curve between Sheds 8 and 7.

BNSF 6159 shoves hard on another load of coal heading over Crawford Hill. The faintest of rainbows can be seen to the right of the train.

3 big units lead an Eastbound freight under an old NP signal bridge at Plains Montana, I believe this was a Pasco to Kansas City train.

Passenger stations and agencies were once a common aspect of lineside detail. The 1908-built AT&SF depot in Mountainair is on the National Register of Historic Places and fortunately remains as ev... (more)

Through much of New Mexico, Arizona and California, the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe and Route 66 were kissin' cousins. Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren immortalized the AT&SF in song, and Bobb... (more)

While the semaphores may be gone, MRL still displays signs of NP heritage, including numerous signal bridges.

A faded Dash 9 leads a BRCGAL manifest into Galesburg Yard as an eastbound departs.

Tatyana and the brakemen from the SPO-EVE engage in idle chit-chat about how they like to spend the last days of summer as the rest of the crew waits for the dispatcher to give them the switch. I'... (more)