A 2x3 coal train is in the middle of this 6 mile 1% climb between Arvada and Kendrick. All 5 units have their hands full as they crawl upgrade thru the huge reverse curve west of Arvada! The train... (more)
As the sun rises on this early spring morning we see NS 734 (Memphis/BNSF-Juliette,GA) glide its way out of town after making a crew change at Webb, heading for the Georgia Power Steam Plant Scher... (more)
Staples yard looks like it did 10+ years ago when it was a crew change point - filled with coal trains. Crews are changing here today on account of a derailment about 90 miles west of here.
Another all-AC powered coal train brings Clay Boswell loads into the yard on a pleasant Sunday morning after two straight days of rain. BN 9694, the same unit I caught a few days prior, runs seco... (more)
An empty coal train from Superior, WI cuts through the forest west of Baxter as it continues westward. Sibling BNSF 6108, an identical ES44AC, was a DPU on the rear of this train.