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)

A pink coal hopper?
Yes, Union Electric Company/Ameren has UCEX No. 2014 painted pink to support breast cancer awareness in its coal-hauling fleet of hoppers. On July 3, 2016, “On Track... (more)

In a scene that looks dramatically different today, BN intermodal train #91 is about to duck under Hwy 59, north of Bill, WY, in the waning daylight of a beautiful May 1990 day. Trains 91/92 were ... (more)

CNW 8503 leads a loaded coal train south of Bill, WY in June of 1991.

The blue hour has descended over Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on July 2, 2016. Two Union Pacific coal loads have crested the hill, with the one in the foreground about to knock down ... (more)

CNW "Wyoming Centennial Unit" 8542 crosses Lightning Creek south of Bill, WY in May of 1991.