BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through the sunflower fields west of Wiggins, Colorado.

BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through Hudson, Colorado on its way to Denver.

Two locomotives from an eastbound coal train stopped to pick up a pair of locomotives from a work train parked in the siding. Here they are reversing back to their train with the conductor on the ... (more)

BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) waits in Pinecliffe, Colorado for the California Zephyr to pass, after which it will head to Denver.

BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) leads a freight over a Rio Grande bridge as it heads towards Leyden, Colorado. This bridge is destined to be removed soon as the county will be widening the road to 4 lanes. ... (more)

To quote the dad in A Christmas Story, "It's a klinker!" A BNSF motor makes like a Baldwin as it muscles a loaded coal train through Roggen, Colorado.

BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) shoves a loaded coal train through Brighton, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

BNSF ACe 9326 shoves a loaded coal through Hudson as it heads towards West Tonville on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 9326 (SD70ACe) struggles as it muscles a heavy coal train through West Roggen on the Brush Sub.

The sun has barely risen, it’s -22° and I’m standing on the side of the US Highway 2 as BNSF 9326 leads a grain train out of the Rockies. The cold weather resulted in the exhaust freezing alm... (more)

In spite of the BNSF leader, this is a Union Pacific coal train just cresting Soldier Summit in a light snow storm. The train loaded at the Skyline Mine near Scofield, Utah and has a mix of UP and... (more)

BNSF 9326, 5807, & 8776 with westbound empties.

A pair of BNSF SD70ACe's are waiting in idle for a terminal relief crew to come and pick up the extra section empty Georgia Power coal bucket NS 77Z (Juliette,GA-Memphis,TN/BNSF), and bring it dee... (more)

The head end as well as tail end power of this empty coal train can be seen rolling over the hills of Western Nebraska.

I may have had New Years Day off but for the railroad it was business as usual. BNSF 9326 shoves on an eastbound coal train on the Ravenna sub.