A trio of Chicago & North Western coal trains are led by new C&NW EMD SD60s at the railroad’s remote yard at Bill, Wyoming, on July 4, 1989.

The morning sun has just cracked the horizon at 5:46 a.m. on June 26, 2022, as a northbound Union Pacific coal empty rolls upgrade out of Bill toward Logan in a vast Powder River Basin.

Stretching out across the beautiful plains of Wyoming, is one of many Union Pacific trains that haul loads of coal out of the Powder River Basin. This train races at track speed with empties for ... (more)

Just north of Bill in the southern portion of Powder River Basin, two Union Pacific coal trains meet at track speed under rolling clouds in a big Wyoming sky on the blustery morning of May 4, 2007... (more)

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New General Electric C44-9Ws are lined up at Bill, Wyoming, ready to haul Chicago & North Western coal trains on the Orin Line in Powder River Basin on July 7, 1994. The unique... (more)

Snaking over concrete ties, an EMD leads a sleek looking coal train out of the PRB. My family joined me to catch this beast as it rumbled beneath us under the bridge we were standing on. The heat... (more)

Twelve-thousand horsepower worth of EMD SD70MAC locomotives scream by with a southbound Burlington Northern coal train on the Orin Line south of Bill, Wyoming, on the morning of May 12, 1995. BN S... (more)

Quickly moving through the Powder River Basin with empties, this Union Pacific train rolls over Logan Hill heading for more loads with two UP DPUs on the rear.

Empties for the Antelope Mine race north through Bill, WY.

On a beautiful morning, three Union Pacific GE locomotives guide a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin. The entire length of the train can be seen as it rolls down hill underneath two... (more)

On a beautiful morning in the Powder River Basin, one of many coal trains exit with a DPU pushing on the rear.

Black diamonds roll out of the Powder River Basin with UP power on a beautiful day in Wyoming. During my trip out to the PRB, the sight of loaded coal trains never got old and I saw many during m... (more)

Coupled to some empty hoopers on the rails of the Powder River Basin, is this behemoth Union Pacific MAC. This engine originally was numbered 8138 and was built in 1997. It also use to be the num... (more)

The sun rises on a new day in the Powder River Basin as trains keep rolling. BNSF and Union Pacific serve this vast land day in and day out. Wasting no time, a couple of BNSF locomotives transpor... (more)

Even though business is slower out here in the Powder River Basin, many trains can still be seen roaming its beautiful terrain. Here empties rush back to the mines, while loads of black diamonds ... (more)