Heading back to the Powder River Basin is a BNSF coal empty northbound by Newell Bay at Guernsey State Park,WY on BNSF's Canyon Subdivision.

Early morning along the BNSF Orin Subdivision a few miles outside of Douglas, Wyoming finds a northbound BNSF coal empty heading back to the mines for another load.

A northbound empty coal train in the early morning sun on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

A southbound coal load waits patiently at Greenland as a coal load ahead has stalled just below the top of the climb up the Palmer Divide

A trio of BNSF motors fly down the Aurora Subdivision along the Mississippi River with loads of crude oil from North Dakota.

Crude oil loads coast downhill into the Souris River Valley, passing the old elevator and grain bin in the small once-was community of Lonetree.

Plenty of photo props abound at the east end of West Alton Siding, which is actually the west end. Confused?

Dirt grows here. Two GE's schlep an empty coal train around the corner at West Alton, passing one of the many dirt fields...

Two GE's drag an empty coal train East on BNSF's K-Line, with the AmerenUE Sioux Power Plant in the distance.

This empty out of Thomas Hill, MO to North Antelope Mine, WY is heading onto main #2 at Ashby. This train just ran across the 7.5 miles of single track between Hyannis and Ashby. Now they will be... (more)

A loaded powder river coal train heads east through butler.

A pair of BNSF units lead coal train 586 west past some fall colors on Norfolk Southern's Ft. Wayne Line.

BNSF 5848 is sole power for a southbound at SW Cabin

Sothbound CSX train is taking the connection from the CSX to the L&I.