BNSF coal empties enter the Powder River Basin to be loaded with black diamonds. In the background is the Coal Creek Mine, one of more than a dozen mines served by rail between Gillette and Bill, ... (more)
Three coal trains line up facing the sun at Donkey Creek, WY as a thunder storm blows over to the north and east. From this location crews will make mine runs to load the empty trains for outbound... (more)
Not long after sunrise on one of the longest days of the year, both the DPU and head end power are visible as a Union Pacific coal train is being loaded at the Cordero Rojo mine south of Gilette, ... (more)