Rear DP engines on a southbound rock train to Irving TX crossing Lake Texoma

A post-merger power consist still predominantly flying the Santa Fe flag brings a westbound across the Kansas City Terminal/UP (former MP) diamond at Sheffield interlocking in days before a flyove... (more)

The morning fog is burning off as a short manifest train passes the grain silos at Annada, Missouri.

Crossing a wood trestle south of Farthing, Wyoming, is a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train as it approaches Altus on the former Colorado & Southern main line between Cheyenne and ... (more)

BNSF C 44 9W No. 4135 leads Santa Fe Warbonnet C 44 9W No. 636 and Norfolk Southern Stallion C 44 9W no. 9367 along the treacherous rock face of Serpentine Canyon on the old Western Pacific Feathe... (more)

Back when BNSF was colorful. And what a lash up on this Denver to Provo trackage right train. C44-9W 739, GP7U 1312, SD40-2 7304, 8021, SDF40-2 6968, and another SD40-2 7223. My dad Tom Ellis went... (more)

Ex-Frisco BN GP50

BNSF 6017, one of the new 25th Anniversary units, leads a loaded coal train across the Brazos River south of Fort Worth. Just past here it would end up sitting in a siding until past dark due to o... (more)

A pair of former Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s, Nos. 7898 and 6372, pull an eastbound BNSF freight past a ranch east of Verona, Wyoming, on July 1 2002. The conductor seems momentarily have his ... (more)

A westbound stack train passes the siding at Medill, Missouri. Interesting to note that on a clear blue day that the sun is muted. This is due to smoke from western wildfires, which are about 20... (more)

25th Anniversary Locomotive leads a vehicle train southbound.

Across the barren expanse, on the home stretch into Winslow, comes ATSF 533 with a power consist that still evokes the heritage of this iconic route. Beyond the searchlight signals lies the Canyo... (more)