Southbound coal train spraying fresh snow off the rails as the first rays of morning sunlight pierce the sky.

Southbound coal train peeking through through the first rays of morning light after a fresh snow.

BNSF 9122 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado on its way to Denver.

BNSF 9122 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train west on the Brush Sub towards Denver, Colorado.

BNSF 9122 (SD70ACe) runs a loaded coal train past the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF 9122 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal west on the Brush Sub through West Tonville, Colorado.

IT far from home
BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9122 leads a northbound BNSF coal train over the hill at Logan, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 10, 2023. Far from home is trailing Norfolk Southe... (more)

EMD power leads an eastbound HFRSPAS near Maryhill in the early morning.

BNSF 9122 eastbound with a loaded coal train.

Roggen Sunrise

Eastbound into the first light of a mid winter day glows on the open prairie and pumpkin orange BNSF at track speed. The warm color pallet disguises the sub zero... (more)

BNSF 9122 exits the last of three tunnels on the Guernsey-Wendover connection. The link was late on the railroad scene and was not completed until 1915. The scenic section of railroad hosts about ... (more)

The absolute first light of a frigid post solstice Winter’s day strikes the point at the curve into the morning sunrise at Keenesburg, CO. The aluminum hoppers are ablaze in the morning fiery re... (more)

A stacked lashup leads the JHMX coal train in the late afternoon at the start of the BNSF Ravenna Sub.

EMD power from BNSF and CN lead a westbound empty for another load of Powder River Basin coal.

Westbound waiting to depart Wayzata Siding in Long Lake.