nearing the mine loadout
empties leaving the power plant at Page hit a nice sun hole at the right time.
Cruising along parallel to Rt 160
Almost finished loading at the loadout along Rt 160.
The 78-mile Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad exists purely for the transport of coal between the Black Mesa Mine and the Power Station at Page. The first three engines on the picture are E60's a... (more)
BM&LP showing off their colorful paint schemes just after leaving the Black Mesa coal loadout.
Loaded train heads back to the power plant
Recently repainted BM&LP EA036 leads elder E60C 6005, NdeM EA038, and BM&LP 6006 on a coal load out of Black Mesa, AZ.
Glen Canyon is in the back ground
The morning's empties are passing under the silos at Black Mesa to be refilled with coal bound for Page. The fourth unit in the lash-up is a former Nacional de Mexico machine.
A quartet of GE electrics are about to cross route 98 with an empty coal train heading back to the Black Mesa loadout.