Photo ID: 114291 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bill to Crossover 74.0 Converse County, WY 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific UP 6254 passes underneath WY-59 on its way east (geographically south) on Main 1. The crew on this train was at the Travelodge in Bill, WY last night. Today, they were taken to the mine and got on this train. As a result, the train will pass right by Bill and continue out of the Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114292 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bill Converse County, WY 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific Here at the crossover at West Bill, an eastbound UP coal load is passing through on Main 1. It is here at West Bill that Main 4 starts for the 20 mile trip over Logan Hill. You can see hoppers tied down on Main 4 in the distance, in storage. The fourth track (left side, in the foreground) is the lead to the UP holding yard at Bill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114293 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bill Converse County, WY 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific Under partly cloudy skies, a loaded eastbound coal train is rolling along on Main 1 on the west edge of Bill. The train will not need a crew change at Bill, and will continue the remaining 40-ish miles out of the Orin Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114294 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX Just south of Bill is the Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal. It is a transload facility operated by Wyoming Connect Railroad, a short-line railroad owned by the Genessee and Wyoming. One of the units used for switching is this PRLX (Progressive Rail Leasing) SD45T-2! The unit was delivered as SP 9225, later renumbered to SP 6845. It was renumbered UP 2856 before being retired and winding up as this PRLX leaser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114295 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX At the Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal, we see a low nose GP9 being used for switching. This particular unit was built in August 1957 and delivered to Northern Pacific. It would become BN 1913 after the BN merger in 1970, and then BNSF 1626 after the BN/SF merger in 1995. It is now a lease unit, as seen here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114296 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX One of the units used for switching at the Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal is this GP38 in Genessee and Wyoming colors. The unit was originally delivered to Southern Railway (#2795) in February 1970. Since then, it went to Norfolk Southern, and then a number of short lines before landing with Progress Rail Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114297 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX A former Espee SD45T-2 is working to switch cars at the Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal as a coal load passes by eastbound on Main 1. This is a transload facility that is served by both Union Pacific and BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114298 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific BNSF's Orin Sub dispatcher, located in Fort Worth, TX, crossed over from Main 1 to Main 2 at Crossover 91.0. It is now passing through Crossover 95.5 on it way east (geographically south) out of the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114299 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific Just south of Crossover 95.5, this eastbound UP coal load crosses over Highland Loop Road on Main 2 under partly cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114300 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific While Logan Hill is the steepest part of the Orin Sub (1% ruling grade), there are some other hills that coal trains do have to conquer. After making it over one such hill, this eastbound UP coal load is starting to pick up some speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114301 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific A track regulator sits in a house track off of Main 3 as UP 6254 leads a coal load east on Main 2. The train is about to pass under Flat Top Road, just about 15 miles from the south end of the sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114302 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) UCEX I do not typically take a lot of pictures of cars, but these UCEX cars, with the yellow stripe, were kind of interesting and i thought one was worth a shot. They are hoppers, but they also have a rotary coupler, so they can be unloaded via rotation or just through the dump at the bottom. They are owned by Union Electric Company and are likely headed for a power plant in Missouri. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114303 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific This westbound UP coal empty had been running on Main 1, but it had to briefly stop at Crossover 110.6, visible in the distance. It met an eastbound load, and the Orin Sub dispatcher crossed it over from Main 1 to Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114304 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific The last shot I would take on the Orin Sub on this particular trip to the Powder River Basin. A westbound (geographic northbound) empty that is headed for the mines on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114305 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific An intermediate signal at MP 255.8 on Main 3 shows an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow), which will soon promote to a green signal for an approaching eastbound coal load. You might notice something a little odd about Main 1 to the left. UP is actively in the process of removing the track! The rails have already been pulled up, and the ties will likely be coming soon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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