Geologically speaking, the Trinidad Loop is fairly young, owing its shape to glacial flooding about 13,000 years ago. It's hard to imagine these hills as being shaped in the same process that cre... (more)
A westbound grain train west of Fishtrap on the Lakeside sub in eastern Washington.
BNSF Railway empty ethanol train U-WATAXT7-16A (Unit Train; Watson CA to ... Axtell NE) passes under the signal bridge at milepost 58.2 as it climbs Cajon Pass in southern California. A mix of BN... (more)
BNSF 3996 along with a UP unit lead an empty unit train east up Cajon Pass.
BNSF 3996 leads a southbound Q train at North Cable as it climbs the last few miles to Tehachapi Summit.
Working upgrade into Cable, BNSF 3996 has a heavy eastbound Q train well in hand as it exits the 259-foot-long bore that is Tunnel 17.
Working upgrade into Kingman Canyon, BNSF 3996, a new ES44T4, lugs an eastbound Z train into the famous rock formations as it nears the canyon's namesake town.
Having reached Summit, the climb up Cajon is done for BNSF 3996 east, as a westbound passes on main 3 to begin it's trip down the Pass.
BNSF 3996 east leads a Clovis, New Mexico bound stack train up Cajon as it leans into Sullivan's Curve.