BNSF first section priority Z intermodal races east through Modesto in the afternoon.
The Chicago, IL, to St. Paul, MN, Z-train rolls west on the C&I in the evening. The train is 122 miles west of Chicago on the Aurora Sub.
Splitting the rocks in Kingman Canyon, in Kingman, AZ, BNSF 7467 makes his way through the scorching weather of the desert.
A quad of BNSF GE's lead a Z train through Lemont, headed west.
A westbound piggyback negotiates the S curve at Lemont.
A Southbound manifest enters the Tehachapi's at Illmon on a late December afternoon.
A Z speeds west as a eastbound works toward the Continental Divide in western New Mexico as a winter storm closes in.
Loads of grain head west, as ice fishermen enjoy a day out on the frozen lake.
A BNSF Z train out of Cicero heads for the Pacific Northwest.