Westbound coal empties catch the last rays of golden light as they work back to the Powder River for another load.

In between snow squalls, the BNSF 9685 runs through what remains of the small yard at Wilpen. In it's heyday, Wilpen was used more for staging natural ore loads and empties from the various local ... (more)

BNSF 9685 leads it's train of coal empties through the yard at Kelly Lake, MN passing an old BN caboose on a work train in the process.

BNSF 9685 pulls it's train of coal empties slowly through the yard at Kelly Lake, MN getting ready to take the signal to head back south to Superior, WI and ultimately back out west for more loads... (more)

Coal empties depart Superior and Detroit Edison's Midwest Energy Resources dock headed back for another load of PRB coal. MERC is BNSF's largest single coal destination. The city of Duluth, MN ca... (more)

A Westbound coal empty makes it's way up the steps of the hill into Sawyer, MN on the Brainerd sub.

Another train of "empty buckets" is departing the Ft. Worth area and glides effortlessly through Saginaw as this BNSF frieght with 120 cars returns to the Powder River Basin. It's the "dog days" ... (more)

CN 5711 leads an empty Farmersville coal train south across the mostly frozen waters of Lake Springfield. Once loaded at the Crown II mine, this train will head north to Cedar Rapids, via Peoria ... (more)

BNSF 9935 East prepares to depart Lowder after meeting a westbound CN grain train.

BNSF 5809 East threads thru the grain elevators at Pisgah with another train of coal empties headed back to the Powder River Basin.

Dropping thru a small sag and back out and running track speed an 2-1 DP is putting out the heat waves.

The second of many coal empties makes its way off the North Shore Scenic Railroad's line along the north shore of Lake Superior (visible in the background). The coal cars are reentering service af... (more)

Blazing west through the snow at about track speed of 49 MPH.

The TTI job has coal empties as they roll south back toward Paris. Today this job ran out of Paris with coal loads for Maysville. This job ran with power on both ends with the loads, at Maysville ... (more)

With all the power on the head end the TTI heads back south towards Paris, KY with coal empties out of Maysville, KY. This operation I knew nothing about til this weekend, but with U36B's and B36-... (more)