BNSF 8775 leads a short Alliance to Sterling freight south of Dalton, NE.
Rolling meet....this loaded coal train had to wait at McElhany for this empty oil train to clear up. The oil train had clears around the coal train so they made high pace pass at 40mph thru the si... (more)
A loaded coal off the BNSF at Kansas City makes its way down the KCS Heavener Sub near Ginger Blue. The train slowly rolls thru the permanent 25 mph over the Elk River and around all the tight cur... (more)
Bnsf 8775 leads a loaded coal drag through North Saint Louis.
BNSF 8775 leads a manifest west through Downers Grove.
Once the heavy coal trains make the steep climb between Larkspur and Palmer Lake, they head downhill towards Colorado Springs. Here we see BNSF 8775 (SD70ACe) running along the trees that make Pa... (more)
BNSF had apparently already curtailed operations for Christmas on the 23rd as witnessed by the number of eastbounds parked between Cairo & Ravenna.
A BNSF coal train, probably running under a CN train symbol, gets ready to take the branch west towards St. Louis. These coal trains always sport BNSF locomotives adding a nice variety to the com... (more)
An SD70ACe leads coal empties out of Murray Yard on their journey back to Wyoming.
BNSF 8775 shoves an eastbound loaded coal train past a waiting westbound empty coal train.