17,700 tons of Powder Basin coal is putting strain on the drawbars of this Halsted, TX coal train as it crest the 7,200 ft summit at Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line.
It's the Blue Hour as BNSF ACe 9186 leads a coal train on the Brush Sub through the signals in Hudson, Colorado.
BNSF 9186 & 5926 power eastbound loads.
Midway Station is no longer in use and the Empire Builder now bypasses the old platform. Today the train is late providing a nice afternoon setting as it heads toward Union Depot in downtown St. ... (more)
Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.
BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.
An eastbound BNSF coal train highballs the siding at Dengate while a westbound empties sits in the clear.
A 7-way meet...only in the Powder River Basin at Converse Jct. 3 BNSF empties sit on the leads to the Antelope Mine while 4 UP (3 loads and 1 empty) trains occupy the mains (1 on each main).