The vastness of the American west is apparent in this scene as BNSF's test train plies the rails of the lightly used Raton Sub as it heads east out of remote Timpas on yet another SD70ACe-P4 evalu... (more)
EMDX 1212 and the BNSF test train idle at dusk at remote Timpas, CO, shutting down after a long day of work on the lightly used Raton Sub to make way for Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief.
BNSF's R&D train to evaluate EMD's newest SD70ACe variant, the P4, holds the siding at lonely Timpas, CO, waiting for Amtrak's Southwest Chief to pass by before heading out on the main for a day o... (more)
In the Spring of 2004, EMD (still owned by General Motors) was performing some high altitude testing on its SD70ACes. No active mainline is higher than UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub, so up the hill they ... (more)
West Elk Mine coal empties follow muddy Colorado river under early morning. Resent afternoon/evening thunderstorms in the past week have made Colorado muddy. Union Pacific is testing Electro-Moti... (more)