An empty train returns to the Powder River Basin mines

Powder River Basin coal just arrives at the Dairyland Power Cooperative in Alma, Wisconsin on this snowy winter day. The DPU will shortly be cut off as the full coal cars make their way around the... (more)

Looking down on the distributed power unit from this Powder River Basin coal train as it enters the Dairyland Power Cooperation power plant in Alma, Wisconsin. The DPU will shortly be cut off as t... (more)

An empty coal train out of Monroe, MI, (Detroit Edison Monroe) to Black Thunder Mine, WY, roll west as they approach the small town of Malden. Malden is located at MP 98.4, or about 5 mile... (more)

After the sky clears up, an empty Clay Boswell coal train rolls out of Grand Forks behind a pair of SD70MACs.

A loaded coal train rolls through the picturesque North Dakota badlands on BNSF's Dickinson Sub.

Showing off a nearly complete set of shiny new hoppers, an empty coal train continues west through the plains of central Nebraska

DPU on southbound loaded coal heading into North Yards. This photo was taken at 5:56 PM Central, a full 34 minutes after the lead engine passed this crossing. This coal train had to stop 3 times... (more)

Headed west on Broadway toward the Frisco Bridge to cross the Mississippi River into Arkansas.