BNSF coal train headed toward Ameren's Portage de Sioux power plant with UCEX coal hoppers.

BNSF 6032 & 9289 power westbound empties.

Passing through CN Junction, a BNSF loaded coal, destined for the Scherer coal powered facility in Georgia, travels through Memphis on main 2 of the BNSF Thayer South Sub. It will soon switch to N... (more)

A BNSF loaded coal, destined for the Scherer coal powered facility in Georgia, enters Memphis after crossing the overflowing Mississippi River on the Frisco Bridge. It is switching to main 2 on th... (more)

BNSF 6032 heads an empty coal train east up the grade from Albus, near Rock Island dam for 16 miles to Quincy, WA which includes Trinidad loop. The train is about to leave the banks of the Columbi... (more)

For a few weeks, spring brings a touch of green and some flowering trees to the sage brush that dominates the scenery of eastern Washington, in this case along Crab Creek. An eastbound empty coal ... (more)

An empty from Sadler, MO to Rojo Jct., WY (Cabollo Rojo Mine), has just passed thru Lakeside as the sun begins another day on the Sand Hills Sub. This empty is only 10 miles east of Alliance, NE.

Southbound coal train.

PRB often looks quiet and peaceful in spite of heavy daily coal traffic. Here a northbound BNSF full coal rolls over the Basin with BNSF 6032 as a rear DPU just before sunset.