End of an era. DC power is still king in 1994. The transition is about to take place. Dash 9's a Dash 8 and a SD60M power up the grade with a loaded coal train. In the coal fields of Wyoming. (T... (more)

CNW 8651, UP 9187, CNW 8727 head north with an empty coal train. Another CNW train heads south with a loaded train. The coal field a re a busy place. The CNW C44-9W's were bought with out air cond... (more)

CNW 8677 and 8729 are sandwiching 8549 the Wyoming Centennial unit, a C40-8. A friendly engineer hangs out the cab, anxious to get his picture take. As his train hauls another load of coal out of ... (more)

Burlington Northern C30-7 5138 sports it's red number boards. I believe the red number boards designated this locomotive had slave or remote ability to control unmanned helpers. The forerunners to... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train with SD40-2's and C30-7's rolls past a hillside of yellow flowers.

Rail fanning the Wyoming coal fields can be exhausting on along summer day. After going all day with the mass amount of trains to photography. We stayed unit sunset to capture this Silhouette shot... (more)

This train has quite the variety in the Wyoming coal fields. CNW 8596 C44-9W, CNW 5031 SD40-2, UP 6100 SD60M, and UP 9536 C41-9W.

5 Burlington Northern SD40-2's 7223, 7258, 7248, 7227, 8163, with a fuel tender, go about there daily business in the Wyoming coal fields.

Roamin' on the Range. PRB coal heads south behind UP power under a classic western sky.

Heading South up the 4 track main of Logan Hill, UP 5973 is just about to hit a curve greaser as it approaches Bill, WY

UP 6221 and 6406 bring the rear of empty coal up to North Antelope mine at Nacco Jct.

BNSF empty coal diverses from Orin Line to Black Thander/Jacobs Ranch mines for coal loading under the clear Autumn sky.

A cow in the ranch is busy taking her breakfast and has no interest in the early morning chase between UP and BNSF full coals.

A driver of BNSF loaded coal watches UP empty coal heading further north at Converse Jct. UP 6317 works as a rear DPU of the coal empty. The junction is located right next to Antelope coal mine, a... (more)

UP 5933 brings the rear of empty coal up toward north just after blasting at Antelope coal mine.