You snow what? Our annual winter photo contest is happening now! Submit your best photos of BNSF trains operating in winter conditions before you get frozen out. Use the hashtag #BNSFsnowphoto and post your picture by 11:59 p.m. CST Feb. 3, 2026, to enter. Guidelines: 📷

Thanks to our teams' intense focus on two key areas, lowering dwell and increasing velocity, 2025 was one of BNSF’s best years ever for service performance. See how we did it and what a few of our customers have to say about our progress, in Rail Talk at tinyurl.com/3rz8kekp

Big grain gains at BNSF! In 2025, we shipped record-high volumes of corn, oil seeds/meals and ethanol, all while quickly pivoting to deliver soybeans to a different coast. Top-notch service is ingrained in us! Here's how we did it: bnsf.com/news-media/rai…

Santa Fe F3A #24-L awaits departure from the railroad's beautiful station at 40th & San Pablo in Oakland, California with train #2, the eastbound "San Francisco Chief," in April, 1958. american-rails.com/san-fran.html

New York Central's westbound "Knickerbocker," led by E8A #4087, backs into St. Louis Union Station on June 23, 1957. Photographer unknown. american-rails.com/york.html

B&O 1449 Cumberland, MD Shops December 5, 1970 Roger Puta Collection Description by Marty Bernard Public Domain 🇺🇸

Erie 2-8-4 #3376 steams west across the Hackensack River at Secaucus, New Jersey on October 18, 1951. Bob Collins photo. american-rails.com/ererr.html

Santa Fe PA-1 #52-L arrives at Pasadena, California in March, 1947. Note the little tot waving to the train. Russ Cole photo. american-rails.com/atsf.html

Out on the railroad, when we need a fix, we call a road truck team. No matter the weather, no matter the time, they answer the call. Carman Charles “Chas” Phillips and Safety Assistant Bob Courteau give us a peek into what it’s like TCB on the mechanical team.

Santa Fe 8780 Near Darling, AZ March 1981 Roger Puta Collection Description by Marty Bernard Public Domain 🇺🇸

AT&SF F7A 309L Train 23, The Grand Canyon Raton, NM August 19, 1967 Roger Puta Collection Description by Marty Bernard Public Domain 🇺🇸

Delaware & Hudson's PA-1's (#18, #17, and #19) lead the "Susquehanna Valley Special" (Binghamton - Albany, New York) excursion near Afton, New York on September 29, 1973. Aron Blum photo. american-rails.com/delaware.html

Conrail SD70s #2571 and #2559 are eastbound at Cresson, Pennsylvania on October 18, 1998. Doug Kroll photo. american-rails.com/conrail.html

Lehigh Valley GP38AC #310 pulls the Delaware & Hudson's pair of RF16 "Sharks" and their train into the LV's terminal at Sayre, Pennsylvania in August of 1975. Since the D&H freight had operated over the Erie Lackawanna's main line they arrived at the yard's west end and were thus

BNSF’s 2026 Winter Photo Contest has come to a close, and we’re excited to share the top three images with you! Starting off with 3rd place: this moody shot of a grain shuttle powering through a January blizzard in Minnesota. At first glance, all that blowing snow makes the photo

Behold the 2nd place winner in BNSF’s 2026 Winter Photo Contest. Can you tell this is a hay field? We couldn’t either. 🥶 This mixed freight train rolls past Bad Rock Mountain on a cold February day in Montana, west of Missoula. Railfan Rich Wallace did an ice job capturing this

Connecting across silos to solve the rail industry’s toughest challenges🛤️ The 2026 WRI Heavy Haul Conference is just around the corner, and you don’t want to miss the chance to join the conversation in Dallas! 📍 Where: Hyatt Regency Downtown Dallas 🗓️ When: April 22–24, 2026