A variety of power sits at the ready at North Yard while one of the crew of the yard job dismounts to head to the yard office. Over at far right a BNSF yard job shuffles cars in Rennicks Yard.

3 train loads of Powder River Basin coal sit in Guernsey Yard. Notice the 5627 at right mysteriously has no nose logo.

An eastbound UP coal train passes the Black Thunder West load out where another UP train has almost completed loading.

An orange cloud from blasting at Black Thunder Mine hangs in the air as a Union Pacific train loads out at Black Thunder West under the silo/flood loader.

A Union Pacific train loads out at Antelope Mine.

5 trains at Bill! From right to left empty UP hopper train races north while a loaded UP coal train races south. Over in the yard an empty BNSF hopper train and loaded BNSF unit train sit awaiting... (more)

A tiny train passes through the massive Black Thunder West loadout.

Its a busy time at Antelope Mine. In the foreground sits a loaded BNSF train waiting to leave Antelope mine. In the background 2 UP coal trains race south toward Bill.

An eastbound coal train heads downgrade into Tunnel 1 at Plain

East and west manifest trains meet at Rocky siding

The trailing DPU's on this eastbound coal train show the extreme grade this train is descending.

The 7 unit head end (6 units visible) of this westbound coal train is climbing the steep grade to Tunnel 1 as the rest of the train is still snaking through the curve at a much lower elevation.

After sitting for almost 24 hours in the siding at Pinecliffe an eastbound coal train finally makes it east rounding Big Ten Curve with both the head end and mid train DPU's visible.

As the rain comes down from the low hanging clouds an eastbound UP coal train snakes its way out of Moffat Tunnel