Long before Wyoming was officially part of the union, the Wyoming
Territory played a crucial role in westward expansion of the United
States as the first transcontinental railroad was built into the
area by Union Pacific in 1862, bound for a meeting with Central
Pacific in Utah in 1869. Modernised, this 'Overland Route' today
bustles with traffic, as trains thunder across the state on main
lines destined for California and Pacific Northwest. More recently,
Wyoming's expansive Powder River Basin has provided gargantuan
amounts of coal tonnage for both UP/Chicago & North Western and
Burlington Northern/BNSF. Even though it appears that this
prodigious coal traffic has peaked, there is still plenty of trains
to be seen moving out of the basin. Additionally, BNSF has a
secondary main line that traverses through some extraordinary
scenery as it heads north and west toward connections in Montana.
All in all, railroads crossing the wonderful Rocky Mountains and
High Plains of the 'Cowboy State' are certainly a beholder's
delight.
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