A morning oil load turns into the rising sun at Austin, Montana. The heavy train is assisted with a rear DPU that can be seen in the background (right) in the photo. Out of site is a 4 unit mann... (more)

Wendover Canyon Eastbound coal rumbles through the remote Wendover Canyon. This line is one of the main exits for coal leaving the Powder River coal fields. While the line still sees abo... (more)

Coyotes howl throughout the hills around the secluded railroad location of Cliff, while the quiet chirp of crickets is silenced by the approaching horn of a BNSF manifest. Moments later, the roar ... (more)

Tunnel District Westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest climbs the 2% grade around South Draw. Across the drainage on the west flank of Eldorado Mountain the rear DPU shoves into Tunnel 15. ... (more)

Dawn breaks on the Fallbridge Sub as the morning Z crosses the causeway separating the Columbia River from Roland Lake.

Family vacation up to my in-law's trailer near Harpers Ferry this week allowed for some interesting shooting locations. Unfortunately I didn't make the most out of it cause the timing of trains di... (more)

The Des Moines River west of Ottumwa is high and has alot of back waters in this area. This is the DP units on an Ottumwa bound loaded coal train that is setup 2x1x2. This train will turn the corn... (more)

With another Tehachapi summer night underway, a south bound BNSF intermodal rumbles up grade and lights the right of way through the tight confines of the cut just below the Tehachapi Loop, while ... (more)

Part II Sand Train. An hour after this train passed through Coal Creek Canyon the westbound sand train crawled past the site of former Tunnel 28 on its journey towards the Continental Divi... (more)

Part I Sand Train. A BNSF sand train climbs up and around the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon. The 2% grade is evident here as the the head-end of the train passed over the 2 DPU AC u... (more)

Lombard Canyon is on the Missouri near Tostin, MT. Lewis & Clark once camped along the banks here, perhaps in this very spot this photo was taken. Later smaller river boat steamers made it as far... (more)

The vast painted badlands of Wyoming have always amazed me. It wasn't until a few years ago that some good friends introduced me to this portion of the BNSF that runs thru some of the amazing rock... (more)

A SD70ACE 9229 leads a northbound manifest into Homes Canyon. The train is twisting thru what is supposedly the sharpest curve on a BNSF mainline along the banks of the Little Big Horn River. Wh... (more)

The dark concreted enclosure of Tehachapi’s tunnel 3 lies quiet for the majority of the time, until the faint illumination of an approaching train begins to quickly light up the right of way out... (more)

A north bound BNSF intermodal glints in the morning light as it exits Caliente and approaches the Caliente canyon on a perfect spring morning. Up the mountain at Cliff, a south bound UP manifest c... (more)