BNSF Railway Bi-Level Coach/Lounge 40, the "Fox River," seen in BNSF Officer Special O-LACSDG9-11 (Los Angeles to San Diego) was built by Pullman-Standard in 1955 as Southern Pacific gal... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP 730 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in May 1956, with a high short-hood and an attractive black and silver “Zebra Stripe” paint scheme. It wa... (more)

A former Santa Fe unit rescues what was once the Super Chief as the train hauls past the now defunct blades near Robinson, NM. The intermediate's fate was expedited after a week of signal problems... (more)

The stars of the universe glow an intense shine over the darkness of northern New Mexico as the intermediate semaphore blades stand guard over the former ATSF Transcontinental. Despite being over ... (more)

Two BNSF vehicle trains meet at Bealville on the west slope of California’s Tehachapi Pass on the afternoon of February 24, 2016.

A westbound Santa Fe train climbs Edelstein Hill just east of Edelstein, Illinois, on May 22, 1988. Powering the train is a trio of six-axle EMDs—SD45 No. 5312, SD45-2 No. 5809 and SD40-2 No. 51... (more)

The morning's "May Gray" overcast has just burned off and it is a pleasant 73ºF (23ºC) as BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, the H-BARSDG1-17A, passes through the Metrolink station (... (more)

Locomotives are needed in Los Angeles, which explains why BNSF Railway D-BARLAC3-09 (Light Engines, Barstow CA to Los Angeles CA) speeds through Basta, at milepost 163 (two miles west of Fullerton... (more)

BNSF 7125 (ES44C4) leads a stack train through the Cajon Pass area in California

The daily Hillsboro Sub local takes the siding at Buxton to pick up a few cars from the elevator in town. Let's hope the powers that be in Grand Forks keep these two classic green motors together ... (more)

With the morning "passenger rush" over, BNSF Railway train Z-LACNYC1-13U, about 25 miles into its journey from Los Angeles to New York, speeds eastward on BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub. B... (more)

Rolling toward San Diego on Metrolink’s 5½-mile long Olive Sub, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-11A is about the pass from Anaheim into the city of Orange as it crosses the Santa Ana River. (Fun fact: T... (more)

A 10-car BNSF Railway Officer Special, O-LACSDG9-11, heads south on its way from Los Angeles to San Diego. (The passengers were loaded in Fullerton, however.). BNSF ES44C4 3261 and ET44C4 3695 ha... (more)

Splitting the searchlight signals in Caliente, BNSF intermodal train Z-KCKNBY1-05 descends Tehachapi Pass on its way from Kansas City to North Bay, the BNSF intermodal facility in San Pablo, Calif... (more)

A transfer job departs Vancouver for Lake Yard as they pass another set of local power tied up by the station. According to my notes, this was a Portland Terminal or UP crew of some sort.