In Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, a loaded Union Pacific coal train begins the climb up Logan Hill approaching Converse Junction on the afternoon of June 18, 2015.

Busy times at Converse Junction
A Chicago & North Western coal train led by GE AC4400CW No. 8803 has just about finished loading at Antelope Mine at Converse Junction, Wyoming, on May 12... (more)

Two Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTEs pass through Converse Junction, Wyoming, with a “local” from Bill on June 18, 2015. In reality, these locomotives have picked up what is most likely a bad o... (more)

A loaded Union Pacific coal train makes a run for Logan Hill approaching Converse Junction, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 18, 2015.

UP train CROHS with DC power begins the climb up Logan Hill while a BN train with SD70MAC's waits for a crew on the Converse Mine lead.

A Chicago and North Western coal train has just finished loading at Antelope Mine, with the loading crew heading out in a van, while another C&NW coal train rumbles by on the main line at Converse... (more)

A fairly new BNSF EMD SD70ACe leads a southbound coal train through Converse Junction in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 18, 2015.

A northbound Union Pacific coal empty heads to the mines at Converse Junction, Wyoming in Powder River Basin on June 13, 2014. In the foreground is another UP coal empty waiting to load at Antelop... (more)

A southbound BNSF coal load approaches Converse Junction on the busy Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on the afternoon of June 18, 2015.

Three Burlington Northern SD70MACs on a northbound coal empty meets a southbound Chicago and North Western load on the Orin Line main, while C&NW No. 8803 slowly moves forward while loading at Ant... (more)

A southbound Chicago and North Western coal train rumbles through Converse Junction, Wyoming, passing another C&NW train loading at Antelope Mine on May 12, 1995.

A southbound BNSF coal load rumbles through Converse Junction, Wyoming, while two empty trains wait to load at Antelope Mine on the multiple tracks approaching the loader toward the end of the day... (more)

With wind and rain blowing through Powder River Basin, DPU’s of a northbound BNSF coal train pass through Converse Junction, Wyoming, on June 13, 2014, passing another BNSF SD70MAC DPU on a trai... (more)

Three empty coal trains file into the leads at Converse Junction, Wyoming, as a loaded train slowly creeps by in the background. These multiple tracks are the leads into busy Antelope Mine. The ra... (more)

At Converse Junction, Wyoming, a loaded BNSF coal train cruises by on June 29, 2002. On this beautiful summer afternoon, the snow fences have little to do except create shadowy shapes across the r... (more)