A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train grinds upgrade past milepost 414 west of Belmont while climbing Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on April 11, 1998. The train is led by a trio of Burlington Nor... (more)

Brand-new EMD SD70MAC No. 9840 leads a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train over the Santa Fe bridge crossing East Plum Creek and Spruce Mountain Road just south of Larkspur on the J... (more)

On the sunny afternoon of June 27, 2018, BNSF’s Cowley turn follows the Bighorn River through impressive Sheep Canyon as it passes milepost 414 while returning to Greybull, Wyoming. This remote ... (more)

A fresh CSX SD70AC leads Q231 south as it heads for Osborn Yard.

A southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train works through the sweeping curves leaving Altus and is approaching Horse Creek, Wyoming, on July 4, 1999.

2 Cheeseburgers to go! Lunch on the run is being hand delivered to the head end crew of this Utah Railway coal train as it backs out of the Martin, Utah yard. As a result of the Union Pacific/Sout... (more)

The 200 foot high smoke plume of a westbound sand train exiting Tunnel 15 on the Moffat Road is dwarfed by Eldorado Mountain. The ex. Denver NorthWestern & Pacific "Moffat Road" uses th... (more)

Fronted by a lone veteran EMD SD70MAC, 15,000+ tons of fresh Bakken crude on oil train U TNDCXZ0 89T flow eastward past the eclectic colonial barn-style Metra station at Fairview Ave in the Chicag... (more)

A TFM SD70MAC sits in Beaumont Texas for a crew change on the daily Shreveport to Port Arthur TX train. This EMD is now off the roster and was one of two units that ended their KCS careers without... (more)

A clean looking CSX SD70MAC leads Q693 south through North End Toe River on a muggy July morning.

A very late Q693 exits Tunnel No. 29 at Speers Ferry with a somewhat rare SD70MAC leading the 880ft. long train. It's sad that we've gotten to the point of getting excited to see a MAC leading but... (more)

CSX coal drag N100 approaches North Elizabeth in Marietta, Georgia in September 2004. The 700 series SD70ACs would later be renumbered. (Slide Scan)

Grinstien SD70macs lead a westbound PGEX coal load along the banks of the Yellowstone River. The mountains in the backdrop is the Beartooth Range that borders the northern side of Yellowstone Nat... (more)

Burlington Northern Heritage DPU on an empty Scherer coal train passes the PRR, setting off a block of intermodal at Whitaker Yard. The bridge is over Sweetwater Creek, which gives it's name to A... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn departs Himes, Wyoming, and is entering short-but-scenic Himes Canyon as it heads northbound along the Bighorn River on the morning of June 25, 2018. The locomotives and first... (more)