Fifteen years ago today, a pair of BNSF DPUs gently help with braking duties downhill into Denver, headed ultimately back to the Powder River Basin with empty coal gons.
BNSF 8554 leads a Northbound coal empty on the Joint Line at Louviers as a thunderstorm slams the Castle Rock area in the background.
A BNSF ACe/GEVO combo (and other out of sight at the end) hoist another load of coal out of Denver and up the Palmer Divide.
The rear DPU engines of this empty train move some fresh powder on the ground as they race north for another load of coal. You know it's really cold when icicles are still clinging onto the radia... (more)
Northbound on the Joint Line near Louviers, Fort Worth & Denver 752D heads a Colorado & Southern freight for Denver on July 8, 1967. The practice of sandwiching one or two SD9s between paired AB F... (more)
Photo from the 1980s.
A SD70ACe and a SD70MAC. Two of the more aesthetically pleasing EMD models to roam the rails today!
