WFA 602 West, West of Escalante Jct., N.M.
Western Fuels Association SD40-2 602 and two sibling SD40-2s lead a 50-car loaded coal train on the final mile to the Plains-Escalante Generating Station (PEGS), east of Gallup, N.M.
Lettered WFA for owner Western Fuels Association, the three SD40-2s represent the entire roster of Escalante Western Railway, a shortline that exists exclusively for the operation of coal trains from the Lee Ranch Mine north of Grants, N.M., to the generation plant just off the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline. Save for this approximately three-mile spur running west of Escalante Jct., the train runs over BNSF's Lee Ranch Subdivision.
WFA 602 West, West of Escalante Jct., N.M.
Western Fuels Association SD40-2 602 and two sibling SD40-2s lead a 50-car loaded coal train on the final mile to the Plains-Escalante Generating Station (PEGS), east of Gallup, N.M.
Lettered WFA for owner Western Fuels Association, the three SD40-2s represent the entire roster of Escalante Western Railway, a shortline that exists exclusively for the operation of coal trains from the Lee Ranch Mine north of Grants, N.M., to the generation plant just off the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline. Save for this approximately three-mile spur running west of Escalante Jct., the train runs over BNSF's Lee Ranch Subdivision.