The Deseret Power Railway is the last electric-powered coal hauling railroad left since the closure of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell and the Navajo Mine Railroad. A loaded coal train is seen here h... (more)
Coal loads behind BNSF power wait on the main while two geeps take a short Pittsburg Dodger into the 8,900'Â passing track at Dalby.
Deseret Power Railway coal loads are westbound at Mormon Gap near milepost 21 on their way to the power plant at Bonanza,UT.
Chicago Central had 8 SDP45 on lease for 3 month's. Pulling out the sag from Buffalo creek the SDP45's and one SD45-2 are in 8.
Loads coming in for crew change.
Loads grinding along trying to gain speed on the down hill parts of the run.
Richmond Pacific's ex-MP SW interrupts the flow of Wright Ave. as it drags a cut of black diamonds towards the dockside unloading area. This coal was delivered by UP from West Elk Mine (Arco, CO) ... (more)
Coal loads receive a friendly wave from the ski train crew as it rolls east through a cold Fraser.
This GE puts on a nice smoke show as it departs Livingston for the assault on Bozeman Pass.
Cambria & Indiana RR coal cars are in the consist of a train rolling by on the main. C&I was nowhere near Indiana, the state, but revenues per mile of track for the small RR were the greatest of ... (more)
Loaded coal train eases through downtown Minneapolis.
Three burners on the head end as coal loads head for Superior.
A southbound coal train rolls through the Air Force Academy as seen through from the former Santa Fe where once a trestle stood. If one looks there are plenty of reminders of the former second tra... (more)
UP coal loads are cresting the hill at Oxford but the horses are more interested in the guy with the camera.
A BNSF coal train rolls south along the Mississippi River near Ilasco, Missouri on glorious October afternoon.