BNSF 8257 has cut away from their train while the FURX 7219 sits wating for its power to return. The coal train is picking up a unit from the V train but they still dont think they will make the ... (more)
Coal trains only run thru here when being detoured. Due to a derailment in North Dakota, a load for Superior, WI takes the long way around from Lincoln-Galesburg-Twin Cities.
A coal train cuts through the boggy forest west of McGregor on its way east. Although much of the old jointed rail on the Brainerd Subdivision has been or will be replaced, the jointed rail in thi... (more)
More non-AC EMD coal power is used on the M-SUPMIN in the form of BNSF 8266, seen here steaming west with a long train. A step ladder is used to gain some elevation and get a little different per... (more)
One of the helper sets were added to the point of this train to speed it's trip over the hill.
This set of Helpers are just seconds from cutting off the loaded train, crossing over to the south track and heading back to base to shove another train over the hill.
BNSF Warbonnet 8206 leads her train under a classic B&O cantilever signal while she hustles south on the CSX Toledo Subdivision, making her way to Cincinatti.
The pusher set drifts west at the Ponderosa Ranch at sunset. Thank You friendly BNSF crew!
On a mostly cloudy afternoon in the Twin Cities there is a short break in the clouds as BNSF 8241 moves westbound through Minnetonka shortly after departing Minneapolis.
All orange tonight on coal empties from the Twin Cities. SD70ACe 9335 is the second unit out on this train.
BNSF 8264 laps across the southern part of the balloon track to clear its train off of the Glasston Sub. Note the difference in color and font between the two units in the Heritage II scheme.
Empty Centralia, WA coal train rolls down Mullan Pass between Austin and Tobin.
A loaded coal train for Becker, MN waits at Lyons Siding for an empty coal leaving Mandan.
Five engines lead a coal load for MERC in Superior, WI across the Missouri River bridge.
A nice pair of warbonnets are in the lead of grain loads from Holloway, MN bound for Richardton, ND.
