I figured it was time to post a shot from my home town of Colorado Springs. A loaded coal train rolls south through Colorado Springs on a beautiful October morning. In the background is Pikes Peak... (more)

A coal train follows the contours of the Clark Fork River near Eddy Montana

BNSF 9360 leads a loaded coal train eastward through Berwyn that is bound for a Detroit Edison plant in Southeastern Michigan.

Another loaded coal train heads east past Lavergne Station in Berwyn on a pretty nice Saturday morning.

Rolling through the gateway into the Chippewa National Forest, this EMD powered coal train for Clay Boswell is putting up the exhaust as they cruise up Cuba Hill. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD75I
Location: Cass Lake, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8284
Train ID: Coal
Photo Date: May 05, 2008

Rolling through the Chippewa National Forest, this Warbonnet along with two 60M's are having little trouble keeping track speed on this glorious morning as they had east towards the Clay Boswell p... (more)

CMGN 5175 leads the HESR 3866 south out of Bay City with an empty Consumers Energy train.

This CSX coal train is passing under the Ridgely Street signal bridge as it approaches Bailey's Wye in downtown Baltimore. As the CPLs are gradually replaced with more modern, and generic, equipme... (more)

An ACe up front and an AC4400 pushing on the rear. More info at OutstateMinnesotaRail.

BNSF coal train on the KCS passes through Hartfield, OK after a summer thunderstorm.

The Chessie System has given way to CSX, but on this warm spring day the colorful Chessie paint scheme brightens up the consist of this coal train bound for Curtis Bay.

UP 5754 is proceeding eastward along the former CNW mainline near Myrtle Avenue in Elmhurst with a loaded coal train destined for interchange in Chicago.

BNSF 6099 is leading another train coal east into Chicago as it nears the Cowley Road crossing in Riverside.

BNSF 5792 leads an eastbound coal train into Chicago at East Avenue in Berwyn.

With another busy morning along the BNSF racetrack well underway an eastbound load coal train is heading for interchange in Chicago as it passes under a signal bridge near the Harlem Avenue Metra ... (more)