Ah, the mighty Westward BNSF Freight Train. Here we listen to it's mighty roar as it progresses on a westward migration. Stunning in it's majesty, rare to find in its pristine, untouched habitat: the long tracks. Like its cousin, the Eastward BNSF, it beats the ground in a display of dominance guaranteed to attract attention and hopefully a mate.
A rather more recent introduction to the Pacific Northwest soundscape, BNSFs have established themselves as long-term residents, outcompeting indigenous rivals for the scarce resources necessary to survive in an unforgiving yet beautiful landscape.
Unlike its cousin, the Westward BNSF appears to fear the sun and lives its life in constant flight of the sunrise, its screams only serving as painful reminders to others of its species of the horrors that await if they don't flee.
In this clip, a BNSF can be heard racing by at its full natural top-speed of almost 55 miles per hour, making it not quite as fast as the swift Cheetah. Unlike that sprinter, the BNSF is it in the race for endurance and can maintain this rate as long as there is track to run on and energy to consume.
