Coal empties swing into Palmer Lake northbound behind a putrid-looking SD70MAC.
Waiting in the Cass Lake yard with the Cass Lake Water tower high above, this coal empty will have several more hours to wait for a crew to take them west. The temperature would fall to -34 in th... (more)
Q285 hightails it West in the golden late afternoon sun.
A BNSF coal train waits for a crew. After being recrewed they will head down the I&M at Pekin, IL.
Shortly after exiting the BNSF Chicago Subdivison, BNSF 9877 is now traveling west down the BNSF Mendota Subdivision in Montgomery, with a second SD70MAC (Executive) trailing.
There was a traffic jam at the wye. This train is leaving the Wayzata sub to enter the Midway sub.