Two of BNSF's new ET44ACH locomotives lead an Engle Butte Mine to Reliant Engery (Perish), TX coal train over the Palmer Divde as it passes through Larkspur. With another two ET44ACH shoving on th... (more)

With a fresh crew onboard, BNSF 9669 begins its 185 mile journey from Denver to La Junta, CO on the route known as the "North Loop". With the Denver skyline in the background, this 17,7... (more)

A Holcomb, KS bound coal train climbs the grade out of Fort Morgan as it crosses over the CB&Q bridge at Bijou Creek with an ex-BN executive painted SD70MAC leading.

BNSF 9669 heads down the shelf between Crest and Roggen as it powers through the rural farmlands of eastern Colorado.

BNSF 9669 leads a North Antelope Mine to Holcomb, KS (Sunflower Electric Power Plant) coal train across Barr Lake as it approaches Denver.

BNSF 9669 leads a North Antelope Mine to Holcomb, KS (Sunflower Electric Power Plant) coal train up the slight grade out of Keenesburg, CO. Even though the grade is only 0.7% at this location, coa... (more)

A BNSF warbonnet and CP motor lead an empty windmill train down the Palmer Divide as it crosses over the Rio Grande bridge at Monument.

An empty windmill train crest over the 7,200' summit of Palmer Lake with BNSF Warbonnet and a CP ES44AC lead the train. In the background, a summer thunderstorm hits the Castle Rock/ Larkspur area... (more)

An Eagle Butte Mine coal train grinds up the grade of Colorado's Joint Line as it crosses over the Santa Fe bridge at Larkspur.

A pair of EMD SD70ACe pump out heavy smoke as they get their 17,500 ton coal train moving on a 1.4% grade of Spruce as the DP motors of an empty coal train head north on main track 2.

One of the Joint Lines 'rescue motors", BNSF 9026, sits idle in the spur track of Spruce with a pair of bad order coal cars coupled behind it. Normally, a lone BNSF locomotive waits in the sp... (more)

The sights and sounds of a summer thunderstorm have been silenced by the powerful roar of EMD and GE prime movers as they grind away on wet steel rail. Over 17,000 tons of North Antelope Mine coal... (more)

A loaded Comanche train grinds up the 0.6% grade of Keenesburg. The vast open landscape of the Brush Sub is on full display here as late summer thunderstorms forms in the background.

Black Thunder Mine, WY to Comanche XCEL Power Plant (Pueblo), CO coal train pulls out of the sag at Crest as it powers west across the open range of eastern Colorado.

Mid America Energy (Council Bluffs, IA) empties head west across the Sand Hill Subs towards Alliance and onward to the coal fields of the Powder River Basin.