Train to the Peabody mine passes over an Indian Road on Navajo Nation Land near Cow Springs.

The first mine train of the morning passes through Navajo Country on the Colorado Plateau with a pair of NdeM E60s and one painted for home railroad Black Mesa & Lake Powell leading.

Living on borrowed time, the morning mine run from outside Page (near Lake Powell) down to the mine (on Black Mesa) begins its trek through the Colorado Plateau.

After loading its train at the Peabody Energy Mine, the evening train begins to makes its way up the 78 mile line through the grueling Arizonian desert towards the Navajo Generating Station near t... (more)

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)

A loaded BMLP coal train races across the Navajo Nation Reservation toward the power plant in Page in sweet late afternoon light.

Empties race eastward across the Navajo reservation toward the Peabody Kayenta Mine.

Nearing the mine, a Black Mesa & Lake Powell coal train prepares to cross AZ-98 at Shonto.

The morning coal departs the soon to be closed plant at Page. They'll return a few hours later with 50 cars of coal.

Empty coal heads upgrade approaching Shonto, and eventually the Peabody mine for another load of coal.

As the sun sets behind the photographer, Black Mesa and Lake Powell's loaded afternoon coal train passes on a fill as they prepare to curve to the north towards Page.

A loaded coal train crosses the bridge in Cow Springs behind a trio of E60's.

A 50 car loaded coal train comes out of Cow Springs with a trio of E60 electrics in charge as they head towards Page.

Though empty, the eastbound Black Mesa & Lake Powell coal train power has to give it all they've got as they bring their 50 car train upgrade at Cow Springs.

The afternoon coal train slows to pick up their conductor as the load-out they just completed filling their train at can be seen on the left. After the pick up, the train will run 77 more miles to... (more)