A pair of EMDs hustle an empty coal train through the farmer fields of Pinon, CO with the moon rising on the setting sky above.

BNSF 9150 taking an empty coal train North past one of the very few surviving Searchlights on the Thayer North Sub.

A loaded coal drag eases into Edgemont on a sunny winter day.

A southbound BNSF loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin rounds a curve near Glendo, Wyoming on the BNSF's Valley Subdivision.

The undulating track profile of the BNSF's Orin Subdivision is evident as a BNSF coal load heads south out of Bill, Wyoming on a clear morning in the Powder River Basin.

Eastbound loads along the triple tracked portion of the Orin Sub. Very impressive!

A northbound mty coal, passing Palmer Lake on the Joint Line.

A BNSF Railway coal train travels east through Perma, Montana with a beautiful mountain backdrop.

A newer member of the BNSF family dusts off the rails with priority merchandise from Laurel, MT.

A busy day at the Academy siding with a six-way meet taking place over the course of a few minutes. Here a northbound manifest, the second in a string of five trains, pulls past a loaded coal tra... (more)

After waiting on the Academy siding for five northbounds to pass, this TILX coal train is underway again with a nice ACe in the lead. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 9150
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 14, 2009