A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train powered by a trio of EMD SD70MACs, No. 9864 in Heritage II colors and Nos. 9563 and 9697 still in Burlington Northern Grinstein paint, heads south out of ... (more)

Swinging through three curves, a loaded coal train approaches Donkey Creek heading north on the Orin Subdivision on May 29, 1998. This early Burlington Northern Santa Fe train is powered by three ... (more)

BNSF 8933 joins literally hundreds of other SD70MACs and older GE power in storage at Donkey Creek, WY. Newer motive power and reduced coal demand have created a lot of stored power on BNSF and ot... (more)

Leaving the Orin Line and heading east on the Black Hills Subdivision, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train led by GE C30-7 No. 5109 snakes through Donkey Creek Junction east of Gillette, W... (more)

Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5554 passes a sister locomotive on another coal empty on a siding just east of Donkey Creek on May 29, 1998. Empty coal trains are frequently staged here waiting t... (more)

As a storm rumbles over Powder River Basin in the background, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train led by GE C30-7 No. 5109 rolls through Donkey Creek Junction east of Gillette, Wyoming, on... (more)

Coal trains line up and wait to depart the BNSF yard at Donkey Creek, Wyoming, on May 4, 2007. This yard built along BNSF’s Black Hills Subdivision east of Gillette is to help stage empty trains... (more)

Minutes after a severe thunderstorm that produced golf ball sized hail, finds BNSF 9205 coming off the Black Hills Sub and onto the top end of the Orin line at Donkey Creek Jct.

Some pretty good storms have moved east as afternoon sunlight lights up the noses of three BNSF coal trains sitting at Donkey Creek, Wyoming, on May 30, 2009.

CREX 1311 brings up the rear of a coal load at Donkey Creek Jct. The train is heading west onto the Black Hills Sub towards Gillette.

BNSF's Alliance, TX to Portland, OR intermodal exits the Orin Line at Donkey Creek Jct. I was surprised to see this train running through the coal fields. The train will hang a left here and join ... (more)

Swinging through three curves, a loaded coal train approaches Donkey Creek, Wyoming, on May 29, 1998. This early BNSF train is powered by three Burlington Northern locomotives (GE C30-7, EMD SD40-... (more)

An eastbound coal train is photographed at Donkey Creek Jct., WY.

Led by a pair of BNSF SD70MAC's, southbound Kansas City Light & Power (KCLX) coal empties snake their way down through the rolling hills of northeastern Wyoming on BNSF's Orin Subdivision near Don... (more)

Yet another train of coal leaves the Orin Line and heads east at Donkey Creek.