UP C-NRPW at Bill

The biggest customer for EMD’s SD75I is by far the Canadian National with 175 SD75Is, while BNSF added 26 to its fleet, and Ontario Northland acquired six. BNSF SD75Is that were delivered in 19... (more)

A busy morning in Wyoming's Powder River Basin has resulted in a three-way meet at Bill. Two eastbound UP coal trains race towards Shawnee Jct, and onto home rails, as a westbound BNSF coal train ... (more)

Blue hour crossing of Logan Hill
At 9:37 p.m. on June 24, 2022, a southbound BNSF coal load lights up the four track main line that surmounts Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Pow... (more)

The sun has cracked the horizon as a BNSF coal train crosses Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 6:16 a.m. on July 11, 2023. This particular train is powered by four BNSF EMD SD70ACe locomotives... (more)

A string of long-stored Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC locomotives sit in a yard track near the Progress Rail Services facility south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 11, 2023.

Logan Hill UP6291 leads a coal load at walking speed up the 1% incline of Logan Hill. While coal volumes have fallen off dramatically, this section of Quadruple Track mainline is still a v... (more)

CNW 6934 leads an empty coal train north toward Bill, WY from Shawnee along Hwy 59.The UP SD50s in the consist were lettered for MP at this time.

An empty coal trains DPU passes loads as it pushes on the rear in the Powder River Basin.

A fiery sunrise greets a southbound BNSF coal load in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin south of Bill on May 30, 2009.

Two SD70ACe's power a loaded coal train across the Powder River Basin as a severe thunderstorm rumbles to the west.

At the end of a clear day in Powder River Basin, a southbound Union Pacific coal train heads for home rails south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 8, 1999. Just for the record, this is a Kodachrome 64 sl... (more)

On the morning of June 26, 2022, a Union Pacific coal empty climbs Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming. Lurking in the morning cloud shadow at the horizon are rows of wind turbines that have appeare... (more)

CNW's Wyoming Centennial unit 8542 leads an empty coal train as it meets a loaded train led by BN 5065 near Bill, WY in May of 1991. It's amazing how much traffic moved on this line considering it... (more)

A trio of Chicago & North Western coal trains are led by new C&NW EMD SD60s at the railroad’s remote yard at Bill, Wyoming, on July 4, 1989.