Shiny new hoppers really accent the landscape as loaded coal thunders east with BNSF 9613 running as a DPU. Note the lead unit's exhaust at the top of the ridge in the background!
Coal dust flies out of empty hoppers due to compression as BNSF 9906 leads this westbound coal empty over some rolling rails in northern TX.
No Swoosh on the back of this GEVO running on the tail end of an eastbound coal drag. One look at the topography and you can see why DPUs are a must on this line!
BNSF 5166 leads a stack train westbound on the siding for a rolling meet with an eastbound just east of Acme.
Down the hill and right in your face at track speed, a pair of Execs come down the hump into Quanah westbound with empty coal.
A trio of Wichita, Tillman, & Jackson (named for the three counties the railroad runs through) Geeps rest in the yard in Altus.
BNSF 5116 leads a stack train through the yard in Emporia to continue eastbound along the BNSF Transcon.
A white-face SD40-2 and an MRL SD45 haul M-SUPMIN around the bend into Larimore. This is the second time in a week catching a combine right behind the locomotives.
A struggling BNSF 6826 leads the M-SUPMIN slowly around the curve westbound in Arvilla.
The increasingly less rare face of the BNSF in the form of Norfolk Southern prepares to lead the H-train west out of the yard and then south towards Fargo.
The daily Dilworth - Grand Forks manifest arrives right at the expected time as it ends its run north up the Hillsboro Sub from Fargo.
Empty Clay Boswell coal comes to the west end of the yard to pick up a fresh crew as the H-GFDGAL with BNSF 7605 looks on.
A neat twist on a neat engine: the Greenface SD60M leading coal empties out of the yard. Click for more Grand Forks Rai... (more)
The daily H-train has some visiting black leading the charge west out of the yard on the heels of empty Clay Boswell coal.
Another Triclops on the point leads Clay Boswell empties westbound through the yard. Not sure of the story behind this unit or when it lost its 'BN,' but I guess it can be called the Greenface sc... (more)
