Monday, Nov. 20th, was the official start of "Peak Season". From now till Christmas Eve, supply chain companies will see their highest volume of packages of the year. To tackle this logi... (more)
Rounding the curve between Summit and Silverwood, and passing the stopped local L-CAL0121-27, is BNSF Railway train B-VVCLAC1-27. This train, pulled by ES44C4 8168 and Dash 9-44CW 4396, is ferryi... (more)
With some intermodal on the headend, BNSF ES44C4 8168 leads an empty ethanol train up Cajon Pass.
Running two days early, a 229 car U WATAXT climbs up Cajon Pass. This train consisted of 4 units up front, 131 intermodal platforms, 2 units mid-train, 1 buffer, 96 ethanol empties, 1 buffer and a... (more)
A unit ethanol train in disguse, with 131 platforms upfront a huge 229 car train slowly climbs towards Summit at Sulivans Curve.
A BNSF stack train headed for the Pacific Northwest has just crossed over UP's Overland Route.
Eastbound Z at Towal in the Columbia River Gorge.
A hot westbound cruises up Edelstein Hill at first light on the last day of March 2015.
A delayed Superior-Northtown (Minneapolis) freight allows for nice afternoon light on the tall bridge at Sandstone.
A DENTAC descends into Cheyenne after crossing over UP's yard.
BNSF 8186 leads empty steel coils out of the Tehachapi's as it approaches Mojave.
A Herzog rock train rolls slowly south on main two as they dump rock near the detector at MP 267. Kind of neat to watch this GPS controlled train stop and begin dumping rock at crossings, crossove... (more)