Fresh black coal top off the many hopper car being pulled north towards Donkey Creek Junction. Fresh snow adds a white coat to the cold Wyoming landscape.
An SD70MAC leads a unit coke train into MRL's Missoula Yard for a crew change. The train is bound for Roberts Bank, BC and most likely movement to China.
Another empty coal train detours on the Aurora Subdivision. The Genoa Lock and Dam and Dairyland Power Station are seen in the distance.
The area between Valley City, ND and Steel, ND is known as the Missouri Coteau. This area is known for glacial potholes and hills, where glaciers were believed to stalled years ago. This Black Thu... (more)
BNSF 8870 leads a s/b loaded coal train into Wichita Falls with an unexpected addition to the front of the unit. High winds across the plains stacked up tumbleweeds on the track making this unit a... (more)
At daybreak, BNSF 8870 pushes on the back of string of coal empties westbound between Omaha and Lincoln.
BNSF 8870 leads 128 UFIX loads for Houston through the enormous (though mostly abandoned) Boltons "Crown Quality" Feed & Seed complex at the east end of Vernon at 1115.
BNSF 8870 and 9574 drag 128 Utility Fuels (UFIX) loads for Houston up and over the plateau between the Wanderers Creek and Pease River Valleys. Eastbound under US 287 at 1054.
