Just after sunrise this Decatur, IL to Jacob's Ranch Mine, WY empty coal train is rolling west. 4 SD70MAC's and 2 ES44AC's power this empty. This train came off the Peoria Branch at Galesburg, IL.... (more)
Coal mty's crossing over route 180, and Kinnikinnick creek, on this long trestle.
Tying for the highest number engine I have seen, BNSF 9998 and an unlikely partner head south with an empty NS coal train.
Southbound coal loads at Reinbach Street.
The track doves scatter as 9998 decends toward the Seward cutoff