50 loads of coal depart the Peabody Mine behind a trio of E60s in the late afternoon.
An empty coal train approaches the AZ-98 crossing behind a trio of ex-NdeM E60-2's.
The morning BMLP empty coal train departs the soon-to-be-shut down Navajo Generating Station in Page with 50 empties. The BMLP itself only has a handful of weeks left before it shuts down.
BMLP coal empties pass over Indian Route 16 at Cow Springs bound for the Peabody Mine.
BMLP coal empties approach the Peabody Kayenta Mine and will soon load another train for the Navajo Generating Station in Page. Leading the way are three ex-NdeM E60-2's, the lead motor being the ... (more)
A quartet of former N de M GE E60C electric motors powers the evening train west across the trestle over Sour Water Wash in Cow Springs, Arizona, with 63 loads of coal from Peabody Energy's Kayent... (more)
A Dick Campbell original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
The single cab E60Cs are ugly enough when painted, and even more so when not. This unit, the #6004, belongs to the Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in Arizona. It is on the test track in Erie f... (more)
Running several hours earlier than normal, the westbound Black Mesa is seen sweeping around the curve at Cow Springs.
Monsoon season over the great Southwest is in full swing as the Black Mesa & Lake Powell brings another loaded coal train to the Navajo Generating Station at Page.
Late evening storms sweep the Navajo Nation as a loaded Black Mesa & Lake Powell crests the hill at Shonto.
Eastbound Black Mesa empties roll across 78 mile line extending through the Navajo Nation Reservation seen here just south of Kaibito.
Black Mesa & Lake Powell empties depart the plant at Page, AZ just a few minutes before 1500.
Three E60C-2's and one E60CF take 60 empties eastbound towards the Kayenta mine, ready for another load of black diamonds.
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)