A northbound BNSF manifest meets a southbound coal train headed for the Ft. Scott Sub with three new ACEs for DPUs on the rear.
A SD70MAC and ES44AC roll down Berthoud Hill with TXUX Hoppers that are going to be loaded once again with coal at Eagle Butte Mine in Wyoming.
Build around 1998-2000, these 3 MAC's have seen their share of coal trains thru the past 9-10 years. Yet these old beast still soilder on with another empty for loading in the Powder River. This t... (more)
Near the dying town of Judson, a loaded coal train bound for Superior, Wisconsin negotiates the first of many S-curves it will see on its way to Mandan, about 20 miles to the east.
TGNX loads with nicely matched Pumpkins hold the siding for three westbounds at Kirkland at 1222. Hopefully they won't be there as long as the rib-sided boxcar still waiting for a load of grain h... (more)
This BNSF empty coal train comes off the NS main onto the BNSF main into the sunlight leaving the storms behind it.