The Clouds are low and the River is quiet as me and 2 friends wait and listen for the "morning Z's" horn in Gold Bar. As we hear the horn we prepare our Cameras and get our framing right... (more)
On a cloudy august morning a BNSF Z train races over the Skykomish river.
BNSFs Seattle to Chicago Z train slips between the Bonneville Cut in the morning hours.
The morning Z train out of Seattle races East over the Skykomish River at the Big Eddy
The hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino Z-train climbs up the 1.5% grade of Yampai as the moon rises over the Audley Valley.
Every once in a while it's nice to go out "in my own back yard" and catch a train along Monitor curve. I enjoy watching the history of railroading progress by repeating similar shots here over tim... (more)
BNSF 7210 pops out of the short tunnel on the upper side of Trinidad Loop near Cresent Bar, WA with a Z train headed eastbound from south Seattle to Chicago. Scenery at this location about 25 mile... (more)
Two of BN's finest tug a manifest southward through Merrifield on a busy April day.
An eastbound stack train rolls through the countryside, just outside of Streator.
An eastbound (south along the Mississippi River) BNSF grain train passes beneath the bluffs just north of Savanna that are lit up by late afternoon sunlight passing through residual sugars left in... (more)
Grain empties for South Dakota pass the massive Herman Market Company on a cold winter morning.
Nikon D3s, 17-35 @ 20mm
A pair of GEs kick out some exhaust as they power up out of a slow order. You can tell that the air temperature was -15 degrees this morning.
Q LACNWO1-04 With BNSF 7210, BNSF 7213, BNSF 1038, BNSF 5190, & BNSF 4015 with 57 Loads, 5177 Tons 5437 Feet. BNSF 7210 & BNSF 7213 look great on their return maiden trip. Photographed at 14:31.