Fog over the Clark Fork valley is still lifting and burning off on the morning of October 14, 2018, as a westbound BNSF coal train sprints across Bridge 55 at trout Creek, Montana.
A lone MAC brings up the rear end of this loaded coal train. The train is seen here working the grades between Red Oak and Stanton in southwestern Iowa. The train is still around 46 miles from Cre... (more)
A power transfer hitches a ride on a westbound empty coal train. Locomotives are BNSF 9918, 6358, 5684, 9763, 9484, 9888, 207, 246, 241, 248, 243, & 296.
The DPU on an all-rail ore train kicks up fresh powder as it rolls through Cloquet.
Note how the striping, lights, and colors of the passing train line up with the stationary locomotive. BNSF 9918 waits for it's turn to the Powder River Basin as a loaded coal train passes.