A Deseret Power coal train takes loads towards the power plant.
A trio of Deseret Power E60C-2s lead a train over the highway just south of the "town" of Blue Mountain near Dinosaur, Colo.
An eastbound train of refrigerator cars pass under the signal bridge at Tie Siding on the west slope of Sherman Hill outside Laramie, Wyo.
Eastbound reefers, most decorated with urban "art," pass the classic pile o' rocks at Dale Junction on the west slope of Sherman Hill. Alas, most of the area around Dale Junction is now ... (more)
An eastbound stack train crests the summit on famed Sherman Hill in Wyoming.
As the sun sets over the Powder River Basin, a lone DPU pushes another train of coal empties north for loading.
A train loads at the Black Thunder West mine as loads roll south on the adjacent mainline.
A load of black diamonds head north out of Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
BNSF coal empties skirt the edge of an open pit mine in the Powder River Basin.
BNSF coal empties enter the Powder River Basin to be loaded with black diamonds. In the background is the Coal Creek Mine, one of more than a dozen mines served by rail between Gillette and Bill, ... (more)
A single DPU pushes on the rear of an empty Union Pacific coal train as it approaches the Coal Creek Mine in the Powder River Basin.
A BNSF coal train heads south through the Powder River Basin. A chasing Union Pacific train can be seen through the exhaust.
The race is on as southbound coal trains from BNSF and Union Pacific head south in the Powder River Basin.
Chasing the Black Hills Central steam operation is pretty easy. The tracks are seldom far from Old Hill City Road between Keystone and Hill City; the road crosses the railroad about a dozen times ... (more)
The Black Hills Central tourist train is just minutes into its journey as it tackles the steep grade out of Hill City, S.D.