Five O'clock Right Here | Around five in the morning on a warm Sunday, August 4, 2024, a Memphis-to-LA intermodal train cruises westbound through downtown Tulsa, OK.
BNSF Railway train M-BARLAC1-05A heads west into the setting sun on its way from Barstow CA to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles. BNSF ES44DCs 7718, 7705 and 7738 are up front, with two more ES44DCs, 77... (more)
Working downgrade from Kingman, BNSF 7749 west meets theBNSF 7502 east as the westbound train closes in on its next crew change point of Needles - ultimately bound for the Port of Los Angeles.
BNSF 7749 leads. DDG train eastbound though the signals at La Plata, Missouri.
BNSF 7749 leads an eastbound intermodal train up Cajon Pass as it approaches Silverwood.
BNSF 7735 leads into Emeryville with a lengthy intermodal terminating in Oakland's BNSF Yards as the mellow life in the streets of Emeryville continue onward. Photo, a property of Guije Sanchez... (more)
BNSF 7749 and a leased CP unit are on the head end of a short northbound freight in the siding at Muldoon. A family member was the engineer and we had a nice chat during the long wait here.
BNSF 7749 leads a 7 car special at Pisgah near the I-40 overpass on a cold and windy afternoon.
Chugging along around Sullivan's Curve on the last day of summer.
An A-B-A lash-up, consisting of a BNSF H3 swoosh, an H1 GP60B and a Warbonnet GP60M, highballs west through Lockport.
A long manifest train heads west through Verndale. Note the unusual set of power: a new ES44DC, a yard switcher, and an NREX (ex-ATSF,BNSF) SD45. The train was having a hard time making track spee... (more)
A scheduled stop in Northtown before terminating in St. Paul. An odd mix pulls this train.
143's crew prepares to turn the power on the wye after hitting a truck, causing damage to the lead unit.