DPU motors on a Coal Load: Black Thunder Mine, WY - Mossville, LA
The new Black Thunder West coal loadout facility is now operational. The coal runs from the Black Thunder mine along the tracks and then up and over the mainline just North of Reno Jct. You can se... (more)
Westbound coal empties start down the curve in the tracks that leads to the Mississippi River bridge. Downtown Brainerd's historic water tower is evident on the left.
A loaded unit coal powers up after meeting a grain empty at Clara City. The second unit was BNSF 9371, it will be dropped off in Willmar.