At sunrise south of Bill, WY, a BNSF coal empty heads north toward Bill from Orin.

Construction is still underway on additional mainlines on the Powder River Coal Line as BN 5508 brings a trainload of concrete ties into Bill ,WY in May of 1998.

A BNSF coal train heads south through the Powder River Basin. A chasing Union Pacific train can be seen through the exhaust.

The race is on as southbound coal trains from BNSF and Union Pacific head south in the Powder River Basin.

It don't look like this anymore! CNW 8541 is less than a year old as it grinds uphill towards Hwy 59 and Bill with a loaded coal train. I never thought this would be a 4 track mainline in years to... (more)

Union Pacific 6654 storms out of the Coal Creek drainage, and up the 1% grade. The conductor on the adjacent coal load gives a roll bye inspection. Coal creek mine is in the distance, and is near ... (more)

Northbound BNSF empty coal meets a southbound UP full coal in the middle of basin on a sunny morning. CP8818 is seen next to BNSF8761.

A northbound empty coal train is silhouetted by a stormy sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, where coal and oil mix, and the antelope and jack rabbit population far exceeds humans. The SD70MAC is serv... (more)

BN 9431, 9510 and 9629 assault Walker Hill on August 20, 1998 south of Bill WY at Walker Creek Road.

Before the Powder River coal line became the multi-track monster it is today, it was an incredibly busy piece of RR with portions of single track. Nothing say vintage coal line to me like this 5 u... (more)

East bound coal train on Logan Hill being passed by a CWR train with second unit KCS 666

One of the busiest railroad locations in the United States is the Powder River Basin. A southbound loaded coal train has just crossed over Logan Hill, north of Bill, Wyoming on BNSF's Orin Subdivi... (more)

A northbound Union Pacific coal empty heads to the mines at Converse Junction, Wyoming in Powder River Basin.

The UP/BN coal line was not always 100% coal trains. BN routed 2 piggyback trains on the line, #91/92 into the early 1990's. Congestion on the line eventually led to them being rerouted. One wonde... (more)

3 C&NW coal trains are waiting for crews before they can depart Bill WY. Coal trains frequently outnumbered residents here.