Two BNSF coal trains meet on the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the afternoon of October 18, 2018.

ACe race
On the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, SD70ACe-led coal trains from both roads serving Powder River Basin put together a slow race over the top of ... (more)

A BNSF coal empty climbs the northbound grade of Logan Hill at Logan, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 10, 2023. In the house track at Logan is a loaded TVAX No. 680267, bad ordered and waiting f... (more)

Shiny paint and aluminum hoppers nicely reflect the early morning sun as BNSF EMD SD70ACe Nos. 9098 and 8557 lead a coal train over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, just after sunrise at 6:04 a.... (more)

IT far from home
BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9122 leads a northbound BNSF coal train over the hill at Logan, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 10, 2023. Far from home is trailing Norfolk Southe... (more)

Keeping the main line rails of the Orin Line in Powder River Basin, another coal empty rolls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 9:33 p.m. during sunset on July 10, 2021.

After helping a train over Wyoming’s Logan Hill to Bill on the morning of June 23, 2018, a Union Pacific helper scurries back to Nacco Junction to wait for another BNSF or UP coal load that need... (more)

As a BNSF coal empty cruises over Logan Hill, another BNSF coal load heads downgrade toward Bill with a pair of DPU locomotives on the rear. The top of Logan hill is near, if not at, the road over... (more)

Fast moving clouds part just long enough to let the sun illuminate a northbound BNSF coal empty cruising over Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 25, 2022.

A pair of Union Pacific EMD SD70ACes lay down a nice black smoke screen as they approach the top of Wyoming’s Logan Hill with a coal empty on the afternoon of July 10, 2022.

Nearing the summit of Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin is a southbound Union Pacific coal train grinding up the grade late in the afternoon of June 25, 2022.

In honor of “National Beagle Day”, (I didn’t even know this was a thing, until today…) I present a photo of our Beagle named Minturn watching a BNSF coal train climb Logan Hill in Powder R... (more)

The sun is low to the horizon in Powder River Basin as a Union Pacific coal empty growls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the eve of July 2, 2016.

A Union Pacific coal empty marches up Logan Hill at Logan, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 21, 2019.

A northbound BNSF coal empty scurries over the top of Logan Hill after the passing of a brief rainstorm in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 24, 2022.