The roundhouse at Cheyenne hosts coal train power of the day - C30-7s and a U30C on the side. Most coal traffic came out of the Hanna, WY basin at the time as there were several mines in the vicin... (more)

Remote Wendover Canyon is host to yet another coal train, led by Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5036, rolling along the North Platte River between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon o... (more)

Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5017 leads an eastbound coal train out of Tamora, Nebraska, on the bright morning of July 1, 1989. Spending most of their lives hauling coal as intended, BN amasse... (more)

Eastbound empty auto racks return to the factories for more cars to serve the west coast market. The Santa Fe train is entering Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

A quartet of Burlington Northern GE C30-7s, along with a lone EMD SD40-2, power a coal empty northward toward Alliance at East Bonner, Nebraska, on July 25, 1992.

C30-7 Ex Ferromex

The 5586 was my "chaser" for the afternoon on this Montana summer day. Blessed with a train at the semaphores near St. Regis, I followed this westbound toward another blade setting near ... (more)

GE C30-7, getting out of the most difficult tunnel in Brazil.

Visiting BN power takes an empty unit coal train north on the joint MP/SSW river line.

A loaded Burlington Northern coal train holds down the siding at Berea, Nebraska, on the morning of July 24, 1992. Lead locomotive GE C30-7 No. 5057 has been repainted in BN’s “whiteface” pa... (more)

Conrail train APB-1 has arrived in Portland, Pennsylvania, and the power is positioned to allow the crew to visit the Portland Diner. When first delivered, Conrail’s ten C30-7’s had stars unde... (more)

After traffic south of Palmer Lake has cleared, a southbound Santa Fe manifest passes through the “sag” between Spruce and Palmer Lake, Colorado.

On a beautiful April day on Colorado’s Joint Line, a southbound Santa Fe manifest has conveniently stopped for clearance next to the sign identifying the location as Spruce.

BN power pulling coal empties waits as one of MP's coal service SD40-2s leads four more SD40-2s and a loaded coal train. I spent a lot of time in southeast Kansas in the 1980s, and saw lots of PR... (more)