A southbound empty coal train blasts through the small town of Maynard, MN as the local elevator's power gets some mechanical attention on a spring afternoon.

Coal loads pass over Red Lake River.

An empty coal train passes the oil refineries of Commerce City, Colorado on its way back to the Powder River Basin for a reload.

Spring has sprung...on the calendar anyway. BNSF 6420 leads a southbound coal drag off the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake.