17,500 tons of coal for Donnie, TX is being pulled a pair of EMD motors as they cross over the Santa Fe bridge at Larkspur, CO.

A pair of EMDs drag a coal load up main one near Larkspur on a perfect summer afternoon along the Colorado's Palmer Divide.

A Donnie, TX coal load crest the 7,200' summit of the Palmer Lake as it passes Palmer Lake on a warm summer afternoon.

A pair of EMD motors are locked into a battle with gravity as they fight to haul a 17,000 ton coal train up the 1.5% grade of the Palmer Divide. Here at Greenland, only a few miles away from the s... (more)

A pair of BNSF ACe's are on the point of another load taking on Crawford Hill in Northwestern Nebraska

A pair of BNSF ACe's are on the point of another load continuing its assault on Crawford Hill in Northwestern Nebraska

A southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train cruises through Colorado Springs, CO on August 27, 2016.

Coal empties from the Columbia coal plant in Portage, WI head west on the CP River Sub.

with only minutes of sunlight left a pair of brand new ACe's led a southbound BNSF coal load into Larkspur