An empty BNSF coal train heads north towards Denver on the UP track of Colorado's Joint Line as BNSF's Denver to Amarillo manifest grinds up towards Palmer Lake on the BNSF track.

An empty coal train hustles northbound towards Denver, CO as it passes through Greenland with Pikes Peak looming in the background.

Westbound empties meet eastbound loads.

Westbound coal loads exit the first tunnel west of Lyle and are about to enter the second.

An empty BNSF coal trains rolls along the beautiful Flathead River en route to Missoula via MRL's 10th Subdivision.

An empty BNSF coal trains rolls along the Flathead River en route to Missoula via MRL's 10th Subdivision.

BNSF 9204 turns into the setting sun, as it comes out of the S curve, just outside of Hecla, with 135 empties, and DPU BNSF 9726, as it battles uphill in the Sand Hills of Nebraska.

A trio of EMDs in elephantine fashion on the point of Clay Boswell empties rolls westward through downtown Grand Forks on a beautiful October day. It will be weird soon to start seeing these tricl... (more)

With a classic all-SD60 consist (the rear helper was even an ex-BN SD60M), an eastbound coal train races through a field to the west of Beach and about a mile away from the North Dakota-Montana bo... (more)

I don't know if it was just a strange coincidence or somebody having fun in Superior, but this all-green consist was nice to see on St. Patrick's Day. This train stopped on the main at Kimberly to... (more)

A rare trio of former BN SD60Ms leads coal loads into Grand Forks.

A busy evening on the Hillsboro Sub has this southbound empty coal drag receiving priority at the moment. This scene is typical in every small town in North Dakota that has a rail line running th... (more)

A nice ex-BN Triclops rolls south during a busy evening on the Hillsboro Sub. The dead tree is included in the shot in honor of Earth Day and the fact that trees are a scarce sight up here!!!

Luck must be with me! A BN SD60M with a three-peice windshield, in the "white-face" scheme with a trailing Santa Fe Geep peek around the curve at MP13.3.