I used to drive through this area a lot and there is a nice rest stop nearby. A sign at the stop says of the Powder River water--Too thin to plow; too thick to drink.
Hello Bevan, can you please tell me where the location of the bridge is on the first minutes of the video?, im coming to Cheyenne from the UK in April and would love to visit that location….ive scoured google earth around Bill and can’t seem to locate it. Your video is great and I love the epic freight scene you have over there in the US, the Uk coal scene has almost gone and our freight trains are about an eighth the length of yours!!. Many thanks for any info if possible….cheers Ian
I was visiting from Australia so I'm not a local. From memory, you drive north for about ten km from Bill on highway 59 and there was a road on your right that leads to the bridge.
@@JiriSusta I was a teen in Columbus Ohio in the mid 70's, and tracks ran about 100 yards from my house. In those days I could tell a long coal train was passing whenever I saw 6 locos pulling a consist. (Caboose in back) Of course, they probably each had half the horsepower of today's machines, maybe less. I think that was coal coming from WV and headed to Detroit, Cleveland, etc.
Last time I drove through here from Gillette to Douglas, I didn't see a single train! I remember when it was similar to this video. What seemed like hundreds of trains! Now they can't hardly give away the coal leases. Same thing will happen with oil thanks to dimwit! The rest area is very nice with a pond nearby. Stayed at the hotel there once when we got caught in accident traffic just north of Denver on I-25. Nice little town just to the west of rest area. Very nice video.
Powder river basin coal has a low sulfer content so in big demand at the environment conscious power stations all over th3 US, lower btu value so more gets burnt.
if you would go out to this location today you see at least a 20 percent drop in coal traffic since it's much easier to burn natural gas In fact teaxs no longer has any coal power plants!
@@frankjanvari8650 that's not true... CPS energy has a coal fired plant just south of san antonio right on calavaras lake... few days ago one their powder river bound empties caught me at a crossing
