Out in the sunflower vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills, BN 5584 leads a set of DC power on an eastbound coal train through cow country west of Mullen.

Early morning near Mullen, NE finds an eastbound load with BNSF 8790 leading.

Just another coal train crossing the vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills between Whitman and Mullen on a cool November afternoon. The C30-7, Oakway SD60, SD40-2 combo are rolling past one of the ma... (more)

Out in cow and coal train country, BN 5078 is in charge of an old school set of power as it leads an empty coal train up the grade from Seneca to Mullen in the vastness of central Nebraska's sandh... (more)

Both BNSF and UP could not double track fast enough to keep pace with the increase in coal traffic emanating from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Here an eastbound coal train with a pair of han... (more)

The rural nature of the Sandhills Sub was transformed with the advent of coal traffic - first with CTC and then extensive double-tracking such as was underway between Mullen and Whitman, NE in the... (more)

West of Mullen, NE BNSF 6378 West negotiates an S curve on their way back towards the Powder River Coal Basin.

A Heritage Two SD70MAC brings up the rear of a loaded bucket, working in DPU mode.

A westbound BNSF empty unit coal train climbs upgrade through an S curve near Mullen, NE.

A loaded coal train drifts eastbound along the Sand Hills Sub, about 276 west of Lincoln, NE.

Running on an approach... a loaded coal train for Pryor, OK pulls east. With 2 coal loads ahead, this engineer will probably see more yellow than green. In the distance, westbound E PCTBTM is wa... (more)

Empties meet loaded train C ATMSUD, which has coal destined for a lake boat in Superior, WI.

A long way from home, a Tennessee Valley Authority coal train rolls west towards Wyoming for more black diamonds.

Westward empty hoppers behind BNSF 6147 glide through an S curve west of Mullen in the vastness of the central Nebraska sandhills. Once a rural CB&Q branch, this line is a coal thoroughfare; where... (more)

A lone GEVO in front takes an empty coal train through the small town of Mullen