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)
Although the Orin Sub is 3 and 4 tracks wide, not all 3 tracks are side by side, as seen here about 12 miles south of Donkey Creek near MP12. Photographed on the property with a railroad escort an... (more)
Riding the rails as the once proud General Electric unit of the Burlington Northern Railroad now sits on display in Gillette for railfans and non-railfans alike to view. The unit sits all alone on... (more)
Having just been loaded at the Antelope Mine, a southbound loaded BNSF coal train fights and claws its way up the 1% grade of Logan Hill north of Bill
Coal loads about to head east at Donkey Creek powered by BN 5519,5018,9261 and ATSF 8164.
Another southbound load of Powder River Basin coal climbs through the curves at Converse Jct.
Loads meet empties on the large s-curves at Converse Jct on a pleasant June evening.
Empty UP and BNSF trains pass each other at Caballo Jct. near the northern end of the Powder River Basin joint track.
Rozet Yard is busy around the clock as a gateway to the Powder River Basin. Early on a Saturday the conductor of an eastbound loaded coal train gives a roll-by inspection of an arriving empty coal... (more)
Gillette has a nice park displaying several pieces of preserved mining equipment; this U30C is included with the display.
Two loaded BNSF coal trains meet south of Donkey Creek Jct. as a MOW worker inspects the switch heaters along the line.
A distributed power unit pushes hard up grade while the snow continues to fly over the Powder River Basin before sunrise on this early morning.
BNSF9903 heads south with another load of Wyoming Black Diamonds...
