CNW 8501 is about to duck under the Hwy 59 overpass bear Bill, WY in May of 1991. There are now 4 tracks at this location to handle all the coal traffic.

A BNSF coal train heads south out of Bill, Wyoming, at the end of a rainy day in Powder River Basin on May 3, 2007.

BNSF ES44AC 5923 and SD70ACe 8486 head a southbound coal train over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming. On the rear end work BNSF 9930 (SD70MAC) & CREX 1433 (ES44AC).

A northbound BNSF coal train is about to meet a southbound Union Pacific coal train at Bill, Wyoming, on May 25, 2009. Interestingly, the yard for the car repair facility located here has some app... (more)

Rain storms are slowly moving east at the end of a cloudy day in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. As the setting sun drops below the western horizon, a tiny slot of clearing sky silhouettes a north... (more)

As sunset approaches, BNSF 6079 East is about to cross over Hy. 59 south of Bill.

A Union Pacific coal train rumbles southbound on the Orin Line in Powder River Basin south of Bill, Wyoming, during a brilliant sunset on July 8, 1999.

Sunrise in Powder River Basin
An isolated morning thunderstorm dissipates and rolls east as another BNSF coal train treads the busy rails of the Orin Line into Powder River Basin south o... (more)

Two brand new C44-9W's head a southbound coal load through Bill, Wyoming. I still shiver to recall how cold it was when I took this photo!

A Union Pacific coal train with former CNW and BN power is southbound with coal just north of Bill, Wyoming.

In Powder River Basin, a lone DPU of a Union Pacific coal train passes an Aremotor-equipped well and some beasts that benefit from it just south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 3, 2016. I’m not sure w... (more)

A northbound Union Pacific coal empty heads for reloading in Powder River Basin just south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 3, 2016.

BNSF 9278 (SD70ACe), 9704 (SD70MAC) & 9256 (SD70ACe) head a coal train out of the Powder River Basin.

BNSF 6331 (GE ES44AC), 9887 (SD70MAC) & 2828 (former GP30, rebuilt as GP39-2M) head a coal train south of Bill (WY). BNSF 8426 (SD70ACe) shoves on the rear.

A loaded coal train, led by CNW 8539, meets empties near Bill, WY in May of 1991.