Rail is the major transportation mode for coal and grain. In the North Yard on this day an empty coal train heads back to Wyoming for a refill and a loaded grain train is heading south.
A westbound BNSF coal train winds its way along the Missouri River just west of Lombard, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 2nd Subdivision.
Coal loads creep their way south through Greenland. There's a defect detector just behind me that will usually say "train too slow" in it's Speak & Spell voice after these coal trains sloth by...... (more)
U-Duluth-Stanley heads off into the sunset with a train of empty UTLX tanks.
BNSF 8851 rolls through New London. Look for photos of BNSF new ACe's tomorrow.