The snow capped mountains create a nice backdrop as a northbound coal empty rolls on through Highland, Colo., led by BNSF SD70MAC no. 8848.
A westbound manifest snakes through Kingman Canyon as the sounds of EMD and GE dynamic breaks echo off the Canyon walls.
Flexing its long symmetrical consist with the curves of the terrain, this coal load is fighting the grade to the summit of the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake.
Two veteran 70MAC's weeze under the weight of all this coal they're pulling upgrade.
Amazing what a 5 minute walk can do to a very popular location on a perfect day.
There's nothing like it. A perfect Colorado winter day. Upper 40's; Sunny; trains are rollin'; and i'm out and about doing my favorite thing in my favorite place.
Currently running on the Mendota Sub, this taconite train is nearing the Peavine Route (Barstow Subdivision) in Galesburg, passing under the CB&Q signal bridge at B Plant. With replacement signals... (more)
BNSF 8848 departs the yard with a taconite train, passing a pair of SD70ACe's on a loaded coal train. The tac train is making way to the Barstow Sub (Peavine), while the coal train would depart sh... (more)
A expired BNSF crew climbs down, and ties down the coal train as it waits for a new crew to take it to Chicago.
