Nostalgia & History > Like No Place on Earth........Wyoming 2001

15 Springs ago i visited the Powder River Basin

here are a few scenes from that trip,  a train  showed up just about every 10 minutes or less  at any given location around Bill back then

however there seemed to be much more in presence from the UP than te  BNSF that time

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Very good tape.

Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.

bakersfielddave Wrote:
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> 15 Springs ago i visited the Powder River Basin
>
> here are a few scenes from that trip,  a train 
> showed up just about every 10 minutes or less
>  at any given location around Bill back then
>
> however there seemed to be much more in presence
> from the UP than te  BNSF that time

Very good stuff, thanks for posting.  

Given your location just south of Bill in the first clip and I'm assuming
in the second clip also although I couldn't positively id the spot, you would
see more UP than BNSF trains.  At this time, UP had managed to achieve
parity with the BNSF, if not a slight edge.  However, all UP trains ran south
out of the main mining area through Bill to Joyce and North Platte.  BNSF
ran the majority of their trains north to Donkey Creek then east over Crawford
Hill to Alliance.  This situation has changed as BNSF now has the advantage
in coal country.  At least it seemed that way when I was out there last fall.

It was also nice to see the SD9043MACs on the UP trains.  Engineers hated
these engines for their lack of reliability and they were about to be pulled from
coal service by the UP.  Other than the ones UP sold to NS, they're all in storage.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA