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Viewing Album:  Powder River Basin in 2010
 
By:Joe Hill
Dates:9/21/2010 - 9/23/2010
Album Info:Pics from around the Powder River Basin on BNSF's Orin Subdivision
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BNSF 5667
Title:  BNSF 5667
Description:  A pair of BNSF DPUs' gently push a train around the new baloon track/flood loader at the Black Thunder min.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:26:38 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5667(AC44CW)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
Meeting time
Title:  Meeting time
Description:  An empty UP train heads for loading at the Black Thunder mine while a loaded BNSF train waits impatiently.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:26:53 PM
Location:  Black Thunder, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  256   Comments: 0
BNSF 8922
Title:  BNSF 8922
Description:  A pair of ChiliMAC's ease a northbound out of the new baloon track from the Black Thunder mine.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:27:07 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8922(SD70MAC)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Headed for Georgia
Title:  Headed for Georgia
Description:  A pair of BNSF GEVO's lead a loaded train bound for Plant Scherer at Juliette, GA.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:28:54 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6381(ES44AC)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
All stretched out
Title:  All stretched out
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:29:20 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
Cleaning the ballast
Title:  Cleaning the ballast
Description:  A ballast cleaner? heads back to Bill, WY for the night before starting back up the next morning.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:44:22 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
UP 5825
Title:  UP 5825
Description:  A typical GE engine set drags 130 loads south towards, Bill, WY
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:44:50 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 5825(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Another speed meet
Title:  Another speed meet
Description:  Thanks to 3-4 main tracks and 150+ trains a day, meets like this are quite common on BNSF's Orin Subdivision
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:45:01 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  185   Comments: 0
UP 8159
Title:  UP 8159
Description:  A nice UP SD90/43MAC shoves on the rear of a northbound empty.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:45:16 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 8159(SD9043MAC)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
UP 6564
Title:  UP 6564
Description:  UP GE locomotives are in abundance on the Orin Sub. as a pair of them drag another trainload of PRB coal southward.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:45:29 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6564(AC44CW)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
UP 6846
Title:  UP 6846
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:46:06 PM
Location:  Reno Jct., WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6846(AC44CW)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
UP 6435
Title:  UP 6435
Description:  Another UP/SP team roll an empty northward to the Cordero mine.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:46:16 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6435(AC44CW)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
UP 6603
Title:  UP 6603
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:47:00 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6603(AC44CW)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
UP 6501
Title:  UP 6501
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:46:27 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6501(AC44CW)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Wings on the Horizon
Title:  Wings on the Horizon
Description:  A "winged" AC4400 shoves on the rear of an empty headed for the flood loader in the background.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 10:46:36 PM
Location:  North Rochelle, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
Speed meet
Title:  Speed meet
Description:  A pair of BNSF SD70ACe's pass by an SP-painted AC4400 at Bill, WY.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:29:33 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  263   Comments: 2
BNSF yard
Title:  BNSF yard
Description:  A northbound empty rolls up Main #2 with the Bill, WY yard/shop in the background
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:29:44 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  277   Comments: 1
BNSF 9850
Title:  BNSF 9850
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:29:58 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9850(SD70MAC)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
The entire train
Title:  The entire train
Description:  The whole 130 car length of a northbound empty can be seen in this shot passing the Bill, WY yard/shop.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:30:06 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9850(SD70MAC)
Views:  275   Comments: 1
Morning Sun
Title:  Morning Sun
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:30:29 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  201   Comments: 0
UP 6553
Title:  UP 6553
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:30:37 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6553(AC44CW)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
A UP paint oddity
Title:  A UP paint oddity
Description:  With "Union Pacific" on one side, and "Southern Pacific" on the other, this locomotive has a slight identity problem going on!
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 4:30:44 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6361(AC44CW)
Views:  618   Comments: 2
Espee paint
Title:  Espee paint
Description:  14 years after the merger, the SP is still making an appearance with a matched pair of AC4400's at Bill, WY
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:30:58 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  177   Comments: 1
UP 6841
Title:  UP 6841
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:31:20 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6841(AC44CW)
Views:  304   Comments: 1
UP 5689
Title:  UP 5689
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:31:37 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 5689(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Morning Sunrise
Title:  Morning Sunrise
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:31:49 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  189   Comments: 0
BNSF 5692
Title:  BNSF 5692
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:32:02 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5692(AC44CW)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  Due to ongoing derailment cleanup south of Bill, another loaded coal drag waits it's turn north of town.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:32:11 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 5910(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
For miles and miles
Title:  For miles and miles
Description:  Thanks to Wyoming's desolate landscape, you can literally see for miles; and also see an entire train from front to back in one shot.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:32:22 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 7149(AC44CW)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
UP 6420
Title:  UP 6420
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:32:37 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6420(AC44CW)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Running Long Hood Forward
Title:  Running Long Hood Forward
Description:  The crew of this ballast train was forced to run their Warbonnet LHF (long hood forward) back to Bill, WY, making for a VERY rare sight in this part of the country.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:33:05 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8246(SD75M)
Views:  337   Comments: 2
UP 5861
Title:  UP 5861
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:33:21 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 5861(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
UP 6844
Title:  UP 6844
Description:  UP ran a lot of SP/UP duos on this particular day, with this DPU set being one of them.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:33:51 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  UP 6844(AC44CW)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
BNSF 5762
Title:  BNSF 5762
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:34:03 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5762(ES44AC)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Off to the races!
Title:  Off to the races!
Description:  The UP train in the background would eventually win thanks to the foreground BNSF train getting a stop signal ahead.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:34:23 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9168(SD70ACe)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
BNSF 9158
Title:  BNSF 9158
Description:  A trio of EMD products work hard up Logan Hill as a UP train works equally hard in the background.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:34:37 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
BNSF 9158
Title:  BNSF 9158
Description:  With one load already stopped on traffic #1 (to the right) and 3 more ahead, we have the makings of a RR-style traffic jam!
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:34:49 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
BNSF 9270
Title:  BNSF 9270
Description:  A BNSF SD70ACe tries to prove its worth against the 2.2% grade on Logan Hill.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:34:58 PM
Location:  West Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9270(SD70ACe)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Headed to the mines
Title:  Headed to the mines
Description:  Yet another UP empty heads northward to the mines to be reloaded. It would soon meet a traffic jam of southbound loads at Bill, WY.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/22/2010 6:35:06 PM
Location:  West Walker, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
UP 7632
Title:  UP 7632
Description:  The first rain to hit the ground in over 5 months at this location begins falling as a northbound UP empty heads back towards the Black Thunder mine for reloading.
Photo Date:  9/23/2010  Upload Date: 11/19/2010 9:53:51 PM
Location:  East Bill, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7632(ES44AC)
Views:  267   Comments: 1

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