Despite running across the heart of Illinois, the Santa Fe TransCon, now known as BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision, is anything but flat. Trains traversing this line must climb and descend many stee... (more)

Westbound grain train behind BNSF 3817 & 5099.

A westbound BNSF welded rail train crawls along the edge of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon at Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 30, 2017.

A BNSF tanker train passes through the curve at Oro Grande.

A BNBF Intermodal train approaches Barstow Station under the hot desert sun.

Three months after shooting BNSF 7086 westbound in the snow, BNSF 3808 leads an eastbound Denver/Texas bound Q train through the same cut in lush spring conditions. The line is surrounded by orcha... (more)

A Q train races east through Cashmere, WA en route to its crew change at Wenatchee. This train provides service between Seattle and Denver/Texas, usually arriving eastbound at Wenatchee between 8-... (more)

A beautiful fall day finds the Funnel full of trains, some of which are parked. BNSF 3993 is on the point of a loaded oil train sitting idle after just re-crewing with a relief crew to get it to H... (more)

Racing through Hodge with the ZSBDALT in tow, BNSF 3790 leads an EMD and CREX as it heads east in the early morning.

A unit BNSF grain train led by BNSF 8211 meets CSX intermodal train Q007 led by CSXT 3281 at CP 63.

Locomotives:
BNSF 8211 ES44C4
CSXT 3281 ET44AC

BNSF 3972 leads a short westbound ZALTSTO at Ibis in the late afternoon.

Over the past week several BNSF unit grain trains have operated on a detour route over Union Pacific's Lakeside sub, south through Salt Lake City then east through Provo. These trains have been ni... (more)

Over the past week several BNSF unit grain trains have operated on a detour route over Union Pacific's Lakeside sub, south through Salt Lake City then east through Provo. These trains have been ni... (more)

Yes, steel rails can bend! A westbound rail train rolls through the curve leading to West Doublea on the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff.

A westbound train of international stacks is about to duck under the Route 66 highway overpass on the east side of Flagstaff.