A 17,600 ton coal train from Eagle Butte Mine, WY to NRG (Headwaters Power Plant) Donnie, TX slowly crawls up the 1.4% grade of Spruce before reaching the summit of the Palmer Divide.
A shot I know I had to get with the Drone on Crawford Hill, BNSF #9324 leads the C-WTMPAM1-25A up Crawford Hill at 10 MPH as it makes it way around the horseshoe curve at Breezy Point with the hel... (more)
BNSF train C-WTMPAM1-25A is rounding the top of the horseshoe curve known as Breezy Point. With two engines up front and three on the rear, it's taking everything they have to maintain 10mph.
Early morning and a west bound loaded coal train at Apex, Missouri. This area was recently cleared by the railroad and now provides a much better place to watch trains roll by the cliffs that onc... (more)