Under light snow flurries BNSF 9282 (SD70ACe) muscles an empty coal train through the Black Forest of Larkspur, Colorado.

Engineer Pat Petroff is doing everything he can to keep the wheels turning on his Big Stone City, SD coal load as the battle up Rhame hill is nearly over, as in another mile it levels off and they... (more)

A BNSF "pumpkin" provides some color for the scene as it leads another load of oil east through the Mohawk River valley, bound for the Port of Albany. Bakken Crude Oil trains have created a boom i... (more)

An empty coal train blasts across the long causeway at Crystal Springs. As the clouds in the background dumped several inches of snow across Minnesota, the sun came out just long enough for a ple... (more)

Close on the tail of another westbound empty, this long coal train heads out onto the long causeway near Crystal Springs, ND. The dark clouds from a snow storm over Minnesota really make the new r... (more)

Coal empties sit on two tracks, two yard tracks remain open in the Cass Lake Yard. Approximately 5 hours after I took this picture, a crew would take this train westward towards Grand Forks, ND.

Regular Merchandise Train from Northtown, MN - Kansas City, KS.