Things are about to drastically change in the coal fields. It was on this trip that my dad photographed his first set of SD70MAC in their Grimstein paint. A huge order of SD70MAC are coming, and D... (more)

Three Chicago & North Western coal empties, all led by EMD SD60s, wait to depart Bill, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 4, 1989. Coal used to flow out of Wyoming like nothing ever seen before. Bu... (more)

Toward the end of a beautiful, clear day in Wyoming, a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train grinds past a oil well pump jack south of Bill in Powder River Basin on July 8, 1999.

Five Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s in the 7200-series, spliced by a fuel tender, take a northbound coal empty toward Bill, Wyoming, for eventual loading in Powder River Basin on May 12, 1995. BN... (more)

An empty coal train navigates across the rolling prairies of Wyoming's Powder River Basin near the railroad town of Bill. The two ACes on the point, and one on the rear, pull 134 cars for the Ante... (more)

The sun is setting in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin as a BNSF coal empty heads northbound south of Bill under a fiery western sky as the day ends on May 29, 2009.

A rare treat in todays railroading, EMD dominated trains. Out on the dry prairie land of the Powder River Basin, two BNSF coal trains pass each other with mostly EMD power. The only deviant is on ... (more)

Afternoon rainstorms have given way to a brilliant sunset in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. A southbound BNSF train, which interestingly enough is not a coal train, heads east through the cros... (more)

On a rainy and stormy May 3, 2007, the fourth main track was still being built over Logan Hill between Bill and Converse Junction, Wyoming, as two Union Pacific coal trains roll past construction ... (more)

BNSF SD70MAC no.9640 shoves a northbound empty coal train over Logan Hill near Converse Jct., north of Bill , WY. This was a rare moment that day when it appeared that only one train was passing b... (more)

BNSF 8221 brings up the rear of a ballast train at Converse Junction, WY near Antelope Mine. The train is surrounded by a southbound coal train passing to the right and another loading at the mine... (more)

Late in the afternoon of July 4, 2019, Mother Nature decided to provide some of her own fireworks over Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Torrential rain, lots of lightning and some wind sent us into... (more)

Logan Hill is a great place to catch the action on the Powder River Joint Line. As the sun starts lowering in the west, a trio of BNSF coal trains cast there shadows along the four track mainline.... (more)

Joint action on the Joint Line at Logan Hill in the Powder River Basin. BNSF 9178 leads a coal train falling behind a UP train on the far right track. Meantime a northbound empty train roll be in ... (more)