Dusk in the Valley | Late in the day on a hot Saturday, August 9, 2025, a southbound train of coal loads descends the eastern slope of the Rich Mountain Grade near Eagleton, AR.
Snow and freezing temperatures frost the tracks and BNSF 6073 (ES44AC) as it shoves an empty coal through Sedalia, Colorado.
The St.Joe Sub is the line that runs from Lincoln, NE, to Kansas City, MO. This area between Rulo and Fortescue, MO, has been hit hard by the constant flooding of the Missouri River in 2019. Here ... (more)
An eastbound coal train pulls to a stop to wait for a signal.
Coal traffic is slowly returning to it's normal route as the BNSF recovers from Missouri river flooding over the summer.
BNSF 6073 and BNSF 5860 lead a long coal drag across an aptly named creek just west of Buda. Thanks for the view, danny boy.
High priority merchandise from Grand Forks to Northtown Yard kicks up snow as Engineer Lunak gives me a friendly wave.
The entire train can be seen as this eastbound coal drag passes one of Iowa's ubiquitous grain elevators.
