A 2x3 coal train is in the middle of this 6 mile 1% climb between Arvada and Kendrick. All 5 units have their hands full as they crawl upgrade thru the huge reverse curve west of Arvada! The train... (more)
As the sun rises on this early spring morning we see NS 734 (Memphis/BNSF-Juliette,GA) glide its way out of town after making a crew change at Webb, heading for the Georgia Power Steam Plant Scher... (more)
Looking more like Colorado with the BNSF power and rock cut this eastbound manifest sits at the Bud Board waiting for Cumberland Yard to open up.
An engineer ties down brand-new GEVO 6053 as it waits for a fresh crew to take its coal load into the heart of Texas.
Staples yard looks like it did 10+ years ago when it was a crew change point - filled with coal trains. Crews are changing here today on account of a derailment about 90 miles west of here.
Clay Boswell coal loads come around a curve and past the Minnesota Northern Railroad's yard at Crookston.
A new GEVO teams up with a BN SD70MAC to lead Clay Boswell coal loads to Cohasset, MN.
Another all-AC powered coal train brings Clay Boswell loads into the yard on a pleasant Sunday morning after two straight days of rain. BN 9694, the same unit I caught a few days prior, runs seco... (more)
An empty coal train from Superior, WI cuts through the forest west of Baxter as it continues westward. Sibling BNSF 6108, an identical ES44AC, was a DPU on the rear of this train.
