A Roberts Bank, BC to Spring Creek Mine, MT coal empty glides under 10781 foot Mt Baker on its journey to get reloaded in the Power River Basin. Due to unusual triple digit temperatures int he Pac... (more)
Skyline Cut
A coal load charges the 2.2% grade and 10 degree curves just west of Skyline, Montana. The dark sky in the background is a departing thunderstorm that just deposited much ne... (more)
An area I haven't ever done was the St. Joe Sub crossing the Missouri River near Rulo, NE. This area between Rulo and Fortescue, MO, has been hit hard by the constant flooding of the Missouri Rive... (more)
BNSF 9202 exits the Cascade Tunnel with two sisters and a C44-9W on an eastbound Z train. It was a treat to see the EMDs outnumbering GEs on this type of train in the Stevens Pass area.
The Sheridan Helper pushed coal trains destine for the Pacific Northwest out of the Power River Basin area up to the Montana Rail Link. The Sheridan Yards are about half way in between. It was a s... (more)
With less then an hour of sunlight left, the hot "St Paul" Z-train races into Fountain City behind a classy ACe duo! This is about as cool as it gets on the BNSF nowdays...
After pulling 120 empties from Durand yard (having been brought down from Essexville behind Huron & Eastern ex BNSF C30-7's the day before), L501 pumps up it's air and gets ready to head west.