UP 5955 leads coal loads south from Reno Junction.

An empty BNSF train heads toward the Black Thunder mine for another load of coal while a grass fire burns in the foreground. A passing loaded UP coal train on the wye track nearest to me caused s... (more)

BNSF 9983 leads a coal train out of the loadout at Reno Jct. and north towards Gillette. Two other trains can be viewed in this scene, one in the loading loop and the other in the Reno Jct. sidin... (more)

Three fairly clean SD70MAC's have coal loads headed out of the Powder River Basin at Reno Junction. The 9738 leads the way followed by 9764 and 9957.

BN coal train power was changing from sets like this or five unit C30-7 or SD40-2's, to three SD70MAC's about the time this photo was taken at Reno Junction. BN 9217,9073,6791 and 5063 head loads ... (more)

BNSF 6001 leads a southbound loaded coal drag through Reno Junction as another BNSF train loads at the West Black Thunder load out.

Here's another BNSF coal train finishing the loading process at the West Black Thunder loadout.

Two UP coal trains meet at Reno Junction as another heads off the main to Black Thunder Mine.

Another summer afternoon, another big storm dominating the skies above the Thunder Basin National Grassland. This particular storm actually began its day by tracking south-southeast towards Bill,... (more)

It's time to play Orin Sub Alphabet Soup! Seven trains are visible in this scene captured at Reno Junction on a beautiful summer morning marred by a cloud of dust drifting west from Black ... (more)

Coal trains are mile-plus-long metal machines. Flood-loading coal silos are giant structures that tower over the surrounding landscape. Both of these human creations are utterly dwarfed by the m... (more)

BNSF's Orin Subdivision was unusually quiet at Reno Junction on this late-spring evening as a BNSF helper set idled away on the setout track. However, there was a good reason for the lack of acti... (more)

A loaded BNSF westbound passes the DPUs on a loaded UP eastbound just east of Reno Junction.

UP 7062 East roars uphill past Reno Junction.

A westbound BNSF coal empty passes the construction site of a new coal loading facility at Reno Junction.