BNSF 8944 heads up a long string of SD70MACs idled by a combination of reduced coal demand and acquisition of newer power by BNSF. I noticed a similar string, mixed with GE power stored at Northto... (more)

BNSF 8944 heads up a long string of stored SD70MACs at BNSF's Donkey Creek, WY yard on the north entrance to the Powder River Basin.

A southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal empty approaches West Cordero Junction on Wyoming’s Orin Line in Powder River Basin on June 30, 2002.

Contractors build a new turnout near East Belle Ayr Junction on the Orin Line south of Gillette, Wyoming, on May 4, 2007. To lessen delays to trains, the turnout and switch are completed near wher... (more)

The DPU's of two empty coal trains sit idle waiting to be sent to one of the mines in the Powder River Basin. While an eastbound manifest snakes it's way by.

Yadkin Valley 201 and 204 are in-transit as they pass thru Gillette, WY in May of 1990.

A westbound BNSF windmill train gets underway at Gillette, Wyoming after a brief crew change, and heads toward the evening sun.

Stored coal power on the BNSF basks in the late afternoon sun near Gillette, Wyoming.

With a fresh crew, BNSF 4806 departs Gillette after a fast crew change and heads for Sheridan with a windmill train bound for North Dakota.

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)

A single DPU pushes on the rear of an empty Union Pacific coal train as it approaches the Coal Creek Mine in the Powder River Basin.

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)

An empty coal train with BNSF8582 snakes thru the curves on track 2 around MP12 on the Orin Sub south of Gillette, WY. Track #3 can be seen here going thru a separate cut behind the engine consist... (more)

BNSF9129 hauling an empty train is about to arrive at Eagle Butte Mine for it's next load, passing under the conveyor from Dry Fork Mine to the Dry Fork generating station. In the background a lo... (more)