What used to be the engines of the fastest Santa Fe intermodal trains, now turned to local power. Two of ATSF's finest sits on house tracks in Galesburg, Illinois.

After working Joliet Yard, M CHIGAL highballs west out of town with a pair of Santa Fe Warbonnets bracketing a GP60B.

An A-B-A set takes L CHI102 west this afternoon, led by Warbonnet B40-8W 555.

The "BN Clinton" passes the rock memorial to armed services in LeClaire with "pinky" leading.

After 26 years in the Mile High sun, BNSF 556 looks more like a Pinkbonnet than a Warbonnet. I would still rather see her run in all her faded glory than to see her in a Heritage III scheme.

A quick sucker hole in the building cloud cover allows the sun to shine through and illuminate westbound local freight L-CHI1021 16I as it works its way through the quaint community of Edelstein a... (more)

A decent looking warbonnet hold down yard duties at Cicero Yard as an eastbound suburban races by on the main line in the background.

Eastbound 991 train climbing Goffs Hill at Arrowhead Jct near Ibis station.

The Cadiz Local rolls downgrade after just topping over Ash Hill with a decent looking fakebonnet leading the pack.

After catching a 6:30am flight out of Atlanta for Denver, we were treated with this BNSF local as our first train in the great state of Colorado. BNSF B40-8W #521 & GP40M #3003 hustle north with t... (more)

What has to be the best looking warbonnet leads the Barstow to Clinton local at "Tom Farence Curve" in Pleasant Valley.

An unusual for this local exSanta Fe B40 leads the twice a week southbound on the normal northbound only main two Pikes Peak Local towards Palmer Lake adjacent Spruce siding located on main one.

BNSF's twice a week southbound Pikes Peak Local was taking the exDRGW curves on the south side of Monument led by an unusual for this local exSanta Fe B40-8W.

Here we are in Worcester, Massachusetts about 40 miles or so out of Boston with today's 'catch of the day'. We ain't talking about 'lobstah' from the 'habah' here but something that's just as good... (more)

Illuminated by the late afternoon sun BNSF's Cadiz Turn slips down grade off Ash Hill on its eastbound trip to Cadiz, CA, there the local will interchange with the Arizona & California Railroad. O... (more)