Photo ID: 105556 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 2050 (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: 105555 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1724 (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: 105554 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1491 (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: 105553 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1907 (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: 105552 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 30 Campbell County, WY 1392 (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: 105551 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Coal Creek Campbell County, WY 1739 (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: 105550 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Jct Campbell County, WY 2020 (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: 105549 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 772.3 Kuehn County, MT 1854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Big Horn (BNSF) BNSF The 40+ forest fires that are burning in Montana made for a very red-orange sunset on the evening of August 15th. The setting sun splits the two heads of this intermediate signal on BNSF's Big Horn Subdivision. This intermediate is between the sidings of Benteen and Dunmore. Unfortunately, no trains came along prior to light disappearing entirely. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105548 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51.5 Still Water County, MT 2143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link An eastbound BNSF manifest crosses over the Yellowstone River in between Reed Point and Craver. Very tragically, the train actually hit a cow that was standing on the tracks at the beginning of the bridge. When coming up on the bridge, my dad and I saw the cow and yelled at it, but it just stared back. We moved to the far end of the bridge and hoped that the train would be loud enough to get it move. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The crew called in the hit to the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105547 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Reed Point Reed Point, MT 1986 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link As of the 2000 census, the town of Reed Point had a population of 185! To change things up a bit, I thought a shot looking down main street (actually named "Division Street") would be cool. Imagine a day when it was Northern Pacific units rolling through town! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105546 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Quebec Sweet Grass County, MT 1409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A westbound grain train slowly moves toward the west end of Quebec while a high priority manifest moves east on the main at 45 MPH. The siding is over 9,000 feet long, allowing for the grain train to easily clear the east end and continue rolling toward the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105545 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Quebec Sweet Grass County, MT 1416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A westbound BNSF grain train is in the siding at Quebec, waiting for the arrival of an eastbound manifest. The timing for the meet was really good, and the train is actually moving slowly (maybe 5 MPH) toward the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105544 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Greycliff Greycliff, MT 1637 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link BNSF's Pasco to Kansas City manifest is moving at 45 MPH through Greycliff. This manifest carries the symbol HPASKCK9-14A. One of the key portions of that symbol is the "9". That indicates it is a high priority train. Very high. To the point that it shouldn't be stopped save for other higher priority "9" trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105543 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Big Timber Big Timber, MT 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link When I was investigating possible photo opportunities for the MRL online, I came across a really nice shot from Big Timber, MT. This is the shot, but unfortunately one of the things I liked about the shot I saw online is not visible here! There is a mountain in the background that is obscured by the smoke (from forest fires) in this shot. Oh well! Still a descent long lens shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105542 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 100 Park County, MT 1596 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 2nd Subdivision (MRL) BNSF, Montana Rail Link About 15 miles east of Livingston, an eastbound BNSF manifest headed for Kansas City rounds this curve along the shores of the Yellowstone River. Some rafters are enjoying a Saturday trip down the river. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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