The last ever daylight run of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell cuts it's way through the northern Arizona desert.
BM&LP empties roll through Coconino County and skirt the small town of Kaibito.
As the Day Wears On - The moon begins to set over northern Arizona as the morning moves deeper into the day. The eastbound empty coal train has just curved the S-curve into Midway, which is... (more)
85 empties head south through the middle of nowhere, bound for the Kayenta Mine where the 1983-built E60's will take on coal.
With empties in tow, four E60C-2's take a stroll through the desert as they head to the Kayenta mine for another load of coal. The dreaded August 26th deadline was fast approaching as the railroad... (more)
Saying Goodbye - Locals gather at the Milepost 30 Indian Route 21 crossing to watch the coal train go by one last time. This is the last loaded coal train that will run through here in the ... (more)
The sun is just about gone for the day, as a BMLP loaded coal train makes its way through the high desert of Arizona.
The sun sets on the BMLP... in more ways than one. With the end of operations near, the isolated electrified coal railroad runs around the clock taking the last loads of coal from the Peabody Kay... (more)
Eastbound Black Mesa empties roll across 78 mile line extending through the Navajo Nation Reservation seen here just south of Kaibito.
The 15:00 BMLP job rolls eastbound through the Navajo Nation Reservation near Kaibito,AZ with empty coal hoppers to be loaded at the mine located outside of Kayenta,AZ. General Electric E60 EA036 ... (more)
On a line with only one train every eight hours in either direction, you have to be quite lucky to go along the line and just bump into one - and really lucky we were! Having no idea, when a train... (more)
A quartet of E60s glides by with the second loaded train of the day at the 31-mile grade crossing.
