Burlington Northern SD70MAC 9485 at Bill, Wyoming on July 22, 1995.

To all the Men and Women I once knew that followed their dreams and check books out to the Powder River Basin 40 years ago....I salute you and all the generations that will follow.......GOD BLESS!... (more)

CNW 8826 departs Bill, WY with yet another coal train in June of 1998.

CNW 8507 leads a loaded coal train across Hwy 59 between Douglas and Bill, WY in May of 1991.

An empty coal train approaches Bill, WY with CNW 8542, the Wyoming Centennial unit, in the lead in May of 1991.

The 1% grade of Logan Hill is the most challenging portion of the south exit out of the Powder River Basin. Two shiny Burlington Northern Sd70Macs and a SD60mac demonstrator scream in Run-8 up the... (more)

A Union Pacific coal load storms up Logan Hill at Converse Junction. On the Antelope Mine lead a BNSF coal load prepares to depart, with a classic quartet of EMD DC traction motors....

In a scene that looks dramatically different today, BN train #91 departs Bill, WY northbound in May of 1991. The southbound coal train in the distance will have to wait for the BN train to clear w... (more)

BN 7223 heads towards Bill, WY with an empty coal train in May of 1991. It's hard to imagine this being a single track RR at one time.

A loaded coal train rolls south in the Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyoming on triple track. Back in 2005 BNSF and UP combined could generate more than 100 trains a day to/from area mines.

Chicago & North Western coal trains line up at Bill, Wyoming, waiting for a call to head north to load at one of Powder River Basin’s coal mines on July, 7, 1995. During this time, almost all of C... (more)

Union Electric Company/Ameren has UCEX No. 2015 decked out in patriotic colors to honor “Ameren’s Military Veteran Employees” in its coal-hauling fleet of hoppers. On July 3, 2016, No. 2015 sits s... (more)