A fine tuned machine is what ran thought my mind, as I looked out over this trackage. Beautiful ballasted rails, with cement ties and smooth looking rails. I saw this train and had to sprint over ... (more)

BNSF has been somewhat short of power so the crew on this Vancouver. WA to Pasco Wa manifest was given two low horsepower GEEPs to haul 7500 plus tons of freight in the snow through the gorge. Eve... (more)

I got to photograph the BNSF trans-con in Arizona, for the first time in 16 years, this last weekend. I was treated to a beautiful snow covered landscape on Sunday morning. BNSF 8070 and 8125 lead... (more)

Foreign power isn't very common in these parts of the South. However, some units might make it past the many "anti-foreign power" railyards of West Virginia and Kentucky. In this case, a... (more)

Doing all of 70 mph, a hot intermodal screams out of the sub zero temperatures and kicks up snow along its route to Chicago. Four units upfront and two on the rear ensure there's enough muscle and... (more)

A pair of BNSF units lead a loaded coal train south through Siloam Springs, AR on a snowy February 14, 2021.

Code lines for CTC from the Great Northern Railway days still stand and are in use as this westbound passes the elevators in town. This was one of the last areas in Minnesota on the BNSF to have ... (more)

A short train with a Dash 9 leader near Clarksville, Missouri.

BNSF’s trackage rights train over the D&RGW is seen here rolling down the 2% grade on the west side of Soldier Summit. The location is the center siding at Gilluly, Utah.

A pair of whiteface SD60Ms pull a rusty looking freight train westbound on the Hannibal Sub near Foley, Missouri. As I remember, these units were pulled out of storage to address a power shortage... (more)

With 7 inches of snow on the ground from a blizzard the night before, and more snow falling from the sky, a BN Executive painted 70mac cruises west out of Lisle with a 50 car manifest for Northtow... (more)

Entering Summit, a BNSF intermodal accompanied with a Canadian Pacific Locomotive is seen from the lens of the DJI Mavic Mini.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe engine leads Norfolk Southern Train 156 across the CSX diamond in Devine Junction in Columbia, SC.

A BNSF manifest crosses the Mississippi River Bridge from Arkansas into Tennessee with 5 units - the 5th being an old Santa Fe unit most likely heading to be scrapped.