It is getting harder to find a MAC leading a train these days. This one could usually be found running the beer train between Denver and Golden, Colorado, but it has since been replaced.

It's always good to see a MAC and even better to see one leading a train. BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) departs Denver with the daily beer train which will take it to the Miller-Coors Brewing plant in Gold... (more)

A former Burlington Northern SD70MAC pauses to let the Conductor and Brakeman off before continuing their switching duties at the Coors Brewery, and ultimately the 31st Street Yard in Denver.

It's hard these days to find an Executive Grinstein on point, but the Beer Train from Denver to Boulder is a good bet for seeing one. Here BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) is leaving Denver and passing the RT... (more)

The day after a blizzard coated everything with a thick layer of snow, BNSF 9709 (Executive SD70MAC) sits waiting for orders in the small yard which serves the Coors Brewery facility in Golden, Co... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn departs Himes, Wyoming, and is entering short-but-scenic Himes Canyon as it heads northbound along the Bighorn River on the morning of June 25, 2018. The locomotives and first... (more)

A pair of MAC's wait in the small BNSF yard in Golden for an assignment.

On the morning of June 25, 2018, BNSF’s Cowley turn passes through the rugged landscape north of Sheep Canyon as it approaches Himes, Wyoming, on BNSF’s scenic Casper Subdivision.

The BNSF team finalize plans before Exec MAC 9709 moves across the road and begins assembling a train in the small yard in Golden, Colorado.

A matched set of exec MAC's pull the beer train from the Coors Brewery plant in Golden, Colorado.

Following the Bighorn River, BNSF’s Cowley turn departs Himes, Wyoming, and is entering incomparable Himes Canyon as it heads northbound on the morning of June 25, 2018. The local operates out o... (more)

A pair of Executive MACs cross the Cache La Poudre River in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Powered by BNSF EMD SD70MAC Nos. 9709 and 9878, BNSF’s Cowley turn snakes through rugged and stark Himes Canyon at Himes, Wyoming, on June 26, 2018. This local operates on weekdays out of Greybu... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn departs Himes, Wyoming, and is entering short-but-scenic Himes Canyon as it heads northbound along the Bighorn River on the morning of June 25, 2018. The local operates out of... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn passes through an interesting landscape as it approaches Himes, Wyoming, on the morning of June 27, 2018. The five centerbeam flats behind the locomotives will be set out at H... (more)