With a train tied down in the siding, BNSF 6026 leads an empty coal train through the small town of Hampton, NE, before sunset. Highway 34 tends to not have much traffic on it through this part of... (more)
A westbound coal load takes the main through the siding at Abingdon, Illinois. The coming of spring will see footings installed for replacement of the CB&Q-era searchlight signals.
Coal loads are passing by the remnants of the old flyover and starting the snake-like descent into "the sag" just prior to the Palmer Divide on a gorgeous and unseasonably warm Colorado afternoon.
It took 33 minutes to travel all of 6.8 miles from the Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur, but this southbound loaded coal train has finally made it to the old flyover just north of the Palmer Divide.
BNSF 6026 leads a MAC across the classic Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur with a long cut of AMTX coal hoppers bound for Texas. More info at Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: GE ES44ACLocation: Larkspur, Colorado, USALocomotive #: BNSF 6026Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: March 04, 2009
A coal train from Black Thunder Mine, WY to Toledo, OH via the NS at Chicago, ILL, is getting back up to track speed after leaving the town Chariton behind. 2 units power this 115 car coal train t... (more)
A loaded coal train from Black Thunder Mine, WY to Toledo, OH is still 344 miles away from being delivered to the NS at Chicago, ILL.
Engineer squeezes out of the window to better see his crewman's hand signals.
Of course the inning ended right before the train came so nobody was on the field...
