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UP signals |
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CP-Birdwood is located at the west end of the yard at North Platte, NE. A westbound empty train prepares to depart. This is one busy place. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:00:52 PM |
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Birdwood, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
BN 9679 North |
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The first train to be photographed on the trip is this BNSF northbound about to swap crews at Sterling, CO. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 9:53:44 PM |
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Sterling, CO |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BN 9679(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
UP 1001 |
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An interesting set of power switches the eastbound diesel shop at Bailey Yard. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:20:27 PM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 1001(GP38-3) |
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UP 3903 East |
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A mixed freight rolls east through Julesburg, CO, enroute to North Platte, NE, on UP's Sidney Subdivision. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 9:57:51 PM |
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Julesburg, CO |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 3903(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
Light power at Bailey Yard |
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From the Bailey Yard visitor's platform we see a trio of units heading to the eastbound locomotive shop, passing under the eastbound hump at UP's Bailey Yard in North Platte. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:16:05 PM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 4407(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
Big Surprise at Pawnee |
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What luck! After trying to leave the control point at Pawnee a couple of times, we ended up racing back for this. The UP E-units were being taken west, along with a bunch of junk power that appeared to be heading for the scrap yard. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:08:23 PM |
| Location: |
Brady, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 4809(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
UP 5463 East |
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The sun is setting on another busy day at North Platte, NE, as this eastbound arrives at Birdwood. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:09:27 PM |
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North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5463(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 5514 West |
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Westbound stacks, obviously from a CSX connection, roll west at O'Fallons, NE. This is where the coal train laden South Morrill Subdivision branches off from the very busy Sidney Subdivision. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:21:19 PM |
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O'Fallons, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5514(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 6457 West on triple track |
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Three tracks built on concrete ties carry an endless flow of UP traffic. This is just a few miles east of North Platte. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:22:30 PM |
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Brady, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6457(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 6715 West |
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Still in C&NW Operation Lifesaver paint, UP 6715 rolls west with empty hoppers toward North Platte. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:23:29 PM |
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Brady, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6715(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 6768 West |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:35:53 PM |
| Location: |
Maxwell, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6768(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP E-units |
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Behind the lead SD70M was the real surpise...UP's spiffy E-units being towed west at CP-Pawnee. |
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9/17/2005 Upload Date: 9/29/2005 10:15:25 PM |
| Location: |
Brady, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 951(E9A) |
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601 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN's coal yard |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:54 PM |
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Alliance, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
BN 9217 East |
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Two SD60M's and an SD70MAC run light around the lower horseshoe curve on BNSF's Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:55 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BN 9217(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
BN 9225 |
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A Crawford Hill helper set, complete with a BN fuel tender, pushes a coal train through Belmont, NE. This is the top of the grade over Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:55 PM |
| Location: |
Belmont, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BN 9225(SD60M) |
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1051 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN 9225 |
| Description: |
The sanders are on as the helper crew tries to keep an eastbound coal train moving on Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:56 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BN 9225(SD60M) |
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513 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5071 West |
| Description: |
A BNSF westbound waits for trackage into Alliance Yard as a BNSF hi-rail truck rolls east. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:57 PM |
| Location: |
Antioch, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8112 East |
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The most unusual power combination for a coal train that we saw on our trip had to be this one. This eastbound is descending the east slope of Crawford Hill at Marsland, NE. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:57 PM |
| Location: |
Marsland, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 8112(SD40-2) |
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467 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8296 |
| Description: |
Power sets move around at South Wye in Alliance, NE. Two red-and-silver BNSF Warbonnets meet in former BN territory. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:58 PM |
| Location: |
Alliance, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 8296(SD75I) BNSF 762(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Coal train on the Lower Horseshoe |
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Both ends of a coal train are visible in this view from the Saw Log Road crossing east of Crawford, NE. The scenery seems to swallow up the 100+ cars of this coal train. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:59 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BN 9224(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9210 West |
| Description: |
The Crawford Turn is powered by four SD60M's still in BN paint. They'll soon leave Alliance, NE, and so will we. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:59 PM |
| Location: |
Alliance, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9210(SD60M) |
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625 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9210 |
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The Crawford Turn sneaks up on us at the lower horseshoe of Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:00 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9210(SD60M) |
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418 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crawford Helpers on the Lower Horseshoe |
| Description: |
We missed the head end of this train, so we settled for the helpers. This eastbound is climbing through the lower horseshoe of BNSF's Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:01 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9224(SD60M) |
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548 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pushing coal up Crawford Hill |
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We never could get ahead of this train, but an open field offered a nice vantage point to see the helpers again as the train climbs toward the upper horseshoe of Crawford Hill. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:01 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9224(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
CP 8147 |
| Description: |
This CP Rail switcher is a bit out of place switching cars in Nebraska! It is now a remote control switcher for a car rebuilder east of Alliance. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:02 PM |
| Location: |
Alliance, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CP 8147(SW1200RS) |
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| Title: |
DME 4005 |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:03 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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DME 4005(GP40) |
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1289 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
DME 6070 |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:04 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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DME 6070(SD40-3) |
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767 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DPU Sunset |
| Description: |
A UP empty train heads into the sunset, with a pair of DPU units on the rear. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:04 PM |
| Location: |
Lost Springs, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Purple Mountain Majesty |
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East of Lost Springs, WY, we are in the middle of nowhere at sunset. It was dark, quiet, and beautiful, with only the occasional sounds of a passing vehicle or a train on the UP Powder River Subdivision. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:05 PM |
| Location: |
Lost Springs, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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246 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
TFM 1609 East |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:06 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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TFM 1609(SD70MAC) |
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624 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
TFM 1609 East |
| Description: |
A TFM SD70MAC is a surprise leading this eastbound coal train about to roll through the lower horseshoe curve a few miles east of Crawford, NE. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:05 PM |
| Location: |
Crawford, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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TFM 1609(SD70MAC) |
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536 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
U30's |
| Description: |
A pair of retired BN U30C's are viewed at the Alliance diesel shop. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:07 PM |
| Location: |
Alliance, NE |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Roster |
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BN 5391(U30C) BN 5392(U30C) |
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886 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Powder River Coal |
| Description: |
Coal rolls on the former C&NW (now UP Powder River Subdivision) near Node, WY. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:07 PM |
| Location: |
Node, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5957(AC44CWCTE) |
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371 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sunset |
| Description: |
The sun dropped too low just minutes before this train rolled by the historic wooden water tower at Lusk, WY. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lusk, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6572(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Loads and empties |
| Description: |
Loads and empties meet on the UP Powder River Subdivision. |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:05:08 PM |
| Location: |
Node, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6572(AC44CW) |
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346 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wyoming Sunset |
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9/19/2005 Upload Date: 10/1/2005 5:04:54 PM |
| Location: |
Lost Springs, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Antelope Mine |
| Description: |
A BNSF train is being loaded as two empty trains wait. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:38 PM |
| Location: |
Antelope, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4844 at Jacobs Ranch Mine |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:38 PM |
| Location: |
Wright, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 4844(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5496 West |
| Description: |
The power plant and coal mine at Wyodak loom in the background as a westbound rolls toward Gillette at sunset. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:39 PM |
| Location: |
Wyodak, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 5496(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5750 East |
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A BNSF eastbound is pacing a UP easbound at Milepost 69, south of Antelope. WY. The Antelope complex can be seen in the background. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:40 PM |
| Location: |
Antelope, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 5750(ES44AC) |
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642 Comments: 0 |
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BNSF trains meet at the old Reno Jct |
| Description: |
BNSF loads from Jacobs Ranch Mine meet empties about to head toward the branch. The location used to be known as Reno Jct. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:40 PM |
| Location: |
Wright, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9946(SD70MAC) BNSF 8873(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9284 at Reno Jct |
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Empties wait for track just west of Reno Jct. Consists with older power such as this were hard to find during our visit. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:41 PM |
| Location: |
Wright, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9284(SD60M) |
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485 Comments: 0 |
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BNSF 9598 East at MP 97.9 |
| Description: |
Our first train on the busy BNSF Orin Subdivision, shared by trains of BNSF and UP, was this one near Milepost 98. We were beginning to feel what "middle of nowhere" was like. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:41 PM |
| Location: |
Douglas, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9598(SD70MAC) BNSF 9529(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9947 East |
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Loads meet, heading east and west, on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. The westbound has an engine down and is barely moving as the 9947 East rolls by. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:42 PM |
| Location: |
Hilight, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9947(SD70MAC) |
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BNSF 9954 at MP 97.9 |
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North of Douglas, the Orin Subdivision runs in the middle of nowhere, but right alongside Hwy 59. Here is the DPU on the "NRG" coal train. Each of the coal tubs was named for an employee at a power plant! |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:42 PM |
| Location: |
Douglas, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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BNSF 9954(SD70MAC) |
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414 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 5602 West approaches Crossover 95.7 |
| Description: |
We're about 15 miles east of Bill by the railroad. A UP empty train rolls through the typical barren landscape. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:43 PM |
| Location: |
Bill, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5602(AC44CWCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 5875 at Crossover 95.7 |
| Description: |
The DPU on a UP empty train passes a BNSF hi-rail truck at Crossover 95.7, 15 miles south of Bill, WY. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:43 PM |
| Location: |
Bill, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5875(AC44CWCTE) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP loads and empties at Converse Jct. |
| Description: |
Two UP trains meet at Converse Jct, where the spur to the Antelope Mine loop track diverges from the Orin Subdivision. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:44 PM |
| Location: |
Antelope, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5897(AC44CWCTE) |
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UP 5950 East at Converse Jct |
| Description: |
A loaded up train passes Converse Jct. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:45 PM |
| Location: |
Antelope, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 5950(AC44CWCTE) UP 6476(AC44CW) |
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558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Time for some black lung |
| Description: |
In the dip at Crossover 95.7 east of Bill, coal dust is blowing from the cars on this UP eastbound. The wind was unbelievable, causing us to use tripods for these shots. |
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9/20/2005 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:43:45 PM |
| Location: |
Bill, WY |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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UP 6007(AC44CWCTE) |
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530 Comments: 3 |
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