A well powered westbound manifest pulls out of the siding at Elsberry, Missouri. When tripods started to be erected at the end of the siding, I figured we were in for a good catch.

A westbound coal train is nearing the summit of Raton Pass as its DPUs pass Wootton, CO. It was still the good ol' days when BNSF operated a daily manifest and occasional other trains over this ar... (more)

BNSF 645, built in March 1994, still wears its original Santa Fe Superfleet scheme with 24 and a half years of weathering applied. Sometime along the way BNSF initials were patched on, as well as ... (more)

The spirit of the Santa Fe still lives on in 2020. BNSF 698, ex-Santa Fe warbonnet, leads a westbound Q-train through the rural community of Valentine. In 2020, BNSF began to install PTC on their ... (more)

After a 4 hour wait for the BRC to be able to take them, R-CHI457 hugs the abandoned Manufactures Railway bridge while they head under on the connection from the BNSF onto the BRC. A veteran ‘Wa... (more)

BNSF Q-ATGLAC heading north out of Mountain Grove.

BNSF 636 taking the Q-ATGLAC north out of Norwood.

The BNSF Q-ATGLAC with the "Springfield" warbonnet in the lead at Turners, MO. 636 gathered this nickname by the locals as it was a local unit around Springfield for about 5 years. Came ... (more)

A pair of former Burlington Northern Cascade Green units wait for assignment in the Denver Yard.

The snow is falling fast in Castle Rock as BNSF 7995 (ES44C4) leads a freight through the S curves on the Joint Line.

Santa Fe is still King. BNSF 699, a C44-9W still wearing its original warbonnet paint that it received in September of 1994 when it was delivered to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway,... (more)

There are some interesting sights in the BNSF engine servicing facility, including two Burlington Northern Cascade Green engines, a Santa Fe Warbonnet, an Executive Grinstein, a BNSF slug, and a B... (more)

Passing through Whitefish on the way to Glacier and points East.

BNSF Warbonnet 676 (Dash9) sits by the Elitch Gardens roller coaster in downtown Denver, Colorado.

Coiling down the long grade from the high country to the plains, BNSF 1046, in the company of a couple of faded ladies, presents a fine late summer view in the northern Rockies. That Heritage I sc... (more)