A Union Pacific train train heads North towards Bill, WY as two BNSF trains sit in the hopper car shop yard.

Trains line up for the two mines this section of track serves. The train on the left is coming out from the Black Thunder Mine as the train on the right is heading towards Jacobs Ranch Mine.

Dust can be seen flying around what I think is Coal Creek Mine.

Three trains cross the landscape as they leave visable exhaust above the horizon. Storm clouds look to be brewing as 4th of July fireworks are soon to be off the ground. A snow fence and oil well ... (more)

UP 7137 heads south (railroad east), from Reno Jct. One of the busiest places in the Powder River basin.

UP 5762 climbs Logan Hill leaving the Powder River basin coal fields.

Just about to crest Logan Hill, as seen from the Steckley Road overpass, is another in the parade of coal trains, here in the heart of the Powder River Basin. The grading for a fourth main track i... (more)

Track equipment sits on a storage track as another loaded train rounds the curve and heads down and out of the Powder River Basin.

Just another downpour on my day at the PRB.

The construction continues on the Black Thunder West loadout facility as a train waits off in the distance and BNSF DPUs push East off the main at Reno Jct. The new Black Thunder West load out sil... (more)

Two UP empty coals demonstrate side-by-side run at Reno Jct. Right side empty diverses toward Black Thunder / Jacobs Ranch mines hauled by UP6876 and SP188 while the other heads further north wit... (more)

Four UP coal trains in a frame on a sunny but windy afternoon.

The 4 track main at the crest of Logan Hill is a incredible place to watch the PRB trains.

The coal cars in the foreground are coming and going to the Antelope Mine as a loaded Union Pacific coal train heads South just North of Converse Jct. A BNSF DPU can be seen helping it's train Nor... (more)

The tractor on the right just pulled onto the road after coming down the hill from the field above. Looks like the tractor has a tiller attachment on back. The loaded train gave a few warning blow... (more)