A pair of SD70ACes bring up the back of a westbound loaded coal train moving away from the camera. With very few exceptions, BNSF coal trains run in a 2x2 configuration, and this train falls right in to that standard category.
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A coal load from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming is likely headed for a power plant somewhere in Texas. The train will continue west on the Brush Sub to Denver before turning south on the Joint Line, down in to Texas.
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A BNSF coal train that loaded in the Powder River Basin, specifically at the East Black Thunder Mine, now heads west on the main on the western edge of the small Colorado Plains town of Keensburg. Once reaching Denver, the crew will change and the train will turn south on the Joint Line.
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