Living in Union Pacific country it's always a treat to get a BNSF trackage rights train. Then a BNSF coal train is really cool. Throw in a Norfolk Southern for a little variety.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through Keenesburg, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) takes a loaded coal train into the siding at Tonville, Colorado.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) highballs a loaded coal train through Roggen, Colorado as it heads towards Denver on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) notches up as it runs a loaded coal train through Roggen, Colorado.

The dry conditions in Colorado have fueled a grass fire along the tracks of the Brush Sub. Here we see BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) leading a loaded coal train into the siding at Tonville, Colorado.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) runs west on the Brush Sub through Roggen, Colorado.

BNSF 9018 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train through 'The Cut' at Keenesburg, Colorado as it runs west on the Brush Sub.

Chasing a BNSF coal train along the old Western Pacific main. Only about a month ago there was water along here. Now just salty mud. It fun on chase like this, as the crew starts recognizing you, ... (more)

While waiting for another train in Salt Lake. This BNSF coal train came by the opposite direct. BNSF coal trains are pretty rare in these parts. It also had a Norfolk Southern on in. So I abandon ... (more)

With several KCS units dead-in-tow, a bit of BNSF power pulls on the head end of an empty northbound coal train between Decatur and Gravette, AR on a snowy February 3, 2022.

After negotiating the curves in Castle Rock, this heavy coal train can take it easy as it encounters three miles of tangent track in To... (more)

The 9018 works hard bringing its 120 car train of coal through the curves of Castle Rock as it passes the namesake geological formation of this city on a very balmy February afternoon.

BNSF SD70ACe 9018 leads a QMEMRIC through Kingman Canyon in the early morning.

A pair of clean looking SD70Ace locomotives pull hard on their unit train of coal as they cross the former Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur which continues to proclaim that fallen flag’s right of way... (more)