71. Is there a better place to build a coal burning power plant then right next to coal mines?

72. One train coming down, one train going up, and some tracking inspection.

73. On some of the most used tracks in the US, a lot of track work and track inspection needs to take place.

Going in, going out. Powder River Basin coal leaves the rolling prarie as another unit train of mtys heads north to load.

With four trains either loading or on the Joint Line, the Powder River Basin stays busy as usual. You can rest assured that there are plenty more over the rise, what with over 120 unit trains a da... (more)

With two helpers on the rear, another unit train of mtys returns to the Powder River Basin for coal. Draglines and loadouts can be seen on the horizon.

Home on the range. Surrounded by prarie skies and mounds of reddog, a helper set idles away beside the spur leading to Black Thunder mine and loadout.

BNSF 6246 is seen leading a loaded coal train into the Powder River Basin at Donkey Creek - 27/08/2009

Brakeman has pulled the pin and is signaling the engineer to pull ahead. Note both 149 and 153 are in full AT&SF dress.

Rolling south for another load of black diamonds, BNSF 9622 pushes past northbound coal loads headed by BNSF 5819 and 8949 at the Cordero Rojo mine. The northbound train was switching his train, a... (more)

UP 7101, the DPU on a south bound loaded coal train, races past the Cordero Rojo mine loadout. 0721hrs.

It was only in a fleeting moment at the end of the day that this scene of loaded coal train C-JRMPED0-36A slowing to a stop at Caballo Junction could be captured. As the sunset's golden rays glin... (more)

BNSF 5958 is pushing hard just south of Donkey Creek Jct.

Framed by one of the many blizzard fences along the tracks, another coal drag notches up to leave the Powder River Basin. This particular unit train cycles every other day between northern Colorad... (more)

A unit train with a solo helper leaves the Powder River Basin in a cloud of coal dust as mtys with a solo helper arrive to take it's place.