Houston is significantly more fluid than I've seen in the past 30 years and one reason is utilizing more of the legacy trackage. Case in point, BNSF H TEAPTX1 10 takes a left off the West Belt to... (more)

Even with this loaded Galveston bound ethanol running down the GH&H at 10mph, it still made me nervous and he was in no hurry to clear the gauge.

With ZPBHO 10 putting it's train away at Settegast intermodal, BNSF grain shuttle G DNEPTN9 06 is just passing through on it's way down the East Belt to PTRA North Yard.

A crude empty with H2 & H1 painted throwback power. Eagle is one of my favorite locations on Marias Pass, but it's not easy to scale the scree up the side of the mountain to get this vantage.

An empty crude oil crosses the Continental Divide, measuring in at an altitude of only 5,215'.

In a very remote area west of Flathead Tunnel, a BNSF vehicle train flies over the relatively new cutoff around Lake Koocanusa.

A loaded coal train crosses Lake Pend Oreille, while construction of the second main track bridge is progressing, as evidenced by the crane in the background.

Passing the double 4 track signal bridges at guarding the west end of BNSF Hauser Yard, a crude oil load accelerates west with an increasingly rare set of once ubiquitous "Heritage II" p... (more)

A UP Spokane-Hinkle Manifest cruises through Marshall Canyon with a relatively short, light train.

Train TA-EAST arrives home after interchanging with the LC-WEST at Chipley. I was glad the clouds cooperated for my last photo of the day and didn't mind driving home through multiple torrential ... (more)

With a pair of freshly painted former FEC SD70M-2s, pulling three dead-in-tow RJ Corman SD40-2s, the TA-EAST passes an outdated sign welcoming Amtrak to Tallahassee Union Station. A $3.5MM projec... (more)

It was a long day, literally & figuratively... but I was blessed with killer photos of a matched trio of SD40s in the 'flag' paint scheme, seen passing some former L&N or Seaboard System signal re... (more)

BNSF grainer G DNEPTN9 06 is one of the few trains that doesn't take a right turn and heads straight across scenic West Belt Jct., bound for PTRA North Yard.

Now that PTRA is painting their GP38s in multiple interesting schemes, it makes it easier to be happy capturing the 'GATX Leaser' era.

Hard to find issue with a clean GP60, even if it's just local power on a Houston-Eagle Lake job.