Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back. I wasn't sure he was going to get sun, but he did...barely.

Stark gray walls of the massive cut that was once Sunset Tunnel sees the passage of an eastbound BNSF coal train at East Stokes, Wyoming, on June 21, 2020. In the spring of 1998, BNSF daylighted S... (more)

Coal loads for Superior, WI power up for the hill out of the Crystal Springs causeway on a perfect April morning.

Bright sun alternating with torrential downpours makes for some interesting railfanning on a hot early summer afternoon.