West Bottoms Wandering | Beginning its journey down the Fort Scott Subdivision, a southbound coal train headed for the James H Miller Generating Plant in Palos, AL slowly carries loads thro... (more)

Rear DPU on westbound empties.

BNSF 3328 & 3287 lead westbound empties.

BNSF 3670 & 3318 shove on a westbound empty coal train.

A pair of heavies trail westbound empties.

On a beautiful summer morning, a pair of brand-new BNSF locomotives lead a southbound loaded coal train through Monument, CO on July 12th, 2024.

BNSF 3300 & 3290 bring up the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.

BNSF 3286 & 3638 shove on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.

Sand with 2 DPU motors on the rear

Sand with 2 shiny rear motors pushing

BNSF 3310 leads a northbound load as it tops Angora Hill, south of Alliance.

Sand train with fresh DPU units on the rear

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives lead a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train down the 1.5% grade of Palmer Divide as it passes through Monument, CO.

Five locomotives are the cut-in distributed power on a double empty coal train as they descend the 1.7% grade of Crawford Hill. These "double empties" are made up 272 cars at 15,000 ft l... (more)

BNSF 3317 and BNSF 3318 battle a 1.4% grade near Belmont, NE as these new General Electric ES44ACH "Heavies" make their first trip on a coal load over Crawford Hill.