BNSF 9284 & 8493 eastbound with coal loads.

Alpen Glow on Monkey Face

BNSF loaded coal rolls south over the classic ATSF bridge south of Larkspur, CO in the clearing morning freezing fog. Sunrise was only moments earlier... (more)

A butte called Monkey Face is in full alpen glow above the low freezing fog in The Carpenter Creek valley south of Larkspur, CO. Southbound coal crawls up the steep grade into the absolute first l... (more)

A BNSF SD70ACe is on the point of a manifest freight as it waits to depart the yard in Trinidad, Colorado. A massive storm front has just passed over the area creating a dramatic background in the... (more)

BNSF 9284 leads a heavy coal train over the iconic Santa Fe Bridge located in Larkspur, Colorado.

BNSF 9284 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train into Monument, Colorado.

BNSF 9284 (SD70ACe) runs the high ridge which will take it into the north side of Larkspur, Colorado.

There is about 4,277 horsepower difference between the 23HP John Deer D 1940's tractor and the 4,300HP SD70ACe.

BNSF 9284 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Larkspur Colorado and over the Santa Fe Bridge.

BNSF 9284 leads a loaded coal train through the rolling hills of Larkspur, Colorado.

BNSF 9284 (SD70ACe) muscles a loaded coal train past some farm toys in Greenland, Colorado

BNSF 9284 & 6234 lead an eastbound coal train approaching Litchfield NE on BNSF's Sandhills Sub.

A BNSF Coal drag heads South through Townley, AL. On their way to West Jefferson, AL. This is the DPU power (Locomotives on the rear) so this is a going away shot

A BNSF coal empty heads west amongst the grassland and a pair of buttes east of Glen Ulin,ND 8/9/05.

More than a month before BNSF would roster its first SD70ACe, the original BNSF 9284 and two sister SD60s lead an Ardoch coal empty off the Glasston sub. Less than four years later, the ACe would... (more)