This summer we moved from Spokane, WA to Chattanooga, TN. Since I was driving out by myself I decided to spend multiple days to out taking pictures. I left on August 1, 2006 and started east on my long journey. The first stop of the way was planned for Marias Pass in Montana. The first train of the trip was just south of Columbia Falls, MT. PCC 2357 was heading west at La Salle, MT bound for Kalispell. After taking a couple of pictures I continued on to Belton. Just east of town there is a relatively photographed spot showing the railroad running along the river. I had never attempted a picture from this point but decided to see what it was like. When I arrived I met a fellow photographer named Jack DeWitt. From him I learned that BNSF was currently involved in major maintenance blitzes throughout much of the day.
Since it was around 3pm the trains were just starting to roll through after waiting most of the day. The first eastbound was a stack train with three Dash 9s. A little bit later in the afternoon a brand new ES44DC lead an eastbound manifest up the pass. Twenty minutes later it was an eastbound hopper train followed by an eastbound baretable. Throughout this time the sun was playing hide and seek which didn’t really matter since what I really wanted was a westbound. But unfortunately when the first westbound stack and TOFC train arrived just before six the sun was hidden. And a few minutes later another westbound stack and TOFC rolled by under cloudy skies. I decided it was probably time to start heading up the pass to the Summit where I planned to camp for the next two nights.
At Red Eagle I met a westbound hopper train with a 2×2 configuration for the locomotives. I continued on to Essex where I stopped to wait for another westbound. The sun was still barely visible to provide some nice nose light as the heavy stack train rolled through. In the yard two ex-ATSF engines sat waiting to pull their work train east. But before they could leave they had to wait for one more westbound which was just pulling through at 6:55pm. BNSF 4723, the Microsoft Train Simulator unit, lead the westbound stack train. After setting up my tent at the campground I ran down to East Glacier for some gas and cell service. While there a westbound hopper train slowly rolled by heading uphill. The finally train of the day came at 8:10pm with a work train backing its load of ties into the siding track at Summit, MT.
August 1, 2006
| 2:45pm | Westbound | manifest | La Salle, MT | PCC 2357 |
| 3:20pm | Eastbound | stack | Belton, MT | BNSF 4986, 4310, 5163 |
| 4:30pm | Eastbound | manifest | Belton, MT | BNSF 7624, 730, 821, NS 8631 |
| 4:50pm | Eastbound | hoppers | Belton, MT | BNSF 5491, 4705, 4697 |
| 5:15pm | Eastbound | baretable | Belton, MT | BNSF 521, FURX 8127 |
| 5:50pm | Westbound | stack and TOFC | Belton, MT | BNSF 4390, 562, ATSF 913(patched) |
| 6:10pm | Westbound | stack and TOFC | Belton, MT | BNSF 1021, 328, ATSF 898(patched) |
| 6:25pm | Westbound | hoppers | Red Eagle, MT | BNSF 4349, 4772, 4442, CN 2402 |
| 6:40pm | Westbound | stack | Essex, MT | BNSF 1034, CSX 5949, BN 8034, 6395(both patched) |
| 6:55pm | Westbound | stack | Essex, MT | BNSF 4723, BN 6843(patched) |
| 6:55pm | Eastbound | work train | Essex, MT | ATSF 2431, 4262(both patched) |
| 7:50pm | Westbound | hoppers | East Glacier, MT | BNSF 739, 757, 709, CSX 7800 |
| 8:10pm | Eastbound | work train | Summit, MT | BN 2917(patched), ATSF 2788(patched) |
The next morning I was up by 6am and looking for trains. I had found out that the dispatcher would normally let the MOW crews go to work after Amtrak went through and then open it back up around 4pm. On the radio I heard about several eastbounds heading my way. The first one was a stack and it rolled through Bison just after the sun came up. I chased it down the hill to Grizzly where I got another picture of the train. Next I moved over to Two Medicine Bridge for the next eastbound. It turned out to be a hopper train with a couple of NS locomotives in the consist. He met a westbound stack and auto train at Grizzly so I proceeded up the hill to find a spot to shoot. I waited for the train near Bison siding and took several side shots with the mountains in the background. Next I moved down towards East Glacier again. I heard another westbound coming so quickly found a spot to shoot from. It turned out to be a loaded hopper train with 2 DPUs. I chased this train up the pass taking pictures at Bison and Marias.
Next I continued down the west side to Essex, MT. I found several helper sets and two work trains in the yard. Continuing west I found an eastbound hopper train waiting to head up the hill. Over the radio I found out that this train was supposed to wait for Amtrak and then follow it over the hill. I knew this would signal the end of trains for much of the day so I decided to head west and find Amtrak. I had heard it was at Belton a little bit ago so I decided to wait for it at Pinnacle. Then on the radio I heard that Amtrak had gone into emergency at Red Eagle. They looked the train over and couldn’t find any problems so they built up their air and continued. Then a couple minutes later they ground to a halt in emergency again. The BNSF mechanic was called to help out but in the meantime they looked their train over and again continued on. Several minutes later it again went into emergency. This time, however, the engineer was able to conclude that every time he used his air it would go into emergency.
The BNSF mechanic arrived shortly and after some work they found a problem in the second to last car with an air hose connection. Instead of fixing problem right away, however, the train limped in to Essex because the Amtrak crew was going “dead” in 20 minutes. Meanwhile the BNSF hopper train had been waiting about 3 hours for Amtrak and MOW crews already had major sections of the pass under track and time. Then the dispatcher called up the eastbound hopper train and the following conversation happened.
“Glacier Dispatcher to BNSF 5086.”
“BNSF 5086 over.”
“Well that was a grand waste of time.”
“(laughs), Alright clear block.”
With that the hopper train pulled out and headed up the pass. I was still in the process of following Amtrak, but after they came to a stop at Essex around 1:30pm I headed up the pass to catch the eastbound hopper train. The train had a pretty good head start on me and even though I could do 70mph and they had to do 25mph I barely beat it to the summit. I continued east a little ways before stopping for a picture. Afterwards I decided that the sun was a little high in the sky for most eastbounds and so I headed back down to find Amtrak. On the way I found a work train at East Java with a string of ballast cars. About 3pm Amtrak finally started moving east again. I took several pictures at Essex and then followed the train over to East Glacier. It arrived in the station 6 hours behind schedule and by 4pm it was heading east.
As soon as it left a string of MOW equipment started rolling down the pass from Bison area and into the siding at East Glacier. Amtrak met a westbound Z-train at Grizzly and just after all the MOW had cleared up the Z-train rolled through. I chased this train up to Bison for another picture and then one more up the pass a little farther. Next I caught a westbound stack train at the summit of the pass with a warbonnet BNSF leading. I chased it down to Marias for one more picture. After a little bit of a wait the trains really started to roll through. At 6:25pm a westbound 107 car stack train rolled over the summit and down to the signals at Marias where it waited for a little bit. No sooner had the two DPUs gone around the corner than the next westbound arrived pulling a long string of stack and TOFC. I barely got across the tracks before an eastbound stack and TOFC rumbled passed.
I chased this train down to Bison where I was able to get a decent shot of the train without it coming right out of the sun. It went into the siding for Amtrak which arrived before the Z-train had a chance to stop. After taking multiple pictures of Amtrak I headed back to my car to wait for another train. After a little bit an eastbound manifest train rolled down the hill into East Glacier. It was a heavy 110 car train with five engines on the point and I was surprised to see two helpers on the rear of the train still. But on the radio I heard that these two helpers were needed for a H-NTWPAS which was closing in on Grizzly. So driving over to Grizzly I found the westbound manifest train just pulling up. The helpers on the eastbound cut off and the westbound pulled through Grizzly until the back of the train was just passed the switch. Then the helpers connected to the last car and the shove up the hill started. But this time the sun was almost gone and so I headed back to the tent for some supper.
August 2, 2006
| 6:25am | Eastbound | stack | Summit, MT | BNSF 1098, 799 |
| 7:10am | Eastbound | hoppers | East Glacier, MT | BNSF 5226, NS 9984, 9345 |
| 7:45am | Westbound | stack and auto | Bison, MT | BNSF 6867, FURX 8092 |
| 8:15am | Westbound | hoppers | East Glacier, MT | BNSF 4922, 4157, 7691, CP 8540 |
| 1:20pm | Eastbound | passenger | Pinnacle, MT | Amtrak 175, 11 |
| 1:50pm | Eastbound | hoppers | Summit, MT | BNSF 5086, 4041, NS 9952 |
| 2:30pm | Westbound | ballast train | East Java, MT | BNSF 6830, BN 7878(patched) |
| 4:10pm | Westbound | stack and TOFC | East Glacier, MT | BNSF 4944, 1093, 4168 |
| 4:45pm | Westbound | stack | Summit, MT | BNSF 933, 4638 |
| 6:25pm | Westbound | hoppers | Summit, MT | BNSF 7660, 716, 1063, CSX 94 |
| 6:40pm | Westbound | stack and TOFC | Summit, MT | BNSF 5236, 4117, 684 |
| 6:50pm | Eastbound | stack and TOFC | Bison, MT | BNSF 5293, 4574, NS 8928 |
| 7:00pm | Westbound | passenger | Bison, MT | Amtrak 100, 168 |
| 7:45pm | Eastbound | manifest | East Glacier, MT | BNSF 4857, 4472, 4086, 8050(helper) NS 2626, CSX 8399, BN 8079(patched, helper) |
| 8:00pm | Westbound | manifest | Grizzly, MT | BN 6842(patched), CSX 8564, MRL 1744 |
The next morning dawned clear and sunny. The first train crested the summit at 7:00am and was a long 112 car, eastbound, stack and TOFC train. I followed this train down the hill as far as Bison siding taking multiple pictures on the way. By then I decided to head back to the top since I knew there were several more eastbounds coming. And sure enough, I had just enough time to park the car and run up to the tracks for a picture of the next rain which was a 95 car manifest. Again I followed the train down to Bison before calling off the chase and heading back towards Summit. I decided to hike up to the top of a ridge that overlooked the valley where the tracks were. It turned out to be a great spot with a chance to get the entire train into one frame. Next I hiked back to the car and headed west. On the radio the dispatcher was talking to the helper crews and letting them know where the trains where that they needed to help up the hill. From this information I knew there were three more eastbounds that needed helpers and then Amtrak.
I waited for the next train at the bridge at East Java and before long an eastbound stack train rounded the corner and crossed the bridge. After this shot I chased it up the hill stopping at a couple other locations before beating it to Marias. I had just enough time to climb the hill before the train arrived. Then I headed back down the hill to the tracks to catch a going away shot of the helpers. I figured that this would be a good train to follow east so the chase began. The next shot was at Bison siding and then down to Spotted Robe. From there I continued east to Piegan to get another couple shots before arriving at Cut Bank, MT. After the train rumbled over the large bridge I called off the chase in favor of shooting the local in town. A white faced GP39M lead the local and I watched for a little while as they switched some cars. After a little bit I headed out to Ethridge, MT to wait for some action.
After a little while the local came into view and rolled by. Then just 10 minutes later an eastbound stack train flew by doing all of 60mph. I figured that Amtrak couldn’t be too much farther behind so I drove east another couple miles to wait for him. Within 10 minutes I could see the train about 4 miles distant and before long it past doing almost 80mph. I decided it would be fruitless to chase it so I drove down to Teton to wait for another train. Since there had been three trains in front of Amtrak back in Essex I knew that the 3rd train which Amtrak passed couldn’t be too far behind. It did take a little longer than I thought and in the meantime I watched as a falcon kept dive-bombing me. Just before 1pm the H-PASCWY arrived with an assortment of power and I took several pictures. A mile down the track this train met a westbound manifest at the west end of Shelby. After driving around the yard for a little while I decided it was time to head south.
Following the tracks towards Great Falls, MT I heard a northbound on the radio. I quickly got off the freeway at Dutton, MT and managed to grab a couple shots as it headed north. Since these lines are primarily branch lines serving grain elevators BNSF has a little different type of operation running. The train I found had 53 cars and one Dash 9 on each end of the train so that the crew wouldn’t have to turn the power when they were ready to head back south to Great Falls. In town I found a couple of locomotives in the yard but it was relatively quiet so I headed south after grabbing a bite to eat. After a long drive I arrived in Livingston, MT around 6:30pm. On the radio I heard of several westbounds all getting ready to head up Bozeman Pass. A thunderstorm was just stopping as I headed up the hill to find the first train. At Muir, MT I found a westbound hopper train with three engines on the point and four MRL SD70MACs pushing from the back. After taking several pictures I headed down the hill only to run into the next westbound manifest train.
After shooting this train at Muir where it met the previous train’s helpers I followed the westbound down to West End. Next I drove back towards Livingston only to find yet another westbound. I found a couple spots to grab a picture just as the sun was dipping behind the mountains. This train turned out to be a ballast train with a warbonnet SD75M on the point. After shooting this train I made it back to Livingston only to find another westbound stopped at the station waiting for the helpers. It was a long hopper train and it headed up the pass around 8:30pm. Next I drove around the shops in Livingston where I found a large assortment of MRL power and one BNSF slug. It was dark by this time and so I headed south towards Yellowstone. I spent the next four and a half days shooting wildlife, scenery and geysers in Yellowstone and the Tetons.
August 3, 2006
| 7:00am | Eastbound | stack and TOFC | Summit, MT | BNSF 7742, 508, NS 8782, 8325 |
| 7:35am | Eastbound | manifest | Summit, MT | BNSF 7698, 5256, 7860 |
| 8:00am | Eastbound | stack | Summit, MT | BNSF 7841, EMD 9098, FURX 8090 |
| 8:50am | Eastbound | stack | Java East, MT | BNSF 4145, 5401 |
| 11:00am | Eastbound | manifest | Cut Bank, MT | BN 2816(patched), ATSF 4245(patched) |
| 11:45am | Eastbound | stack | Ethridge, MT | BNSF 4625, 5148, 5138, 5287 |
| 12:10pm | Eastbound | passenger | Ethridge, MT | Amtrak 89, 55 |
| 12:55pm | Eastbound | manifest | Teton, MT | BNSF 4659, 4014, NS 2518, 9182, CEFX 142 |
| 1:00pm | Westbound | manifest | Teton, MT | BNSF 7906, FURX 7247, BN 7830(patched) |
| 2:10pm | Northbound | hoppers | Dutton, MT | BNSF 4472, 4086 |
| 6:30pm | Westbound | manifest | Livingston, MT | BNSF 1023, NREX 5650(ex-CP), MRL 308, 382 |
| 6:50pm | Westbound | hoppers | Muir, MT | FURX 7267, ATSF 6359(patched), NREX 5481(ex-CP), MRL 4308, 4310, 4314, 4315(all helpers) |
| 8:05pm | Westbound | ballast | Muir, MT | ATSF 8224(patched), EMD 9046 |
| 8:20pm | Westbound | hoppers | Livingston, MT | BNSF 4028, 4881, 4911 |
On Tuesday, August 8, I left the Tetons and drove east towards the Powder River Basin. On the way I found a couple interesting switchers in Shoshoni, WY. Next I ran into an eastbound manifest waiting to leave Casper, WY. And a few miles farther I saw the westbound it was waiting for. I arrived in Douglas, WY and stopped by a park with CB&Q 5633 on display. Next I headed north of town and then took a side road over the the tracks. I arrived just north of Shawnee Jct. at 7pm and didn’t wait long until a southbound BNSF coal train arrived. Then before that train had passed a northbound UP empty coal train rounded the corner and rolled by. After these passed I moved to the other side of the track for the next northbound. It wasn’t long before UP 7153 poked its head around the corner. Next I decided to drive north towards Walker, WY. Back at the tracks I just barely caught a northbound empty UP coal train with a CSX and UP serving as DPUs.
The next train up was a southbound BNSF coal train on the middle track. I got several glint shots of the coal cars as it passed under my position on a bridge. It came to a stop at a signal bridge just south of where I was. While stopped a northbound BNSF empty rolled through. It was starting to get dark as a northbound UP empty rumbled uphill on its way to a mine at 8:20pm. Then ten minutes later a southbound UP load passed the stopped BNSF load and disappeared around the corner. The moon came up right over the tracks and signal bridge and since it was a full moon I took the opportunity to get some pictures. After that I decided it was time to get some sleep so I parked the car near the tracks and tilted the seat back. It wasn’t the greatest night of sleep but were else do you sleep when you are in the middle of WY!!
August 8, 2006
| 3:55pm | Yard | manifest | Shoshoni, WY | BTI 1, BDW 1001 |
| 5:25pm | Eastbound | manifest | Casper, WY | BNSF 7631, FURX 7930 |
| 7:00pm | Southbound | coal | Shawnee Jct., WY | BNSF 8856, 5685, TFM 1602 |
| 7:00pm | Northbound | empty coal | Shawnee Jct., WY | UP 6011, 7073, 6058 |
| 7:15pm | Northbound | empty coal | Shawnee Jct., WY | UP 7153, 7401, 5664, SP 6224(patched) |
| 7:55pm | Northbound | empty coal | East Walker, WY | UP 8288, 6484, 5049, CSX 70 |
| 8:00pm | Southbound | coal | East Walker, WY | BN 9597, BNSF 9800, 9656 |
| 8:05pm | Northbound | empty coal | East Walker, WY | BNSF 5476, 9467, 6012, 8873 |
| 8:20pm | Northbound | empty coal | East Walker, WY | UP 6508, 6746, SP 6313(patched) |
| 8:30pm | Southbound | coal | East Walker, WY | UP 6745, 7449, 7174, SP 6288(patched) |
I woke up the next morning around 6am. Within 20 minutes I got a northbound empty and a southbound coal train. I decided to start heading north next and soon arrived at Walker. It wasn’t long before a northbound UP empty rolled by. I took several pictures and then turned around to find a southbound load cresting the hill right behind me. I get a few pictures of the meet I drove back to the main road and headed north a couple more miles. A few miles south of Bill, WY I met a southbound load and stopped to get a picture of the unpatched SP unit on the rear. Just as the DPU was disappearing around the corner the nose of a UP unit appeared leading a northbound on track 3. And by the time the lead unit arrived at my location another BNSF load was rolling south on the center track. Next I continued north for a mile or two before finding the next southbound. I took a small side road to get near the tracks to get a picture and then continued on to Bill, WY.
Just south of UP’s Bill yard is the Trinity Rail Car yard. I beat the northbound to this point so I took another picture from the bridge crossing the tracks. I found two BNSF empty coal train sitting in the yard. Continuing on to UP’s Bill yard I found a southbound load pulling out. There were several assorted trains sitting in the yard waiting for a new crew and at the north end I found another southbound entering the yard. It had a nice unpatched SP unit and a patched one as well. After taking some pictures I noticed a single UP engine heading north out of the yard. Next it was on to Logan Hill. I reached the top where there is a nice bridge crossing the tracks. You can see and hear the approaching trains for a couple miles either way. The first train was a northbound empty and as it descended the other side it met a loaded coal train struggling up the hill. After shooting both of these trains I headed north to Antelope Mine.
At the mine I found a UP train slowly loading. Parked next to it was a UP loaded train waiting to get a signal to head south. This mine is only set up to take train from the south since there is no connecting leg for trains heading north. Because of this fact I have seen more UP trains than BNSF ones. But waiting to load was a BNSF and a UP empty. As I was taking pictures of the trains in the loading tracks a northbound UP empty rolled to a stop just short of the switch leading to the Mine tracks. Soon a southbound BNSF load rumbled by heading up Logan hill. After this train cleared the northbound got a light to procede. I followed this train up to Nacco, Jct. where it diverged onto the tracks leading to the North Antelope and Rochelle Mines. After he was clear of the main I could see two UP southbounds waiting on the outer tracks. Soon one of them got a light and pulled out headed for Logan Hill. As he was still pulling by another UP southbound load pulled out of the mine tracks and charged for the hill. I thought it would be a great sight to see two loads on the outer tracks attacking Logan Hill at the same time but decided against driving back up there.
As the DPUs to the 2nd southbound pulled by I was surprised to find two patched SP units. Then after both trains had just about disappeared, two UP light engines rolled down between the trains. They pulled into a short spur track next to two BNSF units. I decided not to wait for the next UP southbound to pull out and instead headed north. I didn’t make it more than a mile before ran into a southbound BNSF load. After stopping to get a picture of the train I headed over to an overlook of the coal pits. I was able to get some shots of the big equipment in the pit. About 45 minutes later another southbound UP coal train rolled down the hill into East Nacco. Before that train had gone by all the way a northbound rolled by on the middle track. After shooting the patched SP on the rear I headed back south. At Antelope mine I found that the UP load was gone and the other one that had been loading was waiting for a light now. The BNSF train which had been waiting was now slowly pulling around the loop.
Continuing on to the top of Logan Hill I found a ton of trains. Traffic heading south on was backed up on one of the outside tracks. The other outside track was flowing south and the middle track had northbounds rolling on it. As I got to the top and looked south I could see the back of a southbound and two more stopped southbounds ahead of it. A northbound crested the hill and started down the other side where it split two southbounds on the outer tracks. In the distance I could see another southbound coming this way as well. After getting pictures of all the action I headed back to East Nacco. When I arrived I found a southbound BNSF coal train waiting and shortly a northbound UP train pulled by and took the mine lead tracks. After it was off the main the southbound started moving. As it rolled by another northbound empty came to a stop just short of the switch and bridge at East Nacco. Barely had the BNSF southbound gone by before a UP southbound load rumbled passed. Next I headed north about a mile or so before I ran into more trains.
The next train was a northbound UP empty on the middle track. Within five minutes a southbound UP load rolled around the corner. Just a couple minutes later another UP southbound rolled by and came to a stop at a red light. Just after it stopped the northbound BNSF empty that had been stopped at East Nacco, rolled passed. I decided this would be a good train to follow heading north. After being away from the tracks for a couple miles I arrived back as a southbound was rolling by. The northbound I had been following stopped at a red light just short of the tail end of another northbound empty. After taking some more pictures I headed up to North Rochelle Mine. Here I found a BNSF loaded coal train waiting for a new crew before coming out on the main. On the main tracks I found the reason for the delay in trains. MOW crews were working on installing two crossovers and two big signal bridges. The middle track was entirely out of service for the time and trains had to wait their turns to use one of the outer tracks.
Just after 2pm a northbound BNSF empty was allowed to roll through the work site and was followed minutes later by a UP northbound. After getting pictures of this I stopped to watch the MOW crews work for a while. Three CAT endloaders lifted a section of track over the outer track and placed it down for the crossover. On one side several of the crew were welding track together. After a little while a southbound UP coal train and a northbound BNSF empty were let through the work area. After the northbound cleared back over to the middle track it met a southbound UP load. I drove up to Reno Jct. where the tracks to Black Thunder and Jacob’s Ranch Mines take off from the main. A UP load was just coming onto the main track. I barely had enough time to set up for the shot before it ducked under the bridge I was standing on. Before that train had a chance to clear another UP load rumbled by on the west track. This train had two CSX units which helped to spice up the consist.
Next I headed out towards the mines. There is a little bit of a staging yard where loaded trains can wait for a new crew and a chance to get out onto the main. In this yard there were two BNSF loads and a UP load. One of the BNSF loads had a couple BN SD60Ms and an EMD to help get some color in the consist. Black Thunder Mine is the largest surface mine in the US and as I drove passed it was loading two trains at the same time. I took a short detour to get some pictures of the enormous dump trucks used to haul the coal. Then I drove out to Jacob’s Ranch mine to see what was going on. There wasn’t a train loading or waiting to load so I headed back to the main line. At Reno Jct. an empty BNSF train was taking the tracks out to mine. I started north and ran into another southbound BNSF empty. Then stopped just short of the that train was yet another southbound empty. I talked to the crew of this train for a little while and found out that both of these trains were heading for Black Thunder Mine. I also found out that BNSF was having trouble with enough crews for all the trains they had.
While these two were waiting another southbound empty BNSF train passed these two and continued on south. A while later a northbound loaded appeared in the distance and the two southbound empties started to move. I drove north to find a spot to shoot the northbound. After getting the picture I followed it north for another mile before stopping to shoot a southbound. This train had three EMDs and an ATSF unit on the point and no DPUs. After taking several shots I continued north for another couple miles before running into the next southbound. This was a UP train but also contained some foreign power in the way of a TFM unit. The next stop was Coal Creek Mine. Here a BNSF empty was stopped after loading the first 9 cars. After taking some nice shots of the coal towers I drove back over to the main line and caught the next southbound. The sun was starting to fade by this time and I decided to head towards Gillete, WY. I arrived in town and found an eastbound manifest at the yard. Then a few minutes later a westbound loaded coal train rolled through town heading for the Pacific Northwest. I decided to spend the night in a motel so I could get a good nights sleep, charge up my camera and get a shower.
August 9, 2006
| 6:15am | Northbound | empty coal | East Walker, WY | UP 6043, 8028, 5986, 6818 |
| 6:20am | Southbound | coal | East Walker, WY | BNSF 9784, 8912, 9778, 9549 |
| 6:55am | Northbound | empty coal | Walker, WY | UP 6514, 6774, 6650, CSX 16 |
| 7:00am | Southbound | coal | Walker, WY | UP 8137, 5668, 5355 |
| 7:10am | Southbound | coal | Bill, WY | UP 5976, 6825, SP 204 |
| 7:20am | Southbound | coal | Bill, WY | BNSF 8890, 8909, CEFX 1019 |
| 7:20am | Northbound | empty coal | Bill, WY | UP 8130, 6788, SP 6266(patched) |
| 7:35am | Southbound | coal | Bill, WY | UP 8054, 8015, 6532, 8193 |
| 7:45am | Northbound | empty coal | Bill, WY | BNSF 5683, 9537, 5977 |
| 7:45am | Northbound | empty coal | Bill, WY | BNSF 9445, 5812, 9580, 9599 |
| 7:50am | Southbound | coal | Bill, WY | UP 6785, 5953, 7208 |
| 8:00am | Southbound | coal | Bill, WY | UP 5872, SP 177, 6325(patched) |
| 8:00am | Northbound | no cars | Bill, WY | UP 7175 |
| 8:20am | Northbound | empty coal | Logan, WY | UP 5986, 6818, 6043, 8028 |
| 8:25am | Southbound | coal | Logan, WY | UP 6830, 8198, SP 179 |
| 8:45am | Loading | empty coal | Antelope Mine, WY | UP 6607, 7372, ????, ???? |
| 8:55am | Southbound | coal | Converse Jct., WY | BN 9681, 9487, BNSF 9389 |
| 9:10am | Northbound | empty coal | Converse Jct., WY | UP 6050, 8078, 8029 |
| 9:10am | Southbound | coal | Antelope Mine, WY | UP 8290, ????, ???? SP 6346(patched) |
| 9:30am | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 5672, 5984, 6444, SP 6287(patched) |
| 9:30am | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 6694, 7159, SP 6211, 6345(both patched) |
| 9:45am | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 6011, 7073, 6058 |
| 9:45am | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | BNSF 9887, 6016, 9931, 9861 |
| 10:30am | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 6508, 6746, SP 6313(patched) |
| 10:40am | Northbound | empty coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 6077, 7380, 8123, SP 6289(patched) |
| 10:50am | Northbound | empty coal | Converse Jct., WY | BNSF 5928, 8800, 9877, BN 9548 |
| 10:55am | Southbound | coal | Converse Jct., WY | UP 6763, 6589, SP 6340(patched) |
| 11:15am | Northbound | empty coal | Logan, WY | BNSF 9804, 5689, 9809 |
| 12:00pm | Loading | empty coal | Antelope Mine, WY | BNSF 7758, 9528, ???? |
| 12:05pm | Northbound | empty coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 8024, 6799, SP 6360(patched) |
| 12:20pm | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | BNSF 8958, 9412, 9915, 5980 |
| 12:30pm | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 7204, 5568, 6405, CSX 480 |
| 12:45pm | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 5669, 5671, SP 6361(patched) |
| 12:50pm | Southbound | coal | East Nacco, WY | UP 6675, 7070, 8061 |
| 1:15pm | Southbound | coal | East Reno, WY | UP 5841, ????, ????, CSX 70 |
| 2:00pm | Northbound | empty coal | North Rochelle Jct., WY | BNSF 5990, 9509, 9902, 6003 |
| 2:10pm | Northbound | empty coal | North Rochelle Jct., WY | UP 8130, 6788, SP 6266(patched) |
| 2:45pm | Southbound | coal | North Rochelle Jct., WY | BNSF 5740, 9836, 5973 |
| 2:50pm | Southbound | coal | North Rochelle Jct., WY | UP 6016, 8073, 7085, 6719 |
| 3:15pm | Southbound | coal | Reno, WY | UP 7165, 6317, 6511 |
| 3:20pm | Southbound | coal | Reno, WY | UP 6069, 8218, 6434 |
| 3:20pm | Southbound | coal | Reno, WY | UP 7269, 5572, CSX 161, 385 |
| 3:35pm | Southbound | coal | Black Thunder Jct., WY | UP 6458, ????, SP 6152(patched) |
| 3:40pm | Westbound | coal | Black Thunder Jct., WY | BN 9253, 9265(both patched), ATSF 8250(patched) EMD 9002 |
| 3:40pm | Northbound | coal | Black Thunder Jct., WY | BNSF 9673, 7733, 8894 |
| 3:45pm | Westbound | coal | Black Thunder Jct., WY | BNSF 5657, 5908, 5965 |
| 3:45pm | Loading | empty coal | Black Thunder Mine | BNSF 9757, ????, ???? |
| 4:15pm | Loading | empty coal | Black Thunder Mine | UP 7160, 6821, 6504 |
| 4:30pm | Southbound | empty coal | Reno Jct., WY | BN 9594, BNSF 8861, 9795 |
| 4:40pm | Southbound | empty coal | Reno Jct., WY | BNSF 5776, 9626, 9714 |
| 4:45pm | Southbound | empty coal | Reno Jct., WY | BNSF 8850, BN 9511, CEFX 135 |
| 5:25pm | Southbound | coal | Reno Jct., WY | BNSF 9919, 9882, 9499 |
| 5:55pm | Southbound | empty coal | Antelope, WY | ATSF 8242(patched), EMD 9012, 9039, 9089 |
| 6:00pm | Southbound | coal | Antelope, WY | UP 5909, SP 6380(patched), TFM 1659 |
| 6:25pm | Loading | empty coal | Coal Creek Mine, WY | BNSF 9599, 9580, 5812, 9445 |
| 6:45pm | Southbound | coal | Antelope, WY | UP 8189, 7025, 8281, 5929 |
| 7:45pm | Eastbound | manifest | Gillette, WY | BNSF 559, 5043 |
| 8:00pm | Westbound | coal | Gillette, WY | BN 9289(patched), ATSF 8202(patched), EMD 9093, 9070 |
