Back when foreign power was being oil trains into Saint John, a pair of orange pumpkins are in charge of NBSR train 907 as they depart Saint John, New Brunswick. Seen here at Acamac.
BNSF "goat boats" pass the East Glacier Park station as they climb the east slope of Marias Pass. The station is still a stop for Amtrak's #7 and #8, the Empire Builder.
Westbound cars and pickups storm through the rural community of Des Lacs, ND on a Summer-like April afternoon in 2012... Unfortunately, April 1st of 2013 won't be that nice - with a 3 foot snowpac... (more)
With a 3/4 moon above in the rich blue sky, two of BNSF's "Goatboats" lead a Blue Island, IL to Portland, OR vehicle train over the South Branch Creek on a warm and breezy afternoon.
A shot of Q381-02 just west of the last tunnel on the Short Line Sub, showing the unique "Great Pumpkin", BNSF 8197, running second out.
Q381-02 makes its way around the curve betwen CP 17 and NS Rockport Yard, with the Great Pumpkin trailing the H1 leader in a three motor elephant-style consist.
The locomotive in the 2nd position of this power lashup is BNSF 8197, an SD60M painted in the unique "Great Pumpkin" scheme
Eastbound tonnage climbs cajon with evidence of the new cut work between Cajon and Cozy Dell.
BNSF 989 South passes the signal guarding the south end of Lake Wanda.
BNSF H1 Dash 9 989 leads a unit grain train through extreme vertical curvature on the Fort Worth Sub at Lake Wanda.
The outbound autoracks pass yet another skyscraper under construction.
A quad of colorful GE locomotives lead an 80 car joint Utah Railway-BNSF coal train down the upper Gilluly horseshoe curve. Included in the power consist are BNSF 989, BNSF 733, Ferromex (FXE) 452... (more)
NS228 brings a colorful head end to the NS H line in West Virginia.
A BNSF manifest leaves downtown Tulsa, OK behind a matched set of HI power
