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The joint BNSF-UP Orin sub of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming has very little dull moments. Case in point is this three way meet between an empty coal drag, a loaded coal drag, and a rail train. The rail train is actually coming towards me. This is also the only freight only mainline that is 4 tracks for any amount of distance.
Despite all that, I was actually a little disappointed with my time in the basin. It was fairly busy but wasnt as busy as I thought. There was a few times where I sat waiting for over an hour on something! Which is hard to believe railfanning UPs and BNSFs lines that fed into the basin and it being a constant flow of traffic. I was fairly impressed with the Gillette end of the basin but I was busy chasing BNSF trains back and forth.
Either way, its a railfans gold mine, even if traffic is a little down.
Despite all that, I was actually a little disappointed with my time in the basin. It was fairly busy but wasnt as busy as I thought. There was a few times where I sat waiting for over an hour on something! Which is hard to believe railfanning UPs and BNSFs lines that fed into the basin and it being a constant flow of traffic. I was fairly impressed with the Gillette end of the basin but I was busy chasing BNSF trains back and forth.
Either way, its a railfans gold mine, even if traffic is a little down.
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990x663px 441.18 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 7D
Shutter Speed
1/395 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
24 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Jun 24, 2013, 10:58:30 AM
Sensor Size
4mm
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I remember checking this area out in '89. CNW Zito Yellow SD50s and 60s, BNSF Sd40-2s and C30-7s, saw my first UP SD60M then as well. I hear coal is down, but now I see all these NS-BNSF oil trains from Bakken.