A westbound QPEALAC gets underway as it departs Barstow at Valley Jct.
Loaded coal at Elsberry.
This is not a DPU, but rather a single lead locomotive bringing a long string of empty coal cars into the Denver Yard (the first time I have seen such a thing). I don't know the train ID, but wou... (more)
Another in a endless parade of southbound coal loads grinds towards the Palmer Divide as it passes the Greenland Ranch.
As the sound of a dial tone for Forth Worth Mechanical goes off on the radio, BNSF 6331 starts to slow down to a stop due to the computer on a unit shut down. Engineer" The computer says to safely... (more)
A loaded coal heads west as it goes by the John Day Dam.
BNSF 6331 coming to a stop after mechanical failure/computer glitch in the lead engine.
BNSF 6331 leading a westbound coal train passing the John Day Dam on the Columbia River, shortly before it experienced mechanical failure and had to stop at Horse Thief Lake just west of here.
BNSF 6331 leads 125 empty coal cars out of Bozeman, MT as it starts to hit up Bozeman Pass.
