BNSF 9233 is making its way through "the sag" on Main 1 a few miles north of Palmer Lake. Over 100 years ago, tracks of competing railroads (Rio Grande and Santa Fe) crossed here. Specif... (more)
An Union Electric empty coal train from Machens, MO, rolls west thru the sag here on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is working between Lockridge and Fairfield in southern Iowa. The next crew change po... (more)
A BNSF SD70ACe leads the BRC to Northtown manifest past the CB&Q searchlights in shabbona. With replacements on sight, these signals days are limted as they will fall to PTC soon..
Laying a little sand , BNSF 9233 along with BNSF 8972 work hard to get their loaded coal train moving. SD70ACe 9241 and ES44AC 6158 pushing on the rear.
A pair of former Burlington Northern SD60M's and a former ATSF SD75M push coal loads up Crawford Hill, the headend wrapped around one Horseshoe curve and the rear just exiting the first. Two GE AC... (more)
The exhaust from a three unit Crawford helper set (SD60M's 9233 and 9298 and SD75M 8283) climbs vertically as they assist the rear two DPU's (SD70MAC 8873 and ES44AC 6037) on yet more coal loads f... (more)
With a consist that could have come straight out of the later days of the BN, a westbound empty coal train passes through Moorhead under ominous looking skies.