Coal has certainly experienced a major drop off in the last decade, but it isn't completely gone! Here, an eastbound coal load rolls down the main at Plain, passing some maintenance equipment. The train loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch.
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Gotta love the full on green that accompanies the month of May! A coal load heads east at Plain through a picture-perfect spring scene.
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Interestingly, this eastbound coal train only had a pair of mid-train swing helpers, instead of the standard trio. The reason being that the train is actually relatively short. It is only 74 cars in length, so the third unit was not needed.
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Two rather unusual UP trains meet here at Leyden. Coming toward the camera is an eastbound coal load with only 74 cars. Waiting to head west in the siding is a unit covered hopper train.
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Ten years ago, it would have been absurd to think of a coal train as something of a "special catch" on the Moffat. These days, however, coal trains sometimes come days apart. So, it is always rather nice catching one, such as this eastbound at Leyden.
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A pair of GEs lead a westbound empty covered hopper train through a lush Barbara's Gulch. The train is symboled the OHLPA. A symbol with an "O" as the prefix is typically an ore train, though it doesn't seem like that's what would be in these cars.
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A lone unit brings up the tail end of this westbound empty covered hopper train through Barbara's Gulch. Note that, in the distance, you can see Rainbow Cut and portions of Tunnels 3 and 4.
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