The NS/BNSF combination of power at the front this train illustrates the cooperation that exists between these two railroad's in order to get coal from the mines in Wyoming to a customer in centra... (more)
On a cloudy summer morning, a helper set is tied down for the rest of the day on the storage track after pushing a hill run up the P-D District. This line will be mothballed in the coming days.
Passing the Virginian doll arm signal at Algonquin, U86 heads east to tie down it's coal train at Clark's Gap and then head west back to Elmore Yard light power.
A Hill Run lugs coal up to the summit of the ex-Virginia in Clark's Gap. This was the second run of the day, and would be combined with cars from a morning run to make a huge train to send east. I... (more)