Rolling down the hill from the crest in Mountainair, NM, BNSF 5293 approaches Abo Canyon.

On the First Day of Fall, Aspens in Gold

Below me from the steep incline just below CO highway 72 a westbound crawls around the horseshoe at day lighted tunnel 28. In search o... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train heads east at Grizzly, Montana, on the beautiful spring morning of June 4, 2002. The snow-covered peaks of Glacier National Park dominate the back... (more)

With the stately snow-capped mountains of Glacier National Park in the background, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight led by GE C44-9W No. 5293 heads eastbound after topping Marias Pass just e... (more)

The jagged mountains of Glacier National Park fill the background behind an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train at Bison, Montana, on the morning of June 4, 2002.

Hustling its westbound Z train through the small desert community of Ludlow, BNSF 5293 gives a few honks to those of us taking photos below as it prepares to negotiate the curves west of town.

With the St. Paul Minnesota Skyline in the Background An Eastbound BNSF Z Train Rolls Through the triangle of track Division as the Train slows for the Signal at Hoffman.

Another empty oil train (CSX K055-28) heads west, bringing foreign power for the locals to see. My first BNSF sighting in many years.

On a beautiful spring day along the southern border of Glacier National Park, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train approaches Summit, Montana, on June 4, 2002.

An eastbound BNSF stack train crosses Java Bridge over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at West Java, Montana, on the morning of June 4, 2002.

Springtime in Glacier
A BNSF stack train heads east at Grizzly, Montana, on the beautiful spring morning of June 4, 2002. The snow-covered peaks of Glacier National Park tower in the ba... (more)

Signal problems have brought BNSF 5293 to a crawl as the train flags through Bena late in the afternoon. The crew's eyes are intently focused on the track ahead.

BNSF 5293 highballs west through Verona at track speed.

Canadian National Ethanol empty makes its way west over BNSF's Raceway as a Container Train departs BNSF's Cicero Yard Under CN/IC's Freeport Sub. Off in the distance a Manifest creeps slowly up t... (more)

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