An eastbound BNSF train grinds up the Marias Pass grade above Essex under a half moon, its headlights bringing light to the otherwise eternal gloom of Shed 12 on the canyon's south wall.
9593 dodges the late evening shadows on a warm July night as it leads an empty coal train down the grade into the Kalamazoo River valley. The empties are from the J.R. Campbell Generating Complex... (more)