CSX local L405 blurs by a set of CSX six-axles sitting on the Rad Spur at Memphis Junction. The 4758 and 955 are here to be fueled before being added to a grain train coming off of RJ Corman.
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CSX local L405 blurs by a set of CSX six-axles sitting on the Rad Spur at Memphis Junction. The 4758 and 955 are here to be fueled before being added to a grain train coming off of RJ Corman.
I'm not a fans of this shot, but i was to comeback to my home, my cars need gas for the rest of this voyage from the QG Lachute Sub, and I decided to stop at Yamachiche for tanked my cars, i see this train in the fields, i decided to going to Louiseville for taking a shot drone of this X919 with QG 4019 Leader at Louiseville MP 62.00 on the QG Trois-Rivières-Subdivision.
I'm still on the way to La Malbaie, I decided to shot this 919 at Lauralco, i going there but i was not at this usine. So I decided to comeback to La Chevrotière, I hear a tibs on my scanner, and i see this train !! I decided to flying my drone, rest 15 minutes of battery, but this shot is VERY nice i think.
QG 919 and QG 4015 Leader West at the diamond of CN of the La Tuque Sub with the QG Trois-Rivières Subdivision, MP 117.
Wednesday, 19 March 2025: Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) 188W the Usibelli Coal Turn heads railroad South as they approach the City of Nenana. Todays train had two SD70MAC’s, numbers 4001 and 4328 along with 27 empties all headed to be loaded at the mine. The ladder of MAC’s is equipped with Head End Power for the railroads passenger trains, along with being wrapped in a throw back scheme to celebrate the railroads Centennial. After they load their train at the mine they will head back North just over 100 miles to Fairbanks yard where they will call it a day.
Alaska Railroad Corporation, 188W
Nenana, Alaska
Eastbound CSX grain train G384 on track 1 at mile QC 309 in Brutus NY in 2009. SD70MAC 4507, GP40-2 6406, Road Slug 2200 and AC4400CW 174 are on the head of this 284 axle train. Taken from the Pump Road crossing at QC 308.96.
BNSF 9573, BNSF 9825 & BNSF 1046
Location unknown, photo was taken during a roadtrip from central TX to Santa Fe New Mexico.
BNSF 9573
ex: BN 9573
BNSF 9688 & BNSF 267
Location unknown, photo was taken during a roadtrip from central TX to Santa Fe New Mexico.
BNSF 9688
ex: BN 9688
BNSF 267
ex: BNSF 8267
BNSF 9688
Location unknown, photo was taken during a roadtrip from central TX to Santa Fe New Mexico.
ex: BN 9688
BNSF 9573 & BNSF 9825
Location unknown, photo was taken during a roadtrip from central TX to Santa Fe New Mexico.
BNSF 9573
ex: BN 9573
BNSF 9825 & BNSF 1046
Location unknown, photo was taken during a roadtrip from central TX to Santa Fe New Mexico.
Saturday, 29 March 2025: Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) 235N the Northbound Aurora Winter Train exists the Mears Memorial Bridge in Nenana AK. They are just under 2 hours away from their final destination of Fairbanks nearing the end of their 12 hour trip from Anchorage. On the head end is a pair of SD70MAC’s lead by 4321 with one of the railroads converted F40’s bring up the rear. Although the light was not in my favor this was a shot I’ve wanted to cross off my list for some time.
Alaska Railroad Corporation, 235N
Nenana, Alaska
BNSF 6842, 8913 and 6842 sunbathing
BNSF 9530 and a sister MAC hustle Ardoch SUGX coal empties south along the Hillsboro Sub in Buxton, ND.
I was definitely short-timing it in North Dakota when I took this shot as I would be on to my next assignment at the Air Force Academy in Colorado about 3 months later.
The MACs were evidence that things had changed with regards to northern plains coal power. Starting sometime in 2007, the traditional DC-powered SD60Ms, SD75s, and Oakways were pushed out of Glendive, MT and the coal power pool to make way for the MACs who in turn were making way for the influx of GEVOs and ACes on BNSF's roster.
Scenery-wise, eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota didn't necessarily scream picturesque, but what the area lacked in scenery it made up for with interesting power. But the late-2000s saw DC-powered coal and SD40-2-led trains becoming more and more infrequent. So, it was a great time to have to move away from the area. I'm just grateful that I was there to document the "last hurrah" as that particular generation of railroading transitioned off the rails and into the history books...
The heavy muscle leads out of the Neenah yard.
BNSF 9653 leads a southbound coal train down Main 1 of the Joint Line in Larkspur, CO.
The white numberboards give away that this is a modern-day shot as at first glance the "BN" nose logo might lead one to believe this was a shot from the past...
The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Walsenburg Turn makes its way west into the fertile San Luis Valley.
An eastbound BNSF loaded coal train rumbles along the Missouri River approaching Clarkston, Montana, on October 2, 2022, led by BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 9702, a former BN locomotive, along with BNSF Heritage I GE C44-9W No. 976 and Canadian National EMD SD70M-2 No. 8882. This coal train was enroute to export at Westshore Terminals' coal export facility at Roberts Bank, British Columbia, but was halted on Montana Rail Link due to a dock workers strike, with the train then sent east to a new customer.
