A BNSF coal train travels through Lombard Canyon west of Lombard, Montana, on September 21, 2009.

An eastbound loaded taconite train is on the wrong main as they work out of LaCrosse towards Prairie du Chien. Here the train passes thru Genoa, about 20 miles of LaCrosse. This section of thew Au... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train passes along the partially-frozen waters of Barr Lake at Barr, Colorado, on November 23, 2010.

135 sweeps around the curve at the S-133 with a full BNSF power consist doing the honors on this beautiful December afternoon.

BNSF power leads westbound 135 through Grovestone as the Black Mountains loom large in the background.

Another break in the clouds opens up as an SD70MAC and a GEVO crawl slowly out of East Grand Forks with a string of Clay Boswell coal loads.

AMTX coal struggles up the grade in Greenland behind a late-1990s power duo. I hope when Uncle Warren takes over he opens up the checkbook and puts the paint shops to work Swoosh'ing these all-to... (more)

Waiting for a crew in the Cass Lake Yard just after sunrise.

IEI coal power waiting to go across bridge to get train

New and the Old: NB BNSF and UP coal trains sit idling at Jefferson St in downtown Atlanta. January 2004 will be the last of the UP powered Scherer coal trains

NS 73M with a BNSF War Pumpkin SD70Mac on the point @ Parrott Ave Atlanta

Third all-BNSF Scherer hopper train heads north through crossover