Photo ID: 105550 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Jct Campbell County, WY 1602 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF coal empty makes its way south (timetable east) on Main 1 in the Powder River Basin. If you look at the signal bridge in the distance, you'll note that a westbound has a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105551 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Coal Creek Campbell County, WY 1367 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF Eastbounds have a pretty decent grade climbing up from the entrance to the Coal Creek Mine. This empty is pulling up the hill on Main 1 through the crossovers at West Coal Creek. The Powder River Basin stretches roughly 117 miles and serves 11 mines. The entire line has at least three main tracks, and there is a 20 mile stretch of four main tracks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105552 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound coal empty glides downhill on Main 1 near milepost 30. A single ES44AC brings up the rear. South of the northern-most mine and north of the southern-most mine, it is possible to see coal loads meeting each other and coal empties meeting each other as trains make their way to or from their respective mines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105553 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF This coal train loaded at one of the northern mines in the Powder River Basin and is now making its way south (timetable east). It is currently running on Main 3 and has roughly 100 miles left before leaving the Powder River Basin (called the Orin Subdivision) behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105554 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF Always good to catch an unfamiliar face when out chasing! A Kansas City Southern SD70ACe (in the Retro-Belle paint scheme) is on lease to BNSF. Together with an AC4400CW, they are pulling a loaded coal train south (timetable east) on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105555 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70s (one an SD70MAC and one an SD70ACe) push as end DPUs on this south (timetable east) coal load. The train is on Main 3 and this is the view from the Lawver Road overpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105556 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF Heading for one of the northern mines in the Powder River Basin, this BNSF coal train is pulling upgrade north (timetable west) on Main 2. It the course of less than 30 minutes, three trains came by this location. One on each of the three main tracks. Typical actions in the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105557 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Reno Jct Campbell County, WY 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound coal load is just departing the Black Thunder East mine. There are four Black Thunder mines in the Powder River Basin: Black Thunder West, Black Thunder, Black Thunder East, and South Black Thunder. The massive structure in the background is the loadout for Black Thunder West. In the distance, you can see a pair of trains waiting to load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105558 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Reno Jct Campbell County, WY 1275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF A lot of traffic runs through Reno Junction! In addition to the triple track mainline, two tracks branch off from the track to the east (geographically south) and one to the west (geographically north). These tracks all lead to the Black Thunder and Black Thunder East mine loadouts. This particular load is coming from Black Thunder East. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105559 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Reno Jct Campbell County, WY 1263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF The interlocking of Reno Junction is a long one. In fact, the distance between the eastern-most signals and the western-most signals is roughly 1.8 miles! Here, a coal load is pulling up the grade on Main 1 toward a clear signal at the east (geographically south) end of the Reno Junction interlocking. The tracks to the right of the train are Main 2 and Main 3, respectively. The track to the left is the Black Thunder Mine Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105560 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 64 Converse County, WY 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific An eastbound (geographically south) coal load makes its way through a long S-Curve on Main 1 on the approach to Converse Junction. The train was loaded at North Antelope Rochelle Mine and is now headed for Bill, WY where it will receive a crew change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105561 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Converse Jct Converse County, WY 1266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF A UP coal train heads south (timetable east) on Main 1 toward a clear signal at Converse Junction. A pair of coal empties sit on the inbound tracks, ready to load at the Antelope Mine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105562 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill (MP 69) Converse County, WY 1281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific For all trains running in the Powder River Basin, the biggest challenge is the climb up Logan Hill. Here, a loaded UP local train struggles up the hill on Main 1. With only three units, the train is only making about 10 MPH up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105563 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill (MP 69) Converse County, WY 1468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific This eastbound (geographically south) loaded coal train has almost reached the top of Logan Hill on Main 1. Helping out with the climb on this afternoon is a CSX ES44AC. In the distance, you can see the load tower for the Antelope Mine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105564 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill (MP 69) Converse County, WY 1374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) CSX, Union Pacific This is the first CSX unit that I've shot that has the new logo on the long hood. From what I understand, the logo isn't actually that new, but seeing as how infrequently CSX units make their way out west, this is just the first time I've happened to catch one! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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