It wasn't a long wait for NS 881 with an MRL trailing.
An eastbound BNSF coal train east of La Junta at Las Animas
BNSF 5890
BNSF 5890
The full coal drag comes into view.
Haze and heat distortion as the full train passes the empty.
NS Plant Scherer Train DPU Power
BNSF 5890 leading a northbound oil can through the parking lot of various trains - and since I mentioned the under-the-over-pass position, heres the view to the southeast... a nice place to be during the rain, although the wind makes it so you often have to stand out in the open to stay dry (if that makes sense, since the rain is falling semi-horizontal not straight down).
DPU unit.
DPU units.
Waiting to go through the Howell Wye.
SB oil cans and a EB coal empty
The DPU from an empty coal train runs away from the photographer as a WB oil train approaches on the main at Elsberry MO.
BNSF Line
BNSF Line
Taconite loads at Hoffman.
pulling into the yard with 40+ rock loads on the head end.
A grain train with coal train power crosses the island.
A grain train heads for the Wayzata Sub behind a GEVO.
A very cold day in Sidney, NE.