The head end of a loaded coal drag is approaching Breezy Point at Crawford Hill. AC power rules in this part of the country.
DPU screams across the bridge, with its fading orange actually matching the fall colors!
A quiet county road brings us to Pawnee, Colorado, where the Pawnee Power Plant is located. Between Brush and Fort Morgan one can see BNSF trains racing along the farmland either towards Denver or... (more)
BNSF 8839 & 8964 are parked at Hampton, NE with their train broke in three to clear grade crossings.
Coal loads for MERC round the curve into the setting sun about 15 miles from their destination.
A westbound loaded BNSF coal train passes through the cuts at Schilling, Montana with SD70MAC 8839 positioned on the rear as a DPU, kicking off the final day of railfanning on my Spring Break vaca... (more)
Empty BNSF coal train heads west at the Highlands Metra Station on 10/21/2007.
Empties returning to the mine
Empty coal train slows along Southern Avenue as it approaches Forrest Yard.
