As daylight begins to fade, a southbound coal train grinds uphill at Gravette, AR on an overcast December 5, 2022 evening.

The Golden Switch along Clear Creek

Beautiful fall vibrance fills the area near Miller Coors Dustribution while the Golden Switch is setting out a load of Hops which zig-zags ... (more)

Carbo is on the tail of a wye. This track used to extend much further north and served many mines plus the Appalachian Power coal-fired plant next door. Today the mines are gone and the powerpla... (more)

Stacks roll east down the roller coaster just west of Flagg Center before turning south in Rochelle.

The year 2014 has been a very colorful year motive power wise and this day is no exception, as BNSF and CP power lead NS train 348 through Salisbury on its way south.

Racing into the quickly fading sun, more coal empties retreat for the Powder River Basin.

A Centralia, WA, coal train works along the Columbia River west of Lyle. The train has a nice set of DC power with 3 SD60M's and a EMD SD60.

Helper set with "Helper Link"awaiting assignment

Charging through the plains of western MN, today's empty Clay Boswell train has a special treat with BNSF 9297 tagging along in the consist.

Empty Clay Boswell coal roars west with a nice SD60M leader. Note that second unit is experimental merger paint BNSF 9297!

Regardless of what else I see when I'm out, I consider it a good day when I see a dual-window SD60M leading a train. It's an added bonus when it's as clean as this one leading westbound coal empt... (more)

Empty coal westbound with a super-clean SD60M leading the way. Learn more at Grand Forks Railfanning.

Second unit is Swoosh SD40-2 6839, last unit still has C&S markings above the number boards