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Eola 4 trains in one!


Andrewsaxamophone asked:


This was fucking sweet. A GP30 gathers a train for the EJ&E, a manifest w/ typical coal power backs up, a Metra east bound scoots past the site, and a coal train takes off.


Roadtrip Part 2: The Hunter Valley: Kyoto


saintfletcher asked:


As I drive through the Hunter Valley and notice all the dirty coal power stations, Australia’s new Government ratifies Kyoto. This surrounds the US as it no longer has Australia to back it up. The world now has to back Kyoto. As I said a few months ago, a world important election…


BNSf Intermodel with Coal power


Andrewsaxamophone asked:


Coal power helps out this Intermodel


Biggest thermal power plant in europe.


wildhunter666 asked:


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This i brown coal power plant in Belchatow in Poland, 4,44 GW, and open mine of brown coal. Chimney are 333 meter high to You can imagine how huge is hole, in my humble opinion about 10km x 3km, enjoy


BNSF Renville Coal power WEST of HOPKINS 4-15-08


Conductor261 asked:


This is BNSF Power comming back from the sugar beet plant at Ruebel (a couple miles east of Renville)after droping off a C-SCMREN (Spring Creek Mine to Renville, MN coal train out on the TC&W!! They have been running about every 2 or 2.5 weeks. There are 2 kinds of hoppers they use! 1. Older, black-colored steel hoppers lettered SCKX or 2. Newer, aluminum hoppers with yellow bands that are lettered UCEX. The SCKX hopper trains have been on TCWR since January 2007 and the UCEX hoppers have been running over the line since March 2008. The engines are the BNSF 8245, BNSF 9924, and the BNSF 9735. BNSF power has been coming out to Ruebel since July 5, 2007.