A westbound oil train is picking up some late afternoon sun as it passes Old Monroe Lumber. The maintenance siding in the foreground usually holds some interesting equipment.
An empty BNSF ballast train has just met the Southwest Chief at the summit of Raton Pass and cruises eastbound toward Trinidad.
BNSF ES44AC 5734 leads an eastbound stack train into Ludlow as the sun tries to peek through.
BNSF 5734 leads westbound empties.
5734 takes up the rear of the coal empty as it passes by Target Fields Station. A Northstar commuter is waiting on one more inbound commuter before it heads back north to be Twins Extra train in ... (more)
Just a bit after sunrise, a loaded unit coke train kicks out a lot of heat as it climbs out of the river valley.
With the standard two units up front and two on the rear, another empty Roberts Bank coal train moves out to conquer Stevens Pass on the way back to Wyoming for another load of export coal. This ... (more)
DPU's on a Powder River coal train