A lone cow grazes on the dry grass at Lakeside, NE as a westbound empty coal train traverses across the frozen countryside.

The southbound Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX Q-train charges across the hogbacks of the Angora Sub near Angora, NE.

The Bridgeport Helpers have cut away from the C WTMPFK0 46A (Highland Mine at Thunder Jct West, WY to Paducah, KY) after pushing the train up the 13 mile stretch of a 1% grade between Bridgeport a... (more)

BNSF's Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest train (UP symbol QPSPVJ 12) slowly approaches the siding of Plainview as it prepares to meet an eastbound Union Pacific coal train.

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives bring up the rear of a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train as they battle the 1.4% grade towards Palmer Lake at Greenland.

The Hudson local races west across Barr Lake as it heads back to Denver 31st Yard to end their day.

A pair of new ES44ACH locomotives lead a North Antelope Mine, WY to Springerville, AZ coal train down the 1.5% grade of Palmer Divide as it passes through Monument, CO.

Five locomotives are the cut-in distributed power on a double empty coal train as they descend the 1.7% grade of Crawford Hill. These "double empties" are made up 272 cars at 15,000 ft l... (more)

A pair of SD70ACes have crested the grade of Crawford Hill at Belmont with their 127 car coal train for Halsted, TX as they begin to notch down from Notch 8 to keep the train under 20 MPH. With th... (more)

The afternoon helpers head west back to their base at Crawford after shoving a Halsted, TX bound coal load over Crawford Hill to Belmont. On the nose of the BNSF 9256 is the "HelperLink"... (more)

The Crawford Helpers shove the rear of an eastbound coal load up the 1.7% grade of Crawford Hill as server thunderstorms move across northwestern Nebraska. As the helpers shove up against the DP m... (more)

A pair of 3600 series "Heavies" grind up the grade of Crawford Hill with 136 cars of Wyoming's Black Thunder mine coal for Alabama Power's J.W Miller Plant in Palos, AL. With a year of s... (more)

BNSF 3317 and BNSF 3318 battle a 1.4% grade near Belmont, NE as these new General Electric ES44ACH "Heavies" make their first trip on a coal load over Crawford Hill.

A CP locomotive leads a Sweet Grass, MT to Guernsey, CA grain shuttle as it climbs the 1.5% grade of the Palmer Divide near Spruce, CO.

An empty grain heads back to Alberta, MN to get reloaded as it climbs the 1.4% grade of Crozier Canyon. Even though this train has three motors, only two of them are working to pull this 113 car t... (more)