A westbound manifest train was stopped at MP 18. You can notice a plane flying at a very low altitude with Mt. Baker in the background.
With Haystack Mountain in the background, 2 BNSF bracket 2 CSXT GE's as they lead a westbound Q train up main #2 towards the Continental Divide just west of Prewitt, NM on 12/14/13.
BNSF 5071 leads 2 CSXT motors and another BNSF motor as it climbs towards the Continental Divide as is passes my location just east of Prewitt, NM on 12/14/13. Haystack Mountain and Mt. Taylor can... (more)
A westbound Z train with 5 units on the point hustles into the small town of Verndale, Minnesota as many of the fans gathered for the annual "VerndaleRail" event look on.
A southbound manifest approaches the Vermillion Road Crossing just outside of Longmont with a KCS Southern Belle Painted Unit trailing.
After getting a new track warrant, the LAUDEN rounds the curve at Highland and heads south just north of Longmont at a location called Morey.
Scattered showers roam the area as the LAUDEN pause at the SSS Longs Peak waiting for a new track warrant to proceed south. Trailing behind the BNSF Dash 9 is a repainted Kansas City Southern GE A... (more)
Coming off the Oregon Trunk. Third unit is NS.
Southbound coils head for the Tehachapi grade with a ex Soo Line SD60 in the concest.
Crossing the Keddie Wye
The stack re-routes are back! MoW work is in progress along the KO Sub between Minot and Fargo causing stacks/autoracks to detour over the Great Northern's former Hi-Line across northern ND. BNS... (more)
BNSF 5071 West, an empty unit sulfur train, heads into the siding at Alvord.