BN 5121 leads a loaded coal train thru Walker, WY on the joint CNW/BN coal line in May of 1991.

An empty Chicago & North Western unit coal train rolls past milepost 110 through Walker, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 25, 1992. The train is headed back to load at one of the mines in Powder ... (more)

A trio of GE C40-8s power an empty Chicago & North Western unit coal train through Walker, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 25, 1992. The train is headed back to load at one of the mines in Powde... (more)

Two Oakway's 9059 9069, a BN SD40-2 7064 and a white face C30-7 5114 at Walker siding. Tom Ellis photo.

My dad loved the Wyoming coal fields. Here he captured some variety. CNW C40-8 8570, with a CNW SD40-2, Union Pacific SD60M 6183, C40-8 9360. Tom Ellis photo.

On the Fourth of July 1989, a northbound Burlington Northern coal train passes by the siding at Walker as it heads for a Powder River Basin coal mine. BN GE C30-7 No. 5037 leads a quartet of EMD S... (more)

An empty coal set for the North Antelope Mine race down the 1% grade of Walker Hill, south of Bill, as a summer storm moves eastward in the background along Wyoming's Powder River Basin.

On July 4, 1989, a northbound Burlington Northern coal train passes by the siding at Walker, Wyoming, as it heads for a Powder River Basin coal mine on the Orin Line. A pair of EMD SD40-2s lead th... (more)

Just another BN coal empty with a typical five SD40-2's up front along with a fuel tender was heading northbound back to the Wyoming coal fields near Walker.

WARNING! The scanner is alive with warnings from a storm that would spawn 6 tornadoes and dump 4-8" of rain in the area. We would eventually take refuge in a concrete farm tunnel under the Hi... (more)

A loaded Burlington Northern coal train heads south at East Walker, Wyoming, on the morning of May 12, 1995.

UP 6300 leads a southbound coal train on the Orin Sub near Walker

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal empty passes through Walker, Wyoming, on July 8, 1999. All still in their original BN numbers, an all-Cascade green locomotive consist powers the trai... (more)

Coal loads with MAC's 9466,9620,9671 are crawling along at 10mph as they work up Walker Hill. Not long before this 5-6 SD40-2 or C30-7/U30C's would have been powering this train.

A Chicago and North Western coal empty heads for the mines south of Walker, Wyoming at milepost 110.