Photo ID: 114260 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 49.2 to Crossover 45.7 Campbell County, WY 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6643 passes by intermediate signals between Crossover 49.2 and Crossover 45.7, headed west (geographically north) on Main 2. The auto racks are using the Orin Sub as a shortcut to get from south to north Wyoming, likely headed for the Pacific Northwest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114259 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 49.2 to Crossover 45.7 Campbell County, WY 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF Since BNSF can access the Orin Sub from both the north and south end, they do run a handful of non-coal trains across the entire length of the Orin Sub. Case-in-point is this westbound (geographic northbound) unit auto rack train on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114255 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 55.8 Campbell County, WY 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF The fog was rapidly moving and shifting this morning here at the crossover at MP 55.8. No westbounds are currently aligned on Main 1 or 3, as evidenced by the red signals, in addition to the red signal on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 55.8 Campbell County, WY 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF This mist layer stopped right at the westbound signal bridge at Crossover 55.8 as a BNSF coal empty moves away and disappears into the mist on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 55.8 Campbell County, WY 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF It is 58ºF (14ºC) this morning, and there is some low hanging fog that has formed near the Black Thunder lead. This westbound coal train on Main 2 is disappearing into the mist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 49.2 to Crossover 55.8 Campbell County, WY 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF We are along the stretch of the triple track between South Black Thunder Mine and the Black Thunder Mine. BNSF 3375 is headed west on Main 2 for a mine north of Black Thunder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114251 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 55.8 to Crossover 49.2 Campbell County, WY 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF Not far south (timetable east) of the South Black Thunder mine lead, a westbound BNSF empty meets an eastbound UP load. Some mist hangs low to the ground off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114250 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 55.8 to Crossover 49.2 Campbell County, WY 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF coal empty is on Main 2, running around a sweeping curve on the northeast side of the Antelope Mine. You can see a crane, busily working to extract more "black diamonds". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114249 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nacco Wye Junction Converse County, WY 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the end of a westbound coal empty as the train crosses over Antelope Creek on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114248 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nacco Wye Junction Converse County, WY 30 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF The rising sun shines between two cars as a westbound empty crosses over Antelope Creek at Nacco Wye Junction. It is shaping up to be a beautiful day! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nacco Wye Junction Converse County, WY 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF It is just after sunrise as a westbound (geographic northbound) BNSF coal empty crosses over Antelope Creek on Main 2. This area is, in my opinion, one of the most scene portions of the Orin Sub. Incidentally, each main actually crosses on its own bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114246 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nacco Wye Junction Converse County, WY 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific There is an Approach signal (yellow over red) on Main 3 for a westbound train currently on Logan Hill. Here, we are at Nacco Wye Junction, there are a lot of crossover to allow trains to get to (or leave from) the lead to North Antelope Mine. North Antelope consistently loads the most coal of all 15 mines along the Orin Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114245 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill Converse County, WY 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF With Logan Hill now conquered, this eastbound coal load descends the 1% grade on Main 3. Intermediate signals on Mains 1 and 2 both show Approach indications, likely meaning nothing is currently aligned in either direction on those mains. Off in the distance, you can see another of the many full train sets currently being stored on Main 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114244 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill Converse County, WY 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF While coal is certainly the main industry in the Powder River Basin, there is some oil (or natural gas) in the area too, so you will see some wells in operation, such as the few in the background here. A single DPU helps this 125 car coal train up and over the 1% grade of Logan Hill. A decade ago, all coal trains has 2x2 power in the basin. However, probably thanks to Precision Scheduled Railroading, many now run 2x1. They occasionally stall on Logan Hill and need manned helpers to get over the top. Fortunately, that was not the case with this one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114243 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill Converse County, WY 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF As we getting closer to the end of the day, we find BNSF 8463 slowly making its way up the 1% grade of Logan Hill on Main 3. The empty hoppers you see on Main 4 are just in storage. Construction on Main 4, which is roughly 20 miles long, was started in 2006 and completed in 2008. The fourth main was a $100 million investment by both UP and BNSF. Coal output was so great at that point that the fourth main was justified due to the grade on Logan Hill and the slow moving loads. However, with the substantial decrease in coal demand, three mains is sufficient for Logan Hill, and Main 4 has been used to store multiple coal train sets for over a decade now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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