BNSF 5857 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal train past the depot in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A loaded Pawnee coal train makes its way up the branch towards the Xcel Energy power plant in Fort Morgan, CO. This is the 3rd Pawnee loaded train this year, and a sign that coal sets are returnin... (more)
A westbound manifest freight disappears over the horizon, as an eastbound powers up and prepares to take off. This part of the Cuba sub parallels old Route 66, and uses searchlight signals, which ... (more)
BNSF 5857 leads empty coal buckets past one of the signature features on BNSF's K-Line (Hannibal Subdivision), a signal house on stilts. The K-line is prone to flooding from the Mississippi River... (more)
Helper loco of coal train.