A Burlington Northern empty hopper train is northbound on the Joint Line at Castle Rock, CO.

Construction is still underway on additional mainlines on the Powder River Coal Line as BN 5508 brings a trainload of concrete ties into Bill ,WY in May of 1998.

The rural nature of the Sandhills Sub was transformed with the advent of coal traffic - first with CTC and then extensive double-tracking such as was underway between Mullen and Whitman, NE in the... (more)