A Union Pacific coal load slowly rolls past Eisele siding (formerly Clay), Colorado, on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. Waiting for the eastbound train down below is a UP coal empty sitting at the ... (more)
On June 9, 2013, ample springtime rainfall has brought out wildflowers among green grasses on Colorado’s front range mountains, as an eastbound Union Pacific coal load slowly drops downgrade and... (more)
UP 7141, 8199, 8940, 6187, & 8733 eastbound with a manifest.
A Union Pacific XCLX (Xcel Energy) coal train passes through Eisele (formerly Clay), Colorado, on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. Waiting for the eastbound is a coal empty sitting at Rocky siding d... (more)
An eastbound Union Pacific coal train snakes through Big 10 Curve on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. In the foreground are two AC4400CWs being used as rear DPUs going through Eisele (formerly Clay)... (more)
A Union Pacific XCLX (Xcel Energy) coal train drops through Eisele siding (formerly Clay) on the afternoon of June 9, 2013. Waiting for the eastbound is a coal empty sitting at the west end of Roc... (more)
UP 7141 heads east through the old coaling tower at Nelson, IL with a loaded coal train
Over 25 million pounds of coal heads west through Joliet Union Station on its way to the Power Plant to get delivered. Each one of these loaded coal cars weights 250,000 pounds.
