Nonstop Coal Trains of the Powder River Basin - BNSF Orin Subdivision 8/12/2024

Nonstop coal train action on BNSF's Orin Subdivision featuring both BNSF and Union Pacific, shuttling sets of coal hoppers to and from the many mines of Wyoming's Powder River Basin. This line was a purpose built line was a joint venture between the BN and CNW, opened in 1979. It was built when a massive deposit of low-sulfur coal was found, which is better than coal mined in other places for power generation. The area quickly became, and still is, the largest coal producing region in the United States, making over double the production than the second place area. This line sees almost exclusively coal trains from both the BNSF and UP, however on occasion, a BNSF roadswitcher, and spillover traffic from the BNSF Casper Subdivision will take the line, however in this video only coal trains are featured. One thing of note is a UP coal train carrying empty hoppers, which carry sand into the basin that is used for fracking. Each coal train is over 100 cars long and carries over 17 thousand tons of coal! Thanks for watching! Train 1: BNSF C-NAMCNM0-90A Head End: BNSF 6150~ES44AC BNSF 9311~SD70ACe Rear End: BNSF 9030~SD70ACe Train 2: BNSF C-NRMCBC0-28A Head End: BNSF 6362~ES44AC BNSF 6363~ES44AC Rear End: BNSF 6028~ES44A Train 3: BNSF C-NAMMAS0-35A Head End: BNSF 6167~ES44AC BNSF 9057~SD70ACe Rear End: BNSF 9279~SD70ACe Train 4: UP CNRIM9 12 Head End: UP 7916~ES44AC / C45ACCTE UP 8899~SD70AH Rear End: UP 9805~C44ACM Train 5: BNSF E-MOLATM0-43A Head End: BNSF 3633~ET44ACH BNSF 3315~ES44ACH Rear End: BNSF 3640~ET44ACH Train 6: UP 2CNAWL9 12 Head End: UP 7494~ES44AC / C45ACCTE UP 5469~ES44AC / C45ACCTE Rear End: UP 8658~SD70ACe UP 7968~ES44AC / C45ACCTE Train 7: UP CATCO 12 Head End: UP 7665~ES44AC / C45ACCTE UP 6572~AC4400CW / C44AC Rear End: UP 7809~ES44ACH / C45ACCTE Train 8: BNSF C-DFMMOL0-81A Head End: BNSF 3320~ES44ACH BNSF 3319~ES44ACH Rear End: BNSF 3321~ES44ACH Train 9: BNSF C-WTMCNM0-15B Head End: BNSF 6199~ES44AC BNSF 9338~SD70ACe Rear End: BNSF 5799~ES44AC Train 10: BNSF C-BTMMHK0-24D Head End: BNSF 8441~SD70ACe BNSF 9366~SD70ACe Rear End: BNSF 9037~SD70ACe Train 11: BNSF E-CNMNAM0-87B Head End: BNSF 9298~SD70ACe BNSF 5662~AC4400CW Rear End: BNSF 8576~SD70ACe Train 12: UP CAUAT 10 Head End: UP 6959~C44ACM UP 6146~C44ACM Rear End: UP 7313~C44ACM Train 13: BNSF E-RRSNAM9-05B Head End: BNSF 9244~SD70ACe UP 2745~ES44AH / C45AH Rear End: BNSF 9242~SD70ACe BNSF 9070~SD70ACe Train 14: UP CJKNA 12 Head End: UP 6430~C44ACM UP 9614~C44ACM Rear End: UP 8576~SD70ACe Train 15: UP CWSNA9 8 Head End: UP 5565~AC4400CW / C44ACCTE UP 6906~C44ACM Rear End: UP 7842~ES44AC / C45ACCTE UP 8420~SD70ACe Train 16: BNSF C-NAMNMA0-61A Head End: BNSF 5727~AC4400EV BNSF 6286~ES44AC Rear End: BNSF 9265~SD70ACe BNSF 8535~SD70ACe Train 17: BNSF E-CXCBTM0-76B Head End: BNSF 6145~ES44AC BNSF 6395~ES44AC Rear End: BNSF 5782~ES44AC Train 18: UP CWLNA9 11 Head End: UP 5849~C44ACM UP 5528~ES44AC / C45ACCTE Rear End: UP 8621~SD70ACe UP 9069~SD70AH Train 19: UP CBMFK 12 Head End: UP 6730~AC4400CW / C44AC UP 7720~ES44C / C45ACCTE Middle: UP 8360~SD70ACe UP 7786~ES44AC / C45ACCTE Train 20: BNSF E-SPTNAM0-41D Head End: BNSF 3316~ES44ACH BNSF 3313~ES44ACH BNSF 6927~ES44C4 BNSF 5513~C44-9W Rear End: BNSF 3654~ET44ACH BNSF 3655~ET44ACH Train 21: BNSF E-CLSATM0-35A Head End: BNSF 9134~SD70ACe BNSF 5992~ES44AC Rear End: BNSF 9294~SD70ACe