Photo ID: 114310 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load is slowly making its way up Myles Hill on Main 3 on the Powder River Sub. The subdivision is 106 miles long, connecting the Orin Sub to the South Morrill Sub in Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114309 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific A look at UP 6254 headed east over Myles Hill on Main 3. Main 1 here had a relatively short lifespan, only lasting roughly 20 years. The rails have been pulled up, and no doubt the ties will follow at some point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114308 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific Once coal loads reach Bridger Junction at the south end of the Orin Sub, BNSF trains head for the Canyon Sub and UP trains head for the Powder River Sub. That is where the joint operation ends. Here on the Powder River Sub, east of Lost Springs, you'll only find UP trains, such as this eastbound load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114307 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific UP 6254 is working up the grade of Myles Hill on UP's Powder River Sub, east of Shawnee. The train is headed for Nebraska, and then points beyond (likely Missouri). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114306 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jireh to Lost Springs Converse County, WY 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Powder River (UP) Union Pacific At the height of the coal in the mid-2000s, UP added roughly 15 miles of triple track over Myles Hill on the Powder River Sub. With the drop off in coal, UP decided the maintenance costs of the third main no longer made sense, and in 2024, UP started lifting the rails on Main 1. As you can see in this overhead shot, the rails are completely gone from Main 1. The only stretch of Main 1 that is still in tact is between Lost Springs and Shawnee, and that section of Main 1 is being used for car storage. 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 77 (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. 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 81 (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: 114303 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 82 (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: 114302 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 108 (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: 114301 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 90 (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: 114300 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 110.6 to Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 92 (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: 114299 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 80 (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: 114298 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crossover 95.5 Converse County, WY 93 (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: 114297 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 88 (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: 114296 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Twin Eagle Bill Rail Terminal Converse County, WY 82 (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.

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