BNSF 7240 & 8577 westbound with empties.

BNSF 7643 westbound with empty auto racks.

A westbound Q train arrives at Commerce behind a mix of BNSF and UP power.

An eastbound BNSF grain train traces the banks of the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

An eastbound freight make good time through a series of four tunnels just west of Lyle, WA as it progresses from Vancouver, WA to Pasco on the former SP&S mainline.

BNSF 7643 and an SD70MAC cruise by the Mississippi River lock and dam at Alma on the "wrong" main with a stack train bound for Chicago. Maintenance crews were doing work up the line at N... (more)

The Loop never gets old.

Early morning in Cajon Pass finds a westbound BNSF doublestack train popping out of the shadows at Cajon station where the north tracks and south track split.

An eastbound stack train roars its way out of Sullivans Curve as it continues its assault on Cajon. In another four miles the Summit will be reached and the train will pick up speed as it heads to... (more)

An eastbound BNSF grain train decends Evaro Hill just west of Missoula, Montana on March 24, 2008.

The horses don't seem to care that a high speed intermodal is blasting past as a thunderstorm also is nearby. Minutes later the rain cuts loose on this scene.

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train races the ice flow on the Mississippi River.

Westward on the race track.

This Westbound Z-train slows up to let an Eastbound Z-train get thru East Ethel before crossing over to main 2 to get around a grain train 10 minutes ahead of them.