Storm clouds are moving in as BNSF 1532 (GP28M) sits at the depot in Longmont, Colorado, waiting for orders to head to the yard.
Before CTC, PTC, PSR, etc. came along, the east end of the Staples Sub was still relatively old school with code line poles from the 1920's and 30's, corresponding search lights along with the St.... (more)
Results of being hit by runaway cars in Denver. This one fared better than the 2505 it was paired with....all that was left of it was a bare frame.
BNSF 1539 leads a long cut of cars for SRY, as they approach Trapp Yard.
A Burlington Northern local heads to East Dubuque light engine and passes milepost 172 at the twin truss bridges over the Sinsinawa River west of Portage, Illinois, on April 3, 1993. This location... (more)
Power of the east local out of Greybull, Wyoming, ties up on the October 8, 2020. In the background, locomotives used on the Cowley turn north of town are already tied up after the crew had a shor... (more)
BNSF GP28M No. 1532 (middle) has just arrived at Wyoming’s Greybull yard with the east local on October 8, 2020. On the right, the pair of usual EMD SD70MACs finished up duty on the Cowley Turn ... (more)
A conveyor ballast train deposits rock along a BNSF branch line in Duluth. These are interesting trains to observe and how they can dump ballast exactly where it is needed. A Tate & Lyle chemical ... (more)
Westbound local returning to Aurora.
Burlington Northern locomotives that power locals out of Rochelle, Illinois, rest overnight during a snowfall on December 30, 1995. Both are extensively rebuilt EMD GP9s and are now called GP28Ms,... (more)
A trio of H3 Geeps switch out GM Yard on a hot morning in Hodgkins.
A pair of light units head east out of GM yard.
Lots of EMD power rest lazily around BNSF's Galesburg Yard.
BNSF GP28M 1501 holds with the NIFA local in Aurora.
