CSUX coal loads bound for either downtown Colorado Springs or Fountain, CO work west into Cheyenne. This is one of about 3 or 4 Union Pacific trains regularly seen on the famed Joint Line.

UP coal works south past the empty parking lot of Woodmen Valley Chapel. This is Black Thunder Mine, WY to Cochise, AZ is an unusual move to see on the Joint Line. The last time I caught a GE en... (more)

BNSF 7581 slowly creeps north with the daily Northtown - Grand Forks manifest. He's got about a mile and 126 cars to go before clearing track warrant 516-88, one of the final few track warrants i... (more)

UP flag unit leads a vehicle train west out of Moorhead, MN and into Fargo, ND on a perfect Saturday afternoon. Since Fargo-Moorhead went whistle-free, it's a little more challenging to railfan h... (more)

BNSF 9265 fronts the first of three southbound coal trains through Palmer Lake on a beautiful and busy Sunday morning. These trains would meet waiting northbounds at Monument, Academy, and Colora... (more)

ARR 4009 leads the Anchorage-to-Fairbanks freight across the Davis Highway on a beautiful spring evening.

Stacks on the Joint Line...something you don't see every day! Actually, these are empties and this is a "repo" train, meaning the railroad is repositioning these empty containers to ano... (more)

A pair of GEVOs holds back a full load of FPPX hoppers as they creep downgrade to wait for a traffic jam near Academy to clear up. Fortunately, I wasn't injured by any exploding turbochargers (or... (more)

New generation coal power leans on the dynamics as it descends the grade out of Palmer Lake southbound.

MNN 910 & MNN 911, an ex-BRC cow/calf combo, sit quietly in the Minnestoa Northern Yard on a crisp but perfect evening.

A pair of elephant MACs leads coal south off the siding in Monument after meeting northobund blades. The Executive paint scheme is really starting to show its age, now dull enough to blend in wit... (more)

A matched duo of SD70MACs leads coal south through Greenland after waiting for traffic in The Sag to clear.

After cresting the Palmer Divide, BNSF 8929 slinks over to Main 2 as it heads north out of town. The unit in the foreground is BNSF 6100 which is there to help trains over the divide if needed. ... (more)

After meeting coal loads in Hillsboro, a nice duo of SD60s rolls south past the huge grain loading facility in Alton on its way toward Fargo.

Loaded coal leaving the Dilworth Yard eastbound behind an SD70ACe (my first), a faded H2 SD70MAC, and the Reader's Digest large-print edition SD60M. Power from the M-GFDNTW can be seen looking on... (more)