Pacific set a record by hauling 194 million tons of coal – an 8% increase compared with 2005 tonnage. The company achieved this by increasing train size, with trains averaging more than 15,000 tons, a 200-ton weight increase compared with fourth-quarter 2005's average. In early 2016 it was reported that 80 to 100 trains of coal were being shipped from the Powder river basin every day. In 2019 train loadings averaged about 50 per day. See also High Plains (United States) Thunder Basin National Grassland Notes External links Bell Creek CO2 Development Update Bell Creek Integrated CO2 EOR and Storage Project Integrating CO2 EOR and CO2 Storage in the Bell Creek Field Bell Creek CO2 EOR and CO2 Storage Demonstration Project, Montana Wyoming coal mining Geological history USGS Open-File Report on impacts of CBM development in the region Assessment of Coal Geology, Resources, and Reserves in the Montana Powder River Basin United States Geological Survey IEEFA article with a recent (March 2019) list of power plants supplied from the Powder River Basin. Coal mining regions in the United States Geology of Wyoming Geography of Montana Geography of Wyoming Economic geology Geology of the Rocky Mountains Geology of Montana Sedimentary basins of North America Mining in Montana Mining in Wyoming