A Warbonnet and two SD60Ms pull an empty Clay Boswell coal drag out of the yard during the only break in the clouds today. Info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD75M
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8239
Train ID: E-COBBSM
Photo Date: June 12, 2006

The stack re-routes are back! MoW work is in progress along the KO Sub between Minot and Fargo causing stacks/autoracks to detour over the Great Northern's former Hi-Line across northern ND. BNS... (more)

A pair of classic SD40-2s bring the daily Lincoln, NE - Grand Forks, ND high priority manifest into the yard on a pleasant morning. As a bonus, I get a nice wave from Engineer Lunak!

Coal loads work south toward the southern end of the Greenland Open Space as a lone horse chows down. I love the Greenland Open Space: miles and miles of near-unmarked beauty and very little civi... (more)

As loaded coal departs Palmer Lake towards Colorado Springs, a GrenadEVO and an ACe act as anchors against gravity as the train descends off of the Palmer Divide.

This grain train makes its way west through Emerado past a typical Spring scene in North Dakota: sunny skies, the last remnants of snow, and ditches flowing with run off. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Emerado, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7707
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 02, 2008

UP coal eastbound on the rolling hills running via trackage rights over BNSF rails.

The classic Palmer Lake shot, this time of DPUs pushing coal empties up the last stretch of the Palmer Divide. Looks like this MAC with its partially missing cigar band is in line for a Swooshing... (more)

Westbound grain storms through Powell late in the day. Special thanks to the county Sheriff deputies who slowed and stopped their vehicle behind me to prevent dust from the dirt road from ruining... (more)

Clay Boswell empties behind a dirty SD75I in the BNSFbonnet scheme round the curve westbound about to cross the Red River into North Dakota.

Coal empties blast northbound on Main 2 along a less scenic portion of the Joint Line south of Colorado Springs. This was supposed to be a shot of UP 1989, but the Rio Grande heritage unit never ... (more)

Coal empties work their way north into Palmer Lake behind a grungy GEVO. This might be the first time I can say that an H2 MAC's paint looks better than a Swoosh'd GEVO's...

I wonder how many trains this little bridge has supported since it was built back in 1928? Here empty coal is about to add to the tally as it leaves the yard.

A pair of DPU ACes shoves on the end of a loaded coal train as it slowly makes its way up the grade southbound on Main 1.

A short string of empty coal hoppers from Canon City rolls north on Main 2 behind a trio of Armour Yellow.