Westbound empties tied down waiting for a new crew.

I really just wanted a plain old CN motor leading, but any train is better than nothing.

BNSF 5880 (ES44AC) pushes an empty coal on the Joint Line through the bridge at Nixon, Colorado.

BNSF 5880 (ES44AC) shoves an empty coal train through the girder bridge at Nixon, Colorado.

BNSF 5880 (ES44AC) clears the bridge in Nixon, Colorado and will shove the empty coal all the way to Denver.

BNSF 5880 leads a westbound empty coal train on the Angora sub during a heavy snowfall.

With the help of a DPU on the rear, two GE ACs attack the grade south of Tower 55 with a heavy coal load out of the PRB.

Heaving its way up the grade, an export coal gives it all its got on the climb up Mullan Pass.

Fleeting

Following closely behind a mixed freight, a "Z" train with a freshly painted SD70MAC rolls through Western Springs into Highlands on a warm and humid afternoon. In a span ... (more)

A BNSF coal empty stops on the main at Longs Peak, CO for a track warrant It will then depart and head north towards Cheyenne, WY for a crew change.

A coal load approaches the north end of Saginaw Yard.

BNSF 5880 South, a coal train out of the PRB, bears down on the north switch of Birds siding in Fort Worth just before sunset.

A southbound coal load gets a fresh crew for the trip to Temple at the south end of Saginaw Yard.