The daily Kansas City, KS to Denver, CO manifest rolls into Emporia where it will pickup several locomotives for Newton and beyond.
Under the morning sun, BNSF 9208 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Denver while passing a freight headed by BNSF 4959 (DASH944CW).
Heading for the last leg of the grade up Crawford Hill.
BNSF 5759 is the DPU on an empty train ready to return for another load while BNSF 9208 waits its turn to unload at Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Electric Generating Plant.
BNSF 9208 is just ready to crest Crawford Hill. The three helpers will uncouple at this location as well.
What does a pacing shot at 1/10 of a second look like while driving at 55 mph? Well, it looks like the above photo of BNSF 9208 headed East just after climbing Crawford Hill, next stop, Alliance, ... (more)
