The morning mine train slows as it nears the Peabody Coal tipple.

On June 8 a morning train from Lake Powell to Black Mesa climbs the noticeable grade in Cow Springs

On June 8 a morning train from Lake Powell to Black Mesa begins its journey across the Colorado Plateau.

The sun is just about gone for the day, as a BMLP loaded coal train makes its way through the high desert of Arizona.

The afternoon plant train accelerates at a surprisingly quick pace as it passes one of the few spots where the north side of train isn't completely blocked by catenary poles.

The afternoon mine train has just finished loading at the tipple and is now inching very very slowly to the first grade crossing west, where it will pick up the conductor for the ride back to Page... (more)

The morning mine train slows as it nears the loop track through the tippler.

Train to the Peabody mine passes over an Indian Road on Navajo Nation Land near Cow Springs.

The first mine train of the morning passes through Navajo Country on the Colorado Plateau with a pair of NdeM E60s and one painted for home railroad Black Mesa & Lake Powell leading.

Living on borrowed time, the morning mine run from outside Page (near Lake Powell) down to the mine (on Black Mesa) begins its trek through the Colorado Plateau.

After loading its train at the Peabody Energy Mine, the evening train begins to makes its way up the 78 mile line through the grueling Arizonian desert towards the Navajo Generating Station near t... (more)

The sun sets on the BMLP... in more ways than one. With the end of operations near, the isolated electrified coal railroad runs around the clock taking the last loads of coal from the Peabody Kay... (more)

A loaded BMLP coal train races across the Navajo Nation Reservation toward the power plant in Page in sweet late afternoon light.

Empties race eastward across the Navajo reservation toward the Peabody Kayenta Mine.

Nearing the mine, a Black Mesa & Lake Powell coal train prepares to cross AZ-98 at Shonto.