An eastbound BNSF coal empty curves along the shoulder of Montana State Highway 200 and river’s edge of the Clark Fork between Weeksville and Plains on May 9, 2010.

SD70ACe 9158, Dash 9-44CW 5115 and ES44C4 6536 approach Bayview Park as they lead an empty coal train towards the Canada/USA border at White Rock.

BNSF Auto Train V-BIRWEL1 heads north as they pass through downtown Sulligent, AL.

BNSF Auto Train V-BIRWEL1 heads north as they split the signals at Beaverton, AL.

BNSF Auto Train V-BIRWEL1 heads north as they pass through Carbon Hill, AL.

BNSF Auto Train V-BIRWEL1 heads north as they pass by a stack of old rail at Townley, AL.

EMD power leads this heavy HALTBAR out of the Colorado River Valley at Klinefelter in the late afternoon on the Needles Sub.

An eastbound BNSF coal train glides along the Flathead River through McDonald, Montana, (near Dixon) on May 9, 2010. This is on Montana Rail Link’s scenic Tenth Subdivision between De Smet (Miss... (more)

An empty BNSF coal train slinks through the curves west of Eddy, Montana, on May 9, 2010. Stormy skies linger in the background at this scenic location along the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’... (more)

BNSF 9158, 9472, & 8844 lead westbound empties.

I caught this train going down the south side of the Palmer Divide with a load of coal on Saturday and here it is two days later going down the north side of the Palmer Divide with freshly emptied... (more)

Another notch-nosed wonder leads coal loads down the hill leaving Palmer Lake. Like it or not, EMD's SD70ACe brings a unique look to modern railroading, especially when contrasted against GE's cl... (more)