At midday in January 2015, an eastbound BNSF stack train heads out of Woodford, OK, the largest town by far for miles around. Woodward is both a railroad town and an oil refining center.

Bringing back the beautiful sounds of yesteryear, a freshly painted pair of SD45s heads east with a DGNO transfer. The train is bound for UP's Miller Yard.

Late on a clear winter's day, a westbound intermodal train attacks the steepest part of Curtis Hill.

BNSF 5000 West tackles the grade at Belva as it passes the famous big red hills located there.

AT&L CF7 No. 2491 sits in the afternoon sun in a grain storage facility in Garfield.

Amtrak No. 21 has just arrived from Dallas, and will pull up past the crossover he's treading. Then, he'll back through the crossover from Main Two to Main One and into the Intermodal Transportati... (more)

Early in the morning, a westbound BNSF manifest meets an eastbound pig on the steep hill between Bena and Sandcut, CA.

A northbound BNSF manifest meets a southbound coal train headed for the Ft. Scott Sub with three new ACEs for DPUs on the rear.

Late on a warm afternoon, a southbound BNSF coal train roars past the greenery that surrounds Tower 60 and the Trinity River.

A BNSF coal load charges up the slight grade south of Tower 55.

Coal loads meet empties just east of Biggsville on the former CB&Q main line through Illinois.

Amtrak's westbound Texas Eagle passes the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge as it crosses the Trinity River flood plain in Dallas. The train is headed for San Antonio via Ft. Worth.

Late in the afternoon, a southbound BNSF local meeting a northbound in the siding at Thackerville. The local is headed back to Gainesville, TX, its base of operations.

BNSF's Red Rock Sub dispatcher runs Amtrak No. 822 around a northbound BNSF freight in the siding at Thackerville. Behind the locomotives are two SD70MACs on flat cars headed for repairs of some k... (more)

Early on a humid Saturday in 2013, UP coal empties crawl up the siding at Valley View, TX, after meeting a BNSF QKCKSAG, the westbound NS RoadRailer out of Ft. Wayne, IN. The UP northbound is a tr... (more)