An empty oil train with six units heads west back to the oil fields of Wellington, UT as it climbs the 2% grade of Coal Creek Canyon towards Tunnel 1.

BNSF 9036 emerges out of the fog at with an empty oil train (U-NSDWGN0-01T) as it battles the nearly 2% grade at Coal Creek Canyon.

BNSF empty oil train from NS Interchange in Chicago, IL to the oil fields Wellington, UT (U-NSDWGN0-01T) charges up the mountain grade of UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub near Leyden, CO as Denver's skyline... (more)

An empty coal train from Donnie, TX heads back north towards the coal fields of Wyoming's Powder River Basin as it traverses over Union Pacific's section of Colorado's Joint Line. Pikes Peak in th... (more)

A lone cow grazes on the dry grass at Lakeside, NE as a westbound empty coal train traverses across the frozen countryside.

The southbound Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX Q-train charges across the hogbacks of the Angora Sub near Angora, NE.

The Bridgeport Helpers have cut away from the C WTMPFK0 46A (Highland Mine at Thunder Jct West, WY to Paducah, KY) after pushing the train up the 13 mile stretch of a 1% grade between Bridgeport a... (more)

BNSF's Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest train (UP symbol QPSPVJ 12) slowly approaches the siding of Plainview as it prepares to meet an eastbound Union Pacific coal train.

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives bring up the rear of a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train as they battle the 1.4% grade towards Palmer Lake at Greenland.

The Hudson local races west across Barr Lake as it heads back to Denver 31st Yard to end their day.

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives lead a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train down the 1.5% grade of Palmer Divide as it passes through Monument, CO.

Five locomotives are the cut-in distributed power on a double empty coal train as they descend the 1.7% grade of Crawford Hill. These "double empties" are made up 272 cars at 15,000 ft l... (more)

A pair of SD70ACes have crested the grade of Crawford Hill at Belmont with their 127 car coal train for Halsted, TX as they begin to notch down from Notch 8 to keep the train under 20 MPH. With th... (more)

The afternoon helpers head west back to their base at Crawford after shoving a Halsted, TX bound coal load over Crawford Hill to Belmont. On the nose of the BNSF 9256 is the "HelperLink"... (more)

The Crawford Helpers shove the rear of an eastbound coal load up the 1.7% grade of Crawford Hill as server thunderstorms move across northwestern Nebraska. As the helpers shove up against the DP m... (more)