This loaded BNSF coal train is sitting crewless on the south leg of the Bell Ayr wye in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Often coal trains, such as this one, are loaded by a separate loading crew and... (more)
Moving west on the Transcon at Wyaconda, this train has a couple Ferromex locomotives in the consist. It's a brutal day for railfanning at 6 degrees F with a 20 mph wind.
An eastbound BNSF coal load makes its way down the multiple hogbacks east of Bellevue, TX. The little town is just beyond the point where U.S. 287 crests the hill in the distance. Although the Wic... (more)