Coal Creek Mine's loadout can be seen towering over the Powder River Basin as two Union Pacific train pass each other through the S curve just a few miles northeast of Wright, Wyoming.

Union Pacific 7292 pulls hard working up the base of Logan Hill on their way towards Bill, Wyoming.

Herzog MOW trucks inspect the tracks on Logan Hill as two fully loaded trains glide down hill towards Bill, Wyoming on a cold January winter day.

An incredible view with a Union Pacific coal train working up the Orin Subdivision and a grand view of the Antelope Mine's open pit mine and coal load out can also be seen.

Before dawn and before the sunrises, is the blue hour. Cameras pick up the blue light on a long exposure better then the human eye as can be seen here as this BNSF train waits to get a signal to h... (more)

The first CNW GE road unit since the ill fated U30C's of 1968 rests at Bill awaiting another coal train assignment.

Long and lanky, I always felt like the C40-8's in the standard cab version looked like something Alco may have produced if they had been able to stay in the locomotive market. The coal line had qu... (more)

An eastbound (geographical south) UP unit coal train east of Bill, WY on Sept. 21, 1995, led by CNW CW44-9 No. 8643.

A westbound UP empty unit coal train races west as storm could build over Bill WY on Sept. 17, 1995.

GECX 3002 a GE Super Series -7 rests at Bill, At the time CNW was testing a couple of these units in coal service. They hung around awhile as I was back in the area three months later and seen one... (more)

COAL. That one word pretty much sums up everything that's going on in this photo: Two loaded Union Pacific trains grind up the 1.0% grade of Logan Hill on Mains 4 (C-ANC91-06, left) and 3... (more)

EMD3, BN 5558,9288,7187 struggle to move eastbound coal near Bill.

Valentine's Day in 1992 finds a trio of fairly new C&NW C40-8s stopped with a coal train meeting a rolling sister (8539) leading empties back to a mine at track speed. A crew member is positioned... (more)

Bathed in the warm light of Fall, another in the endless procession of coal trains pulls out of a big dip near Bill, WY while an empty UP can just be seen at the bottom of he hill through the exha... (more)

A 4-way meet at Nacco Jct. Three loaded UP coal trains and a set of BNSF helpers converge in eastern Wyoming.