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Coal Trains of the Powder River Basin - The Orin Sub 

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Originally released in 2011
BNSF and Union Pacific coal trains ply the Orin Subdivision in Wyoming's Powder River Basin between Donkey Creek Junction and Shawnee Junction.
The Powder River Basin lies between Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Thirteen active mines produce over 400 million tons of low-sulfur coal each year and it is up to the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific to transport it from the mines to customers throughout the United States and various ports for export.
Over 100 miles of coal hoppers roll through the Powder River Basin each day. The majority of traffic can be found along the Orin Subdivision between Donkey Creek Junction and Shawnee Junction, making this the highest tonnage mainline in the world. This joint line serves several Powder River Basin mines including the Caballo, Belle Ayr, Cordero Rojo mines, Coal Creek, Black Thunder mines, North Antelope Rochelle and the Antelope mines.
We begin at Donkey Creek Junction and follow the Orin Sub south to Shawnee Junction where joint trackage ends. Between those two points, a steady parade of long, heavy coal trains traverse the triple track main.
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0:00 Intro
1:46 This is Wyoming
2:58 Donkey Creek Junction
9:51 Caballo Junction
15:11 Cordero Rojo Mine
19:23 Coal Creek Junction
31:00 Hilight Gas Plant
34:47 Thunder Junction West
43:16 Black Thunder West
48:16 Reno Junction
53:22 Antelope Mine
58:52 Cleaning the Ballast.
1:05:56 Converse Junction
1:13:17 Logan Hill
1:21:05 Bill
1:30:52 Lightning Creek
1:36:52 Eberspecher Road
1:40:43 Walker Creek Road
1:43:45 Flat Top Road
1:45:47 Bill Hall Road
1:48:35 Shawnee Junction

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@nickwelchoff4677
@nickwelchoff4677 3 месяца назад
It’s amazing to see all those hopper cars without graffiti.
@christopherbuckley94
@christopherbuckley94 3 месяца назад
Yes, most of the "contemporary petroglyphs" can hardly be considered art! LOL!
@cooke127
@cooke127 3 месяца назад
I was thinking the same thing
@andrewyaden5209
@andrewyaden5209 2 месяца назад
Not a lot of gangsters in Montana and Wyoming 😂
@jleveille2
@jleveille2 2 месяца назад
Thank you and thank you again for this video. I love the explanations. That is why when I have my bagel at the bagel shop I watch this video over and over. Thanks again one last time
@AustinWesternRailfan
@AustinWesternRailfan 3 месяца назад
I own this one on DVD, and honestly is my favorite production from yall. glad to see this one uploaded for others to see!
@denisetindall1487
@denisetindall1487 2 месяца назад
I like train videos on RU-vid 👍
@AllanLoveJr
@AllanLoveJr 3 месяца назад
There are less than 200 coal Fired power plants in this country left. So I do not know how much longer the Powder River Basin Coalfields are going to last.
@20molecula
@20molecula Месяц назад
Coal trains are my favorite consist to watch, so this video is on the top of my list. Thanks for the great production quality!
@petrivatanen9017
@petrivatanen9017 Месяц назад
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@robertcummings1971
@robertcummings1971 2 месяца назад
I love the different engines for these coal trains, like the BNSF SD70 macs or the UNION PACIFIC AC 44'S AND AC 60'S great power from those railroad companies. Also the SD70 aces and GEVO units too!🙂💯👍
@gp3829
@gp3829 3 месяца назад
Great to see SD70MACs in fabulous Executive livery. Thanks for posting.
@PCBill0622
@PCBill0622 3 месяца назад
Very educational video. I see these videos were shot before the BNSF tariffs required the shippers (coal mines) to spray a surfactant on top of the coal loads to reduce coal dust as the trains travel. At West Thunder the spray apparatus is just north (railroad west) of the load out silo. I personally think the area is also very scenic and the p.m. thunderstorms can be spectacular.
@25mfd
@25mfd 3 месяца назад
good comment... all that coal dust settles on the ballast, preventing proper drainage which leads to derailments... BNSF knows all about that
@williammorigeau2980
@williammorigeau2980 3 месяца назад
I didn't see coal dust near or around the ballast!
@25mfd
@25mfd 3 месяца назад
@@williammorigeau2980 what you didn't see is a good thing... that means the surfactant they are spraying on the coal is working
@petrivatanen9017
@petrivatanen9017 Месяц назад
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@petrivatanen9017
@petrivatanen9017 Месяц назад
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@trainsofmichiganproduction5418
@trainsofmichiganproduction5418 3 месяца назад
11:45 looks like a model train passing the set of engines
@sonnicman
@sonnicman 3 месяца назад
1:25:21 Two trains next to a field of Sunflowers 🌻. What more could you ask for. ❤
@NormanSilv
@NormanSilv 3 месяца назад
We visited Bill and were amazed at the facility
@JohnNyren65
@JohnNyren65 3 месяца назад
Fantastic video and footage!
@JoshuaEhlen
@JoshuaEhlen 3 месяца назад
Been looking forward for this one
@jaygeist1425
@jaygeist1425 3 месяца назад
It's so cool to see
@Mcdaffodilhill
@Mcdaffodilhill 3 месяца назад
Most interesting video, thanks for your excellent commentary.
@vernonmatthews181
@vernonmatthews181 17 дней назад
BNSF#9615 working hard as a DPU leaving Donkey Creek 😊 BTW - Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤ PS - Yes I did spot BNSF#9615 @ "28:03" on the second occasion in the number 1 of 3 trailing dpu's at the rear. 👌 PS2 - Incidentally it was BNSF#9315 @ "26:42" the number 2 lead position same consist 😊 between the flashing simultaneous sìgnals either side of the tracks 🚦🚦 Love that triple track curve @ "30:39" ❤
@jamesburnside3023
@jamesburnside3023 Месяц назад
Fantastic location and captures will have to check it out sometime
@mattanderson6336
@mattanderson6336 2 месяца назад
43:14 When they tried to do the original lift to put the loadout tube in place it was a windy day and the tube fell across the tracks tying up traffic for several days.
@caseyalan5812
@caseyalan5812 3 месяца назад
I’ve been waiting for this one!
@EntertainmentWorldz
@EntertainmentWorldz 3 месяца назад
super great video sir ❤❤😍😍
@CollinCountyRailfan
@CollinCountyRailfan 3 месяца назад
Very cool video
@ericbamberg8524
@ericbamberg8524 2 месяца назад
Wow, the camera pans to follow the train? There's no crossing bell blaring in every shot? There's no machine gun SLR camera going rata-tat-tat tika tika tika tika tat a foot from the microphone? I thought this was impossible.
@bradleyjanes2949
@bradleyjanes2949 3 месяца назад
Great video
@osrr6422
@osrr6422 3 месяца назад
49:50 Aww look at the baby!
@randallfawc7501
@randallfawc7501 3 месяца назад
I certainly hope 7idea will be doing a comprehensive video on the 4014 BigBoy excursion this year! (2024)
@davidmcintosh4301
@davidmcintosh4301 3 месяца назад
1:30:42
@user-kj4wq5ok9c
@user-kj4wq5ok9c 3 месяца назад
Did any of you want to hear about those big massive trucks that Aaron benston told you man that's freaking huge dude
@lastnamefirstname7950
@lastnamefirstname7950 7 дней назад
Very interesting, show more digging and loading ……..thanks
@bigd510
@bigd510 3 месяца назад
Does the marking on the end of each car indicate that end has a rotary coupler? I see the bottom dump hoppers are not marked like that. Great video, love all of your videos.
@Trains_Storms
@Trains_Storms Месяц назад
I love coal trains for most railways
@MrHunt916
@MrHunt916 3 месяца назад
It amazes me how they can pull these drags with only 3 locomotives but you will se an intermodal train of equivalent length which is considerably lighter with 4 or more locomotives
@ericterbeek4309
@ericterbeek4309 3 месяца назад
That's because the intermodal trains run higher speeds and need the additional horse power to overcome wind drag as well as the tonnage they pull. Bulk trains just need enough power to slog over the line.
@MrHunt916
@MrHunt916 3 месяца назад
@@ericterbeek4309 That makes sense. More wing drag at high speed. Thanks
@Trackbandit
@Trackbandit 3 месяца назад
Question, why is AC power “sd70macs” used so much in the basin? I noticed this on my way through about 3 years ago. There was an entire 70 locomotive string of sd70macs on a siding near Gillette WY. Is this something do to with the heat and extreme cold?
@25mfd
@25mfd 3 месяца назад
AC units are used because their traction motors perform better for longer periods while under load... AC traction motors stay much cooler than DC motors which makes them last longer
@butchchism
@butchchism 3 месяца назад
The best thing about watching coal drags is NO GRAFITTI! It's like train watching used to be 50 years ago.
@turkfiles
@turkfiles 3 месяца назад
Was wondering, since this video is from 2011, how much the traffic has declined since then, especially since 2021?
@brian4958
@brian4958 3 месяца назад
Didn’t live in the area then but move near this sub in 2015. I think it’s slowed down quite a bit
@AustinWesternRailfan
@AustinWesternRailfan 3 месяца назад
eh, it went from about 60-70 trains a day to now about 40-45 a day, still a good number but it ain't as busy as it used to be
@johnniewelbornjr.8940
@johnniewelbornjr.8940 3 месяца назад
I'll echo the other replies. Lived in the region (as well as in Casper) since about 2014 and it's obvious it has slowed. As a truck driver doing heavy-haul, I've been into several of these mines, as well as the surrounding oil field. Always enjoyed doing my photography up this corridor between Douglas and Gillette.
@brian4958
@brian4958 3 месяца назад
@@johnniewelbornjr.8940 I live in Douglas use to work oil wells up by country line just off hwy 59.
@user-gl9qb6hs2l
@user-gl9qb6hs2l 2 месяца назад
I live in Casper since 1978 and have been to the coal line several times over the years
@flyboy6876
@flyboy6876 3 месяца назад
Watch them come into Vancouver, WA, to turn north to Vancouver, B.C.
@royo1450
@royo1450 3 месяца назад
Coal keeps the lights on.
@Atsf1976
@Atsf1976 18 дней назад
Great video and thanks for posting as I am going out there next week. Do the manned helpers cut off as the train is moving like they do at Crawford Hill? Are all of the BNSF coal trains utilizing manned helpers or just certain ones?
@erniew5805
@erniew5805 Месяц назад
east of Gillette there are hundreds of BNSF locomotives sitting on sidings.
@Nicola636128
@Nicola636128 3 месяца назад
Fantastic video! One question: why do both BNSF and UP use AC locomotives instead of DC locomotives on coal trains?
@ericterbeek4309
@ericterbeek4309 3 месяца назад
AC locos are better suited for heavy tonnage.
@curtislowe4577
@curtislowe4577 8 дней назад
Wasn't there inconsistency as to whether the rotary coupler end was forward or trailing in the consist? If the engine is always decoupled at the delivery site it wouldn't matter. Are there delivery sites where the engines are not decoupled? Do some bottom dump cars also have rotary couplers? One such consist had the painted end (usually a bright green panel) distributed forward and trailing throughout the consist. I worked at the WA Parrish Power Plant in the 80s. That plant was once out in the sticks but now has new subdivisions within a few miles. I cannot recall if the engines were decoupled or not. I was hoping to see that the Utility Fuels cars were still in use but a dim recollection is that the WAP plant got the coal from a mine in Montana, not Wyoming. I have seen a consist of those cars in the last decade or so here in Texas. UTFX is the acronym?
@normanbrown5177
@normanbrown5177 3 месяца назад
How do UP & BNSF handle dispatching trains in the PRB? In one clip three of the four mains were occupied by UP trains.
@slug96
@slug96 3 месяца назад
All trains on the Orin Subdivision are dispatched by BNSF dispatchers in Forth Worth. UP trains leave the BNSF Orin Sub at Orin Junction, where they go onto UP's Powder River Subdivision; which is dispatched by UP dispatchers in Omaha.
@normanbrown5177
@normanbrown5177 3 месяца назад
Thanks!
@Train43Kaleb
@Train43Kaleb 3 месяца назад
Howling emd SD70 locomotives
@rustybales6826
@rustybales6826 3 месяца назад
I wanna move to Bill. Lol.
@johnniewelbornjr.8940
@johnniewelbornjr.8940 3 месяца назад
The store and old post office seem to be for sale... lol
@mattanderson6336
@mattanderson6336 2 месяца назад
When I worked for BNSF on a mechanical crew in Gillette we had Bill as a resupply point when we had to go way south for an engine repair. Had a membership in the world famous Bill Yacht Club.
@RandThompson-dd3sk
@RandThompson-dd3sk 3 месяца назад
I put in an app for Black Thunder Mine back about '79 or so.
@railyardfilms6491
@railyardfilms6491 3 месяца назад
😊😊
@DL541
@DL541 3 месяца назад
I wonder if someone ever actually put the pencil to paper on fuel consumption. I can see slowing down from 60 to 40, but, in many case more horses gives you better fuel efficiency.
@railyardfilms6491
@railyardfilms6491 3 месяца назад
Gas 4 locomotives is pricer now days because of oil plus gas from other countries on planet that we don't know about how fuel good it can be
@railyardfilms6491
@railyardfilms6491 3 месяца назад
And the cheapest gas pipe we had in USA from Canada to Texas got cancelled because of government
@turkfiles
@turkfiles 3 месяца назад
@@railyardfilms6491and we’ve been paying the price for that plus all the other drilling and exploration that the current administration stopped. What a mess we’re in because of their ignorant or purpose driven decisions.
@DL541
@DL541 3 месяца назад
@@railyardfilms6491When I started for the RR, bulk diesel was $.40. I should have said: I wonder if anyone ever penciled out isolation and throttle limit instructions actually saves fuel over getting over an engineers experience.
@hhhgame3161
@hhhgame3161 3 месяца назад
BNSF Seattle sub please
@williamshalz611
@williamshalz611 3 месяца назад
Where they do the turn around+
@25mfd
@25mfd 3 месяца назад
at the mine itself... every mine has a giant loading loop
@toolsteel8482
@toolsteel8482 3 месяца назад
Quality fuel for electric living.
@Paul-jb7br
@Paul-jb7br 5 дней назад
I went to college to become an engineer but never got to drive a train.,
@fakecumberland
@fakecumberland 3 месяца назад
You were doing so well until the end when you said ‘Appalachian’ the way no one who lives there says that.
@7ideaproductions
@7ideaproductions 3 месяца назад
Yes I have heard that most of us out west were taught in school to say it wrong. My apologies!
@cpr8959
@cpr8959 3 месяца назад
no warbonnets?
@AustinWesternRailfan
@AustinWesternRailfan 3 месяца назад
no, seeing warbonnets or any dash 9 on coal service is rare because of them having DC traction. DC put with heavy trains under load don't mix well. AC traction is best for these heavy trains, as they have great performances for heavy loads such as coal.
@KimiWallrus
@KimiWallrus 3 месяца назад
Those DPUs need a respirator!
@currentbatches6205
@currentbatches6205 Месяц назад
All that EV fuel coming out of the ground!
@tolucaheights
@tolucaheights Месяц назад
Yep! Gotta keep the coalminers empolyee because everyone thinks nuclear power cant be done right!
@michaelreynolds1892
@michaelreynolds1892 2 дня назад
Lots of flat spots on wheels there
@davidmorris7696
@davidmorris7696 2 месяца назад
WV Coal charges this MacBook!!!!
@andrewmcarthur3843
@andrewmcarthur3843 3 месяца назад
Imagine trying to replace coal with wind and solar power lol
@FalconXE302
@FalconXE302 3 месяца назад
Hopefully over the coming decades, the number of these trains becomes less and less while humankind work hard on replacing coal with renewable energy that mean cheaper power for all, and cleaner air for all, and a slow down to climate change for all. I'm not a coal hater, and understand what coal has done for each and every human that has ever lived since the industrial revolution. But just like we moved past coal powered trains, we now have the capability to slowly, sensibly and sustainably move past coal for electricity production.
@tolucaheights
@tolucaheights Месяц назад
Nuclear power!!
@cobra7250
@cobra7250 3 месяца назад
I like the content on your channel. I just wish you wouldn’t use telephoto lens shots. I see nothing redeemable about them. Trains are slow, distorted and a waste time. Just my opinion thanks.
@chrisszollos1543
@chrisszollos1543 15 дней назад
Long focal length telephoto lenses are required to get clear close up shots from a long distance. And you'll find that it's not just the lens that makes these trains look slow, most of them are just slow
@kenmelrac
@kenmelrac 3 месяца назад
Thirteen year old video!!! how about spending some of the money you've made to make NEW videos instead of doing what hollywood does, re-releasing old, out-of--date videos?
@marcg.3830
@marcg.3830 3 месяца назад
They put their videos on RU-vid for free and you’re complaining! I mean some people!
@horseman942
@horseman942 3 месяца назад
Great attitude🙄
@MrHunt916
@MrHunt916 3 месяца назад
Get lost. Enjoy this epic production or go elsewhere
@chipsrafferty8362
@chipsrafferty8362 3 месяца назад
Git boy,git outa here boy.
@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834
@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834 3 месяца назад
this is Decades old, and should be confined to the dustbin....of poluting America history. How dare you put this out, as anything other than historical.
@ericterbeek4309
@ericterbeek4309 3 месяца назад
What are you talking about? This is still a current operation that powers more than 50% of the country. Get out of here with your crying. There's no way to currently replace coal for the power requirements this country needs without spending more money on less reliable sources of energy. The coal and power industry as a whole is cleaner now than it's ever been.
@EmmaBarr-ft8le
@EmmaBarr-ft8le Месяц назад
his video...he can do whatever he wants. guess if you can do better, do it. i personally like his videos, old or new. ive bought a bunch off of him. furthermore, it shows 2011, that aint decades.
@stevenconnolly7907
@stevenconnolly7907 3 месяца назад
There have also dockets before the STB about service issues to and from the coal markets. I believe the issues are large enough to support the need for reciprocal switching. 🛤️
@25mfd
@25mfd 3 месяца назад
yea this type of crap has been an issue for YEARS with the railroads... there have been NUMEROUS court cases even supreme court cases regarding unfair railroad rate practices and the like
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