Articles

 

Archives

Showing articles posted using tag #BNSF (x)

All Categories

  • BNSF Fall River Subdivision

    October 12, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 4,050 views - 2 comments - 0 likes
    by John Parker Photos by Doug Geiger, MMR As BNSF continues to haul record amounts of coal from the Powder River Basin, the Fall River Subdivision often sees up to four coal trains a day. They say the third times the charm... and that...

  • Mormon Rocks, A Three-Dimensional Backdrop Part 2

    September 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,256 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    Part 2 by Ted York photos by the author The A-B-B-A consist of F7s works hard to pull the 1951 Super Chief up the 2.5% grade past Mormon Rocks. At the same time smoke can be seen coming from the freight car brakes as a Santa Fe 3800 class 2-10-2 wo...

  • Mormon Rocks, A Three-Dimensional Backdrop Part 1

    September 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,084 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    Part 1 by Ted York Photos by the author A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train is crossing the wash in front of Mormon Rocks at Pine Lodge. Ted is trying to duplicate this scene on his railroad modeled after Cajon Pass. In the late 1840s...

  • North Bonneville: Columbia River Gorge Amphitheater

    August 8, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 1,801 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Text and Photography by Gregory A. McCommic BELOW: On May 9, 1997, a BNSF garbage train, guided by an SD40-2, moves through Tunnel 1.5 at North Bonneville, Washington. There are 12 tunnels in a 50-mile section of track on the Washington side of the...

  • The Bison and the Bear

    July 20, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 1,744 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Montana in October. Fall's green and gold in Big Sky Country offers this colorful setting for ATSF 5154 as it ushers eastbound MRL train No. 122 over skyline Trestle. When I started reading railroad publications years ago, certain subj...

  • BNSF's Columbus Branch

    April 19, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 2,399 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Text and Photography by James E. Gilley Heavy with tank cars from a major corn processing plant, BNSF's Columbus (Nebraska) Local rolls through Staplehurst, Nebraska, in January 1997. Bucking the Trend in Branch Lines For many now,...

  • From the Ozarks to the Delta

    April 7, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 2,077 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    By Randy Woods, M.D., and Bob Plough Southbound Thayer Local train No. 91680 aprroaches Cedar Gap, Missouri, on April 27, 1995. An average of 20 to 25 daily trains use the scenic route. Bob Plough photo The St. Louis-San Francisco R...

  • Idaho Ice Storm

    Invalid date - posted by TrainLife Staff - 2,219 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Text and Photography by Bruce Kelly The Pineapple Express Sheltered by the Cascade Range to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the northeast, the Inland Empire region of Spokane, Wash., and neighboring northern Idaho is usually spared...

  • It's Still No. 3

    Invalid date - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,625 views - 0 comments - 1 like
      Andrew S. Nelson If railroads didn't change when they needed to, there wouldn't be anymore railroads-anyone who doesn't believe this should take a look at what happened to the Rock Island. Still, I haven't found much to like i...

  • Coal Valley - Burlington Northern Santa Fe

    Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,186 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
      A string of Dash 9 BNSF Warbonnets charges beneath Miller Road as it passes a grain train. By Joe Faletti Photos by Chris Lane and Randy Lee This is the story of my Coal Valley Burlington Northern Santa Fe and how it came to b...