Western Railroad Discussion > Action at East Coal Creek, WY

Date: September 27, 2025
Video duration: 6 Min

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Nice video! I've heard some of the overpasses over the tracks are not very wide and it's a little risky standing on the bridge to shoot from.... Is this one of those bridges?

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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mojaveflyer Wrote:
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> Nice video! I've heard some of the overpasses over
> the tracks are not very wide and it's a little
> risky standing on the bridge to shoot from.... Is
> this one of those bridges?

Thanks. No. Never encountered any traffic while there for over an hour or so.

where is this, google maps wasn't very cooperative for me. TIA 

That video is shot facing the south.  If it was pointed north you would see Coal Creek Junction, which is the wye that leads into Coal Creek Mine.   The south leg of the wye is "east" in railroad terms.  (the actual bridge over Coal Creek is about a mine north of there though)  

The road for that bridge is Hoadley Road, which is paved as it comes in from the west, and meets the mine entrance.   Hoadley Road continues south as a gravel road running on east side of the right of way, not really visible in the video.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2QUZttXanGyinzJw5

As for traffic on the road.  Not much these days, Coal Creek Mine is still in operation but nothing like it was 10-15 years ago.