Another load of coal heads south at Reno Jct. The loadout and conveyor in the background is for the Black Thunder mine.
A fresh SD70ACe heads up an empty coal train staged at Black Thunder Mine in the Powder River Basin.
A rare sight in 2009 was this pair of patched (but otherwise unaltered) C&NW AC44CWs on the point of a loaded coal train. Cruising downgrade toward Reno Jct., the train passed through a small spl... (more)
Sunset on Silver Hoppers
I guess that evening this guy as just collecting the bad order cars?
UP 7137 heads south (railroad east), from Reno Jct. One of the busiest places in the Powder River basin.