An empty train of cottonseed hulls rolls past the Santa Fe depot in Plainview, TX

A few minutes before sunset, an eastbound loaded coal train bound for the W.A. Parrish Power Plant in Smithers Lake, TX swings around a curve as it descends Malden Hill between Claude and Goodnigh... (more)

A quintet of BNSF ES44's lead an eastbound Z train out of town as Amarillo's tallest building, the 30 story Chase Tower stands guard in the background

A westbound manifest runs through Dawn, TX with a pair of ES44's leading

The westbound ZNPOA (North Platte, NE - Oakland, CA) runs through the Reno trench as it prepares to duck under Evans Ave. and pass by the Reno Amtrak Station on its run towards Donner Pass.

A westbound Z train temporarily breaks the winter tranquility of Umbarger, TX on its way to the West Coast

A westbound autorack drops down the slight grade at Dawn, TX and charges past the ancient grain elevator that dates back to the ATSF days.

After picking up the crew from a westbound grain train that tied down in Miami, a westbound stack train accelerates westbound on the Panhandle Subdivision enroute to a crew change in Amarillo

An eastbound Lathrop, CA - Global 2, IL intermodal train runs around a Roseville, CA - Roper, UT manifest in the Reno Trench next to the Sands Regency Hotel & Casino

A westbound grain train passes through rural Amarillo, TX with an ex-CNW Dash 9 leading 3 NS units on the BNSF Hereford Sub.

After its Las Vegas station stop, Train 3 prepares to stop at Ojita to meet its eastbound counterpart

Dropping down the western slope of Raton Pass, Train 3 is a less than 5 minutes out from its station stop in Raton

After clearing a Form B east of town, a westbound intermodal train wastes no time getting up to track speed as the grain elevators of Friona, TX look on

A trio of CP motors lead a BNSF grain train around the curve at Hoover, TX on the Panhandle Sub

A heavy westbound loaded grain train prepares to head into the siding in Miami to tie the train down, going by radio conversation, the second unit was not working correctly and the crew would more... (more)