An empty coal train arrives at the West Elk loadout on the North Fork Branch on a gorgeous morning in the Colorado Rockies.
The final cars are being loaded with coal at the West Elk loadout at the end of the former DRGW North Fork branch in Somorset, Colorado
A pair of EMD locomotives lead a train of empty hoppers towards the mines at Somerset, CO on August 16, 2015.
An eastbound coal empty bound for the West Elk Mine led by Southern Pacific AC4400CW No. 158 meets another coal train about to begin loading at Oxbow Mining’s Elk Creek Mine at Somerset, Colorad... (more)
A Rio Grande SD45/SD40T-2 combo lead a coal empty across the Bear Creek trestle on SP's North Fork Branch.
I am on an eastbound coal train that is loading uphill at Somerset Mine, while another train is plug loading downhill at Elk Creek Mine. Both of these trains are loading on the east end of the Nor... (more)
Another shot of train setting up to be loaded
Train just arriving at Oxbow Mine in Somerset, CO
