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The majesty of the sky
Title:  The majesty of the sky
Description:  This is perhaps my favorite shot of the trip - BNSF 7214 dropping downgrade with those impressive nimbo-cumulus clouds overhead (snow fell on the high plains further to the northeast). Of course, it is a manifest.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:05:24 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7214(ES44DC)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Looking right atcha
Title:  Looking right atcha
Description:  BNSF 7214 passes my afternoon hangout.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:06:44 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7214(ES44DC)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
BNSF 6231
Title:  BNSF 6231
Description:  Following UP 7738 through the loop is a BNSF outfit.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:17:28 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7231(ES44DC) BNSF 5347(C44-9W) BNSF 978(C44-9W) BNSF 653(C44-9W)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
The Maine Point
Title:  The Maine Point
Description:  ...is to get a train. Now, some sites would say the sun is too high and blah blah blah. The 7233 looks good to me as it rolls through Maine and I hope you enjoy it as well.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 4:34:21 PM
Location:  Maine, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  BNSF 7233(ES44DC)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
Saturday morning action
Title:  Saturday morning action
Description:  The 7247 steams off of the siding and onto the main at Bealville, ready to tackle the further ascent of the Tehachapis.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:12:29 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7247(ES44DC) BNSF 5089(C44-9W) BNSF 4773(C44-9W) BNSF 5215(C44-9W)
Views:  1204   Comments: 0
Under and over
Title:  Under and over
Description:  BNSF 7247 on the loop!
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:36:32 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7247(ES44DC) BNSF 5089(C44-9W) BNSF 4773(C44-9W) BNSF 5215(C44-9W)
Views:  1229   Comments: 0
Endangered species
Title:  Endangered species
Description:  That US&S searchlight signal and the pole lines are on borrowed time now, although in the scope of time during which they have existed, BNSF 7247 is just passing through.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:44:12 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7247(ES44DC) BNSF 5089(C44-9W) BNSF 4773(C44-9W) BNSF 5215(C44-9W)
Views:  1213   Comments: 0
BNSF 7696
Title:  BNSF 7696
Description:  A notthbound BNSF intermodal comes cooking through Woodford
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 10:57:09 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7696(ES44DC) BNSF 7646(ES44DC) BNSF 5101(C44-9W) BNSF 7254(ES44DC)
Views:  1152   Comments: 0
Change of venue
Title:  Change of venue
Description:  A strong front moved through during the evening and night with snow in higher elevations. All of the trains that didnt show during the daytime on Sunday suddenly started running after dark. I am sure we all have sung that lamentable tune. I moved down to Cajon for awhile on Monday and found this fellow preparing to head down the "steep" track westward.
Photo Date:  4/12/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 1:31:13 AM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7255(ES44DC)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
BNSF 7255 redux
Title:  BNSF 7255 redux
Description:  I met this power set westbound at Cajon Pass Monday afternoon, and here it is returning east on Wednesday.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 1:58:29 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7255(ES44DC) BNSF 5265(C44-9W) BNSF 7563(ES44DC)
Views:  1040   Comments: 0
BNSF 7257-I
Title:  BNSF 7257-I
Description:  Getting around a manifest in trouble, BNSF 7257 drops downgrade near Blacktail.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 2:02:15 AM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7257(ES44DC) BNSF 7586(ES44DC)
Views:  720   Comments: 0
BNSF 7257-II
Title:  BNSF 7257-II
Description:  BNSF 7257 pokes its nose out of Shed No. 6 and into the sharp curve at Windy Point.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 2:05:23 AM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7257(ES44DC) BNSF 7586(ES44DC)
Views:  728   Comments: 1
BNSF 7257-III
Title:  BNSF 7257-III
Description:  Coming around the mountain in dynamic.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 2:06:29 AM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7257(ES44DC) BNSF 7586(ES44DC)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
Manifest du jour
Title:  Manifest du jour
Description:  This fellow and I played tag most of the afternoon; here BNSF 7274 makes a nice afternoon scene at Dalies.
Photo Date:  4/7/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 1:58:49 PM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7274(ES44DC) BNSF 7443(ES44DC) BNSF 7476(ES44DC)
Views:  1002   Comments: 1
A wider perspective
Title:  A wider perspective
Description:  Whistling howdee-do, the 7274 comes roaring through.
Photo Date:  4/7/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 2:08:17 PM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7274(ES44DC) BNSF 7443(ES44DC) BNSF 7476(ES44DC)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
BNSF 7274 again
Title:  BNSF 7274 again
Description:  After letting Amtrak by around Laguna, BNSF 7274 comes through McCartys in the evening light.
Photo Date:  4/7/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 2:14:36 PM
Location:  McCartys, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7274(ES44DC) BNSF 7443(ES44DC) BNSF 7476(ES44DC)
Views:  997   Comments: 0
BNSF 7274 at Scholle
Title:  BNSF 7274 at Scholle
Description:  After meeting three east, BNSF 7274 kicks off the brakes and begins its descent into Abo Canyon and the Rio Grande valley.
Photo Date:  4/7/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 12:02:07 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7274(ES44DC) BNSF 7443(ES44DC) BNSF 7476(ES44DC)
Views:  980   Comments: 1
Run 8 and squealing wheels
Title:  Run 8 and squealing wheels
Description:  BNSF 7275 passes the control point at Cable and the classic SP searchlight signals.
Photo Date:  5/3/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:04:53 AM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7275(ES44DC) BNSF 4183(C44-9W)
Views:  501   Comments: 2
BNSF 7279
Title:  BNSF 7279
Description:  A northbound intermodal train crosses the dry creek bed approaching Woodford.
Photo Date:  5/5/2012  Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:34:12 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7279(ES44DC)
Views:  446   Comments: 2
Just for a thrill.....
Title:  Just for a thrill.....
Description:  Even witi locomotive sound muffling, the roar of a southbound coming through the Loop is still on of railroadings premier sight and sounds.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:48:11 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Crben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7283(ES44DC)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
Orange orange
Title:  Orange orange
Description:  The ES44s seem to have taken over the Transcon so that the occasional interspersion of a warbonnet, a blue and yellow or much else now appears rare indeed. Even the heritage green trim seems to be disappearing.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 2:06:15 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7439(ES44DC) BNSF 5161(C44-9W) BNSF 5079(C44-9W) BNSF 7355(ES44DC) BNSF 5212(C44-9W)
Views:  1621   Comments: 3
Bringing up the rear
Title:  Bringing up the rear
Description:  DPU power on BNSF 7806 West are easing off the power as most of the train has now topped the summit at Yampai.
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/20/2010 1:51:33 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5203(C44-9W) BNSF 7362(ES44DC)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
BNSF 740
Title:  BNSF 740
Description:  Here is another wild lash-up dropping downgrade at Yampai. Wish that it had been a westbound!
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/20/2010 1:18:43 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 740(C44-9W) CSX 8559(SD50-2) NS 9265(C40-9W) BNSF 7372(ES44DC)
Views:  1222   Comments: 0
BNSF 740 balancing power
Title:  BNSF 740 balancing power
Description:  One imagines these warbonnets, showing how long ago the BNSF merger was, might be enroute for a paint job.
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/20/2010 1:27:21 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 740(C44-9W) CSX 8559(SD50-2) NS 9265(C40-9W) BNSF 7372(ES44DC) BNSF 5307(C44-9W) BNSF 881(C40-8W) BNSF 930(C41-8W) BNSF 916(C40-8W)
Views:  1997   Comments: 0
BNSF 740, et al
Title:  BNSF 740, et al
Description:  Ten units tiptoe downgrade
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/20/2010 2:19:12 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 740(C44-9W) CSX 8559(SD50-2) NS 9265(C40-9W) BNSF 7372(ES44DC) BNSF 5307(C44-9W) BNSF 881(C40-8W) BNSF 930(C41-8W) BNSF 916(C40-8W) BNSF 935(C41-8W) BNSF 897(C40-8W)
Views:  2161   Comments: 0
Three views of BNSF 7726-I
Title:  Three views of BNSF 7726-I
Description:  BNSF 7726 leads its train through the loop at Walong.
Photo Date:  4/9/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 11:07:12 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7726(ES44DC) BNSF 4840(C44-9W) NS 9026(C40-9W) BNSF 7404(ES44DC) BNSF 4624(C44-9W)
Views:  1124   Comments: 0
Three views of BNSF 7726-II
Title:  Three views of BNSF 7726-II
Description:  The serpent coils around the hills, finding its path up the mountain.
Photo Date:  4/9/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 11:10:22 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7726(ES44DC) BNSF 4840(C44-9W) NS 9026(C40-9W) BNSF 7404(ES44DC) BNSF 4624(C44-9W)
Views:  1048   Comments: 0
Three views of BNSF 7726-III
Title:  Three views of BNSF 7726-III
Description:  Right before you now, the 7726 comes searing past one s vantage point with the raw sound of laboring power.
Photo Date:  4/9/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 11:15:35 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7726(ES44DC) BNSF 4840(C44-9W) NS 9026(C40-9W) BNSF 7404(ES44DC) BNSF 4624(C44-9W)
Views:  1046   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695
Title:  BNSF 7695
Description:  A manifest climbs the loop at six in the evening.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:19:42 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Ribk Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC) BNSF 7410(ES44DC) BNSF 4334(C44-9W)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
BNSF 7695-II
Title:  BNSF 7695-II
Description:  Roarbng upgrade during the hour of the long shadows.
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:21:05 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7695(ES44DC) BNSF 7410(ES44DC) BNSF 4334(C44-9W)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
Clawing its way to Tehachapi
Title:  Clawing its way to Tehachapi
Description:  BNSF 7426 passes Cable on the home stretch to the summit.
Photo Date:  5/3/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:02:54 AM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7426(ES44DC) BNSF 964(C44-9W) BNSF 4700(C44-9W) BNSF 4661(C44-9W)
Views:  641   Comments: 1
The agony and the ecstacy
Title:  The agony and the ecstacy
Description:  BNSF 7766 is in the hole (on the main) while BNSF 7247 has a light to go.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:08:55 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7766(ES44DC) BNSF 7780(ES44DC) BNSF 7719(ES44DC) BNSF 1051(C44-9W) BNSF 7427(ES44DC)
Views:  1405   Comments: 0
A coil train coiling through the curves
Title:  A coil train coiling through the curves
Description:  The next frame caught all of the power past the A block but that glare on the windsheild rapidly became a brilliant fjash.
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 11:23:41 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7452(ES44DC) UP 5724(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7652(ES44DC)
Views:  851   Comments: 1
Io the right place at the right time
Title:  Io the right place at the right time
Description:  As daunting for photography as cloudy days are, the right opportunity presents dramatic potentials.
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 11:26:32 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7452(ES44DC) UP 5724(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7652(ES44DC)
Views:  786   Comments: 1
Pachyderm style at Kayser
Title:  Pachyderm style at Kayser
Description:  The red earth of the landscape predominates in this scene with BNSF 7457 West.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 2:38:17 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7457(ES44DC) BNSF 7491(ES44DC) BNSF 5040(C44-9W)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
My cup of tea
Title:  My cup of tea
Description:  Sometimes that "perfect" angle is elusive and is that is ones primary goal, he or she must move with the sun. For some of us, I suspect, a particular spot may be more rewarding, regardless of sun angle and that constitutes perfection. Peace, solitude & trains.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 2:48:10 PM
Location:  Scholle, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7457(ES44DC) BNSF 7491(ES44DC) BNSF 5040(C44-9W)
Views:  865   Comments: 0
The lull subsides
Title:  The lull subsides
Description:  This grain empty drove into Woodford and stopped just after 4PM, signalling an end to a lengthy midday void in activity.
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 10:44:29 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7462(ES44DC) BNSF 7486(ES44DC) BNSF 4392(C44-9W)
Views:  737   Comments: 1
Beautiful Montana
Title:  Beautiful Montana
Description:  BNSF 7479 Westbound along the Kootenai River a few miles beyond Libby.
Photo Date:  8/16/2011  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:06:07 PM
Location:  Libby, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7479(ES44DC) BNSF 5418(C44-9W) BNSF 4790(C44-9W)
Views:  770   Comments: 4
Coming off of the Arizona Divide
Title:  Coming off of the Arizona Divide
Description:  BNSF 7507 approaches the great yawn of the landscape at Canyon Diablo. The sun is lined up almost (im)perfectly with the alignment of the rails at this time of the morning. The place is solitude and exquisite. Fortunately, this was the first of a run of eastbounds over the next couple of hours.
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 2:36:05 PM
Location:  Canyon Diablo, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7507(ES44DC)
Views:  625   Comments: 1
No contest
Title:  No contest
Description:  I turned around and tried to overtake this westbound further down the hill, but he was flying low and long gone.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:33:41 PM
Location:  Mountainair, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7537(ES44DC) BNSF 5203(C44-9W) BNSF 4084(C44-9W) BNSF 4171(C44-9W)
Views:  950   Comments: 0
Tehachapi Morning
Title:  Tehachapi Morning
Description:  BNSF 7555 leads a southbound intermodal outfit through the Loop.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:28:07 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7555(ES44DC)
Views:  1231   Comments: 7
Second of three
Title:  Second of three
Description:  BNSF 7570 is the second of three intermodals in a pack
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 10:59:19 AM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7570(ES44DC) BNSF 4486(C44-9W) BNSF 5402(C44-9W)
Views:  787   Comments: 0
SPACE
Title:  SPACE
Description:  There is plenty of it at Canyon Diablo; good country for the loner in one. BNSF 7573 traverses the heart of the Transcon where only the wind and hum of steel wheels break the silence.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 4:22:38 PM
Location:  Canyon Diablo, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  BNSF 7573(ES44DC)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
No sun today
Title:  No sun today
Description:  BNSF 7577 streaks through Stronghust, IL past the Santa Fe style cantilvers.
Photo Date:  10/26/2010  Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:28:02 AM
Location:  Stronghurst, IL
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7577(ES44DC)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
From out of the vast
Title:  From out of the vast
Description:  You can see eastbounds way out in the distance, threading their path off the Arizona Divide. Eventually a headlight pokes above the horizon and another intermodal outfit comes sailing past - surprisingly fast after watching it approach for so long.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 4:27:01 PM
Location:  Canyon Diablo, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  BNSF 7603(ES44DC)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
The sky is no limit
Title:  The sky is no limit
Description:  The sky is like the inland ocean of the West; dwarfing even mountains with its depth and magnitude. BNSF 7608 sails downgrade between Abo and Kayser.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:18:51 PM
Location:  Abo, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7608(ES44DC) BNSF 7805(ES44DC) BNSF 5162(C44-9W)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
Cantilever Contemplations
Title:  Cantilever Contemplations
Description:  BNSF 7617 brings a westbound manifest over the top of the grade from Belen past Dalies, junction with the old passenger main via Raton Pass, where several classic Santa Fe cantilevers still stand with their ornate metal framework and right-side display alluding to the era of long boilers or geep-style cabs. So many of these aesthetically appealing cantilevers have fallen that their once ubiquitous presence about the system is now a matter of the unique and of almost quaint reflection upon a different era when each railroad had its individual character and style.
Photo Date:  4/7/2010  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 1:18:30 PM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7617(ES44DC) BNSF 7660(ES44DC) BNSF 5023(C44-9W) BNSF 3012(GP40M)
Views:  1814   Comments: 3
Yampai Afternoon-VI
Title:  Yampai Afternoon-VI
Description:  It is the hour of the long shadows as BNSF 4175 chases the setting sun towards the summit at Yampai. Darkness will bring no let-up in the activity, however.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/23/2011 12:57:27 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4175(C44-9W) BNSF 7627(ES44DC)
Views:  774   Comments: 1

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