The first day of winter is still nearly two months away, but it is hard to tell as BNSF Railway coal train C-BTMCGK0-76 kicks up new-fallen snow as it passes through the Highlands station in Hinsdale, Illinois, (on BNSF’s Chicago Sub) on November 11, 2019. BNSF SD70ACe diesels 9076 and 8552 (with an assist from ES44AC 6436 as the rear DPU) are handling this train as it ventures from Montana’s Black Thunder Mine to Essexville, Michigan, during the season’s first substantial snowfall of the season.
