BNSF 9275 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train past a pond at West Tonville, Colorado.

The Northtown to Lincoln manifest heads west in the evening sun through downtown Cokato.

With a BNSF SD70ACe leading the way, a Buffalo & Pittsburgh crew has taken over loaded wind turbine blade train S990 after receiving it from CSX at OD Yard and is starting their trip down the BPRR... (more)

A classic Tehachapi Loop view.

The Colorado Joint Line is a legendary place in railroading. Here, at Palmer Lake, two western behemoths come together for a shared trip down the Front Range. Here, a BNSF manifest heads past the ... (more)

Westbound manifest on the Fallbridge Subdivision.

Southbound on the Oregon Trunk.

Westbound Oil Train on the Lakeside Subdivision.

BNSF 5656 (AC4400CW) leads a loaded coal train through Hudson, Colorado.

BNSF 5656 (AC4400CW) leads a loaded coal train through Keenesburg, Colorado.

This being my first time in Colorado I was blown away by how "in the middle of nowhere" places that, even if they're actually near the growing metropolises, can be. Here, a lone GEVO ... (more)

Colorado is a fascinating place, with juxtapositions of old and new and wilderness and civilization everywhere. Here, a pair of GEVOs lead a "classic" manifest across a bridge still l... (more)

Heading from Omaha, Nebraska, to Long Beach, California, BNSF Railway train S-OMASCO3-30A speeds through the Mojave Desert just outside Essex, in California's Mojave Desert. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4012... (more)

As BNSF Railway train S-LPCLBJ1-19L, an Intermodal Stacks train heading for the Port of Long Beach from Chicago's Logistics Park, passes under the Union Pacific's Yuma Sub in Colton, where the two... (more)

In beautiful evening light, a single H2 Dash 9 brings a relatively short grain train south through the Buffalo Ridge between Ruthton and Holland on the former Great Northern line between Willmar, ... (more)