A BNSF GEVO in DPU service brings up the rear of a string of hoppers being set off at the Progress Rail facility south of Bill, WY.

A southbound BNSF coal drag works hard to pull its load of Wyoming Black Diamonds up out of the Dry Fork Branch of the Cheyenne River Valley.

BNSF 6246 is seen leading a loaded coal train into the Powder River Basin at Donkey Creek - 27/08/2009

BNSF 6144 is seen leading a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin up Logan Hill another loaded UP coal can be seen climbing behind - 26/08/2009

Sunset on Silver Hoppers

A coal train pulls through the loading silos at the Black Thunder mines loadout just east of Reno Jct in the Powder River basin

It's time to play Orin Sub Alphabet Soup! Seven trains are visible in this scene captured at Reno Junction on a beautiful summer morning marred by a cloud of dust drifting west from Black ... (more)

Coal trains are mile-plus-long metal machines. Flood-loading coal silos are giant structures that tower over the surrounding landscape. Both of these human creations are utterly dwarfed by the m... (more)

A pair of nice looking ACE's power this empty coal train east towards the Powder River Basin for another load. This train is heading for the Eagle Butte Mine on the Campbell Sub north of Gillette,... (more)

BNSF 6241 climbs out of the Powder River Basin with another load of coal right at sunrise.

A unit train with a solo helper leaves the Powder River Basin in a cloud of coal dust as mtys with a solo helper arrive to take it's place.

A UP unit train heads to the Black Thunder loadout at Nacco Junction while a BNSF helper set idles away. Another helper set is just to the right, out of the frame on the busy PRB. The Jacobs Ranch... (more)

BNSF 9457 and 9598 dangle after long empty hoppers toward Gillette for coal roading.

Three coal trains meet in the middle of Basin.

The new Black Thunder West coal loadout facility is now operational. The coal runs from the Black Thunder mine along the tracks and then up and over the mainline just North of Reno Jct. You can se... (more)