As the sun begins to warm the surrounding New Mexico landscape an SD40-3 trio lead the empty coal drag heads for the mines to load up and return to the Plant.
GECX 2026 and 2027, now in a new sharp paint scheme for North American Coal await to be loaded and trucked to Farmington, NM where they will work on a short coal line with no outside connection.
Ten-thousand feet of containers for China work hard up the .52% grade towards the Continental Divide with Haystack Butte and Mount Taylor standing tall above.