Pulling the long grade up the Arizona Divide, ATSF 530 leads an eastbound through Crookton, AZ. Ektachrome.

The bright light of the rising sun, the vast landscape and mountains some fifty miles distant all contribute to the scene as BNSF 1001 glides eastbound into Winslow, AZ. Fuji Astia.

A couple Dash 9s in their heyday - the 4740 and 4847 - lead a westbound manifest through Oreapolis, NE on an early spring adternoon. The searchlights protect the crossing with UP's Falls City Sub ... (more)

BNSF 123 leads an E/B Intermodal near the top of Abo Canyon above Bridge 7 on June 1, 1997 with BNSF 131 and two ATSF GP60's. Both of the BNSF GP60M's were re lettered from ATSF to BNSF in Septemb... (more)

A four pack of GE units work the long westward grade at the Cosnino Road crossing east of Flagstaff. In the days before the classic signal systems were destroyed, signal bridges such as this were ... (more)

BNSF GP50 3178 leads a westbound local by the Joliet station.

Angiola, CA, in 1998.

I labelled this photo "Bena Road, near Bakersfield". 1998.

The Lincoln, NE, to Galesburg, IL, manifest train had a somewhat interesting consist. The train is seen here making its way east on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is on the final leg, with Galesburg 6... (more)

Rolling across the Topock bridge over the Colorado River. The early years of BNSF, four paint schemes, H2, BN white face, H1, Santa Fe Red and Silver. Four locomotive types C44-9W, SD60M, SD40-2, ... (more)

BNSF Railway train E-CSSBTM017A heads west back to Wyoming's Black Thunder Mine from Stratton, Ohio. A trio of SD70MACs power this train: BNSF 9545 (ex-BN 9545), 9760 and 9506 (ex-BN 9506). more)

BNSF 1120 Heritage 1 paint scheme, leads eastbound on the west end of Abo Canyon. Heritage one is my favorite BNSF paint scheme, Goat Boat.

Two hot shots meet at Cosnino, Arizona. Pretty cool to see the manifest being lead by four standard cab EMD's.

Back in the early days of the BNSF. When you could still get into Abo Canyon, before the double track. I don't remember how the bridge ordination works. I thing this is either bridge 3, 5, or 6.

BNSF 7161 leads the southbound Coast Starlight through Gilroy after an equipment failure the previous day in Seattle. The southernmost Caltrain terminal, still served by diesels to and from San Jo... (more)