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QM -- You're right, there wasn't any coal on the plains along UP's route, but in Wyoming there was, at Carbon, Hanna, and Rock Springs, plus a number of other locations that were close at hand. There were coal mines at both Carbon and Rock Springs that emerged practically at the railroad's ballast shoulder. The route was intentionally bent to pass through Carbon just to reach the coal. Prior to its arriving at Carbon, the UP did burn wood, which was a real problem, because there were hardly any trees west of Omaha, either! The streambanks of the North Platte were denuded of cottonwoods hundreds of miles upstream, for both fuel and ties. <br /> <br />OS
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