Western Fuels train to Lee Ranch Mine heads across the fill just west of Lee Ranch Jct in the early morning of April 11, 2012.

The first Western Fuels coal train to load at El Segundo Mine in over 2 years is topping over the 1.5% grade out of the mine as it just cleared restricted limits Hospah Jct on 11/26/12. For the ne... (more)

ESWR train traversing the rocky New Mexican landscape near HWY 509 on the morning run up to Peabody Coal Company's Lee Ranch Mine.

ESWR about eight minutes out from its destination at the HWY 509 crossing on the morning run up to Peabody Coal Company's Lee Ranch Mine.

All 3 Escalante Western SD40-2's are working hard as they pull their train over the hill at Lee Ranch Jct on 9/26/12. The train is heading back west towards Escalante Jct and the Plains Escalante ... (more)

Western Fuels train from the Plains Escalante Generating Station to Lee Ranch Mine swings around the corner at Lee Ranch Jct at track speed on 9/24/12.

An Escalante Western coal train from Lee Ranch Mine is on home rails as it is 1 mile from its destination,the Plains Electric Generating Station near Prewitt,NM 11/28/11. The train has just exited... (more)

Escalante Westerns three exB&O SD 40's lead the turn from the power plant near Prewitt, NM passing Lee Ranch Jct enroute to the Lee Ranch mine for loading before heading back to the power plant wh... (more)

Three ex B&O SD40's lead 52 empty WFAX hoppers up the hill at Lee Ranch Junction, on their way to the Lee Ranch Mine.

Three SD40's have made it down the hill from the Lee Ranch Mine with 52 loads of coal in tow. In just a few minutes, the train will run to the rotary dumper, and the 5200 tons of loaded coal (trai... (more)

Three SD40's howl in dynamics dropping down the 1.5% grade with 52 loaded coal hoppers in tow.

After hand lining the switch at Escalante Jct, ESWR 602 and two more ex B&O SD40's are heavy in dynamics holding back 52 loads of coal on the 1.2% grade on the BNSF Lee Ranch Subdivision... Love t... (more)

With the first grade behind them, the engineer of the ESWR 602 has his three SD40's up to track speed after knocking down the clear at Lee Ranch Junction.. The big hill; Ambrosia; lurks ahead, and... (more)

Three SD40's battle up the near two percent grade approaching Lee Ranch Junction with 53 coal loads in tow. What a sound!

After being told that there were to be "Absolutely no photos of the train, none whatsoever" by the security guards at the power plant, we still managed to find the Escalante-Western and shoot it f... (more)