A Union Pacific coal train begins its climb up Logan Hill at Converse Junction and passes a BNSF coal train that just finished loading at Antelope Mine. The BNSF load will soon follow the UP train... (more)

Big Sky Wyoming
Montana may employ the phrase “Big Sky Country” to describe its open country and beautiful skies, but Wyoming easily comes in second with its share. Witness a pair o... (more)

A serendipitous sliver of sunshine illuminates three BNSF coal trains at Converse Junction, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 25, 2022. Out on the four-track main line is a coal load that is about... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 8834 and EMD SD70M No. 4261 lead a loaded coal train through Converse Junction and begin the climb of Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 21, 2019.

BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 8801 and GE AC4400CW No. 5636 trail a northbound coal empty that is hustling through Converse Junction, Wyoming, on June 22, 2018.

A southbound BNSF coal train is approaching Converse Junction on the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on the afternoon of June 24, 2022.

Some afternoon storms in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin stay north of Converse Junction—for now—as a southbound BNSF coal train approaches the empty junction on June 24, 2022. The train is on ... (more)

Orin Line trackage in the heart of Wyoming’s Powder River Basin can still be busy at times. Four trains share tracks at Converses Junction on the afternoon of June 25, 2022. A northbound Union P... (more)

Turbulent weather continues to flow through Powder River Basin in Wyoming on the afternoon of June 24, 2022, as a southbound BNSF coal train, just beginning its climb of Logan Hill, rolls through ... (more)

While a Chicago & North Western coal train loads on the spur to Antelope Mine, a northbound Burlington Northern coal train, powered by a trio of BN EMD SD70MACs, passes by on the main line at Conv... (more)

Tracks of the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River coal country sit quiet on the afternoon of June 18, 2015. The five tracks in the foreground are the leads into Antelope mine at Converse Junctio... (more)

On the afternoon of July 4, 2019, thunderstorms are quickly developing over Wyoming’s Powder River Basin as a northbound BNSF coal train drops down Logan Hill into Converse Junction.

After loading at Antelope Mine, a southbound BNSF coal train departs and enters the four main tracks at Converse Junction and begins its climb up Logan Hill on the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder ... (more)

A BNSF coal train is departing Converse Junction, Wyoming, passing the DPU of an empty that will soon load the the Antelope Mine loadout, while a northbound BNSF empty passes on main line Track 2 ... (more)

A loaded BNSF coal train powered by three EMD SD70ACes approaches Converse Junction on June 22, 2018. The train will come to a stop in a half a train length or so, to add two helper units on the r... (more)