BNSF Railway (BNSF) 6197 - GE ES44AC

The baretable train rolls north past an automatic, the southbound distant signal on the same mast, as it gets moving toward Cheyenne with its 32 flats.

On our way up from Denver,, wed seen this baretable train of heavy duty flats holding in Henderson. I wasnt able to get the meet of this train and the southbound, but here he is starting up now that the intermodal has cleared.

Westbound intermodal

Grain loads roll onto the terminal at 1151.

BNSF 6197 pushes eastbound in the morning

12 units on an EB manifest. Crappy shot with my cellphone.

This was a BNSF unit trailing on an ethanol train at Santa Fe Junction in KC.

BNSF 6197 placing second slot at the front of the fast-freight unit train of oil pipeline on rails with fake sun lighting up the clouds behind her... I resisted the urge to paint in a happy little smiling face sun - when it appears in the "Visit Vancouver" brochure, though, Im sure theyll have it in there along with a blue-sky wash (which if you havent seen the new Anthropics Landscape Pro software, its a little scary... check it out, they have a free demo and its just wrong. Super fun to play with, but you feel all dirty after using it (by the way, I was one of the original members of "Found View" long ago when there was a huge ("Yuge!") dust-up over "But its not *real*!" with the appearance of digital cameras for the masses and when "Photoshopped" was actually a dirty word (which is why I use PaintShop... well, actually because Im a cheap ___... but still.)

BNSF 6197 in second position of two on the front of southbound covered hopper consist - and much closer to being in focus - just south of Eltopia, Washington.

BNSF 5474 - BNSF 6197 double-header with southbound line of covered hoppers... and, yes, close one eye (your good one!) and squint... its that blurry (I believe Ive mentioned it: Thanks, Sony!)

BNSF 2339 - BNSF 2925 - BNSF 1560 - BNSF 60 ... and this is the perfect example of why I like going to church... with the over-pass atop the tracks. Although, not to be ungrateful, but having a couple more stops of light wouldve been nice. I figured this would be my first and only chance to image BNSF 60, so well only be a half-hour early to church and Ill live with the stinkeye as I blow a good ten minutes trying to get it on sensor.

BNSF 6197 leads a northbound coal train through North Portal in the afternoon

BNSF 6197 is the DPU on this PPEX coal load as it shoves through Old Monroe, Mo. on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

Roster shot.

3 Ac gevo's work a empty coal train back Nb up the K line.

Helpers at the top of Crawford Hill

BNSF 6021 is the 4th DPU unit on this loaded Centralia, WA Coal train at Kelso, WA.

A KCS coal train makes it's way sb through Neosho Mo. on the KCS mainline.

After pausing for about 5 minutes, a sb KCS coal train continues on its way through Neosho.