Thanks from UK as I took many photos from this location a few years ago and just new it was near Gillette, not its exact spot of Logan Hill milepost 69
45:55 - "GEVO" referres to the type of locomotive engine used to pull the trains. Sometimes these train videos use lingo that is unfamiliar to novice railfans like myself.
GREAT VIDEO!! Suggestion.... Please, put a "muffler" on your "mike".... would really help cut down on the nearly Never ending Wyoming Wind noise. Thanks again fro your efforts... much appreciated!! PS: I counted 108 locomotives in the lineup, including 23 that I could see on the far side of the yard.... ALL EMD's !! Should be.. All GE's!!
I live near Fillmore and I -25 in Colorado Springs. Many of those same trains pass in their hushed grandeur on the 2.5% downhill grade. Chugging the empties back home.
Love the optical illusion of the camera optics plays on the trains' lengths. Perfect example is at 45:36. It appears to be a relatively short train. That is until you get to 47:04. Then it's "DAMN" that's long.
They appear to have very clean burning engines, if that’s the right terminology? No dirty ‘clag’ from the exhaust despite the huge power required to move such massive trains.
Why do these trains go so agonizingly slowly on such high quality concrete tie track that can handle much higher speeds? If it’s a lack of horsepower, why no just strap on more locomotives so the trains can run at track speed?
how often do they maintain these coal cars ?? some are sqeeking and others are making a bumping sound, what happens when a long train carrying fully loaded coal train cars and one of the cars wheels fail or bearings burn up ..what then ?
I know we will never catch a video of this large locomotives and trains passing by or near a CAT mine dump truck because they are not planned to be in the same area as one another. But I would like to see the size and power together.
How come there's only two units in the front? Is it just not feasible for more than two in the front and two in the back to balance the power and weight?
live in virginia we get alot of coal passing thru from west va going to the port in norfolk va to be shipped over seas. does wyoming do the same or where does most of there coal go?
Great video! Started at 38:50 I love seeing huge, heavy coal trains battling the grade with exhaust blasting out of the stacks, and the prime movers roaring. I am assuming that that train is in run 8, although it might be a little too slow for that.
I worked at one of the open pit coal mines near Gillette . Driving the giant WABCO diesel-electric trucks was quite an experience. Watching the BN trains loading coal was a near constant process. The whole effort from mining, processing coal, loading trains was a well coordinated effort that continued 24/7.
It sure seems like quite the operation, in the time we were they they loaded and turned around multiple of the empty trains we saw which was quite impressive
The tracks have a speed limit and the Individual train will have a speed limit That's set by the dispatcher. And then They have what's called the yard limit For trains going into a yard of generally 10 mph track limit for freight trains are maxed at 40 to 50 Amtrak will Generally run 10 mph faster then the freight trains
I worked at a mine loading trains-I have worked on a shortline that handles unit grain trains. The mine like most had a grade coming out of the loadout. The way it was setup is that it was not possible to get a run on the hill as you were still coming across the outbound scale. Although it was a bit challenging, 3 units would grunt up to 135 cars up the grade. Normally it was 3 units and 124 or 125 cars. We had a few shorter sets of 120 and a few 132's. I think I had 3 on a 135 but it may have been 4. However, if it was only 3 units and 125 or more, BNSF you send a manned helper out of Donkey Creek or Gillette for the climb out of Donkey Creek on the Orin Sub.
