Rear DPUs BNSF 5764 and 8754 assist a westbound coal load, at Barr, Co, on the BNSF Brush Sub. May 30, 2019. Barr Lake is seen above the train.

A westbound BNSF coal train curves over a fill alongside the Clark Fork between Noxon and Heron, Montana, on September 18, 2012.

A BNSF GEVO leads a southbound coal load out of Littleton of the Colorado Joint Line.

A clean GEVO leads a southbound coal train out of Littleton on the Colorado Joint Line.

A ubiquitous BNSF GEVO with a ubiquitous Joint Line coal drag rolls down main one on the south side of Littleton, CO.

Westbound coal empties drop down a hogback from Saginaw as they head compass north on the Wichita Falls Sub. The train has just used the Saginaw Connecting Track to get from Saginaw Yard to this p... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train bound for Centralia, Washington, crosses the causeway east of Heron, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. As I was waiting for this train to come, I noticed... (more)

A northbound empty train approaches Stockbridge.

A loaded Union Electric power set cruises through the S-Curve just before the Ellsworth siding west of Ellsworth, NE

A Toronto-bound Canadian Pacific train sits in the siding while an empty BNSF coal train continues on its journey back to Wyoming.

A duck's eye view shows 5764 leading an empty coal train across the century-old Kalamazoo River bridge. Built sometime in 1907, the bridge replaced an old wooden trestle that was destroyed by a d... (more)

Empty Unit Coal Train from Columbia Power Plant near Portage, WI heads west on the main past the La Crosse Yard.

BNSF 5764 & 5885 head empty coal from the South while UP full coal descends toward Bill with 6648 & 8272 as the lead units. Another BNSF empty coal is awaiting for coal loading at Anterope coal mi... (more)

Another load of Powder River coal heads for Plant Scherer.