![]() | Voices From The Powder River Basin part 2 of 3 Documentary about coal bed natural gas development in Montana and Wyoming from the perspective of landowners and concerned citizens. |
![]() | BNSF Coal Train With Two Helper Units BNSF SD70MAC 9812 still with it's BN logos and BNSF SD70MAC 9491 lead a coal train out of North La Crosse Yard to Chicago then to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming with BNSF SD70MAC 9649 and BNSF 9650 trailing as helper units. Filmed 6/23/2008 |
![]() | Powder River Basin Part 1 By request-----Known by railfans far and wide, this area in Wyoming is a coal producing machine. There's not much scenery in this Google Earth flyover so see how many trains you can spot on the route. By the way, does anyone know if this area is available on MSTS? |
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![]() | Coalbed Methane in the Powder River Basin Earthjustice has been working to protect the Powder River Basin from the harmful effects of coal bed methane mining. The Powder River Basin covers about 13 million acres (or 20,000 square miles, approximately the size of Massachusetts and New Hampshire combined) in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. The land is rolling shortgrass prairie that supports a large array of wildlife: deer, elk, antelope, bear, prairie dogs, ferrets, eagle, and grouse, to name a few. Today, it is also home to many farmers and ranchers, who have lived and worked there for many generations. The 14,000 coalbed methane wells in production today have already wrecked thousands of acres of productive land and habitat. Earthjustice has recently won victories to protect this area! Learn more here: http://www.earthjustice.org/library/background/coalbed_methane_in_the_powder_river_basin.html |
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![]() | Beautiful Sound of ES44DC and DASH 9-44CW Starting! Great! I always love the sound of trains starting up! Just listening to them is like music to my ears! Don't you agree? This video was taken in March 24th, 2008. © Radditÿo "Gus" Ërelanngga (BoredTrucker1902) |
![]() | Powder River Country (TV trailer) This is the television trailer from the short film, "Powder River Country." From the peaks of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains stretching northeast over eleven million acres, the Powder River Basin is a landscape of rolling hills, big skies, and subtle beauty, rich in the history of our American roots. Native Americans lived here for centuries. Custer made his last stand here. For nearly 200 years, generations of homesteaders have ranched and farmed these high plains. The rush for a new source of natural gas is transforming the remote region and the future of agriculture is uncertain. Full movie at highplainsfilms.org |
![]() | Locomotive Fire....GE AC4400CW Blowing a Piston...UP 6741 This video was shot on 3-11-06 in Kirkwood Missouri. The train is train CNAAE-08 From the Powder River Basin to New Madrid Missouri. This video was almost missed...I got out of the house on an excuse of a Job Interview and went down there to see if I could catch Train I-LADU-09. I missed ILADU09 by 5 minutes, but I decided to stick around since there was a green on Main #2...hoping that it would be a manifest with SD40-2's. As it turned out, it was this train, CNAAE08 with UP 6741. You can hear me groan when I see that is a plain jane AC4400CW. I can't remember what I said afterwords....the next words I spoke were.... ..."HOLY CRAP!"... This clip eneded up on the 10:00 news on Channel 2 KTVI St. Louis and Channel 4 KMOV St. Louis... GE AC4400CW....This means..... GE= General Electric (Builder) AC= Alternating Current Traction Motors 4400= Hourspower rating (UP's are rated 4350 HP) C= 3 axel trucks (12 wheels) W= Wide Saftey Cab For a reunion of me and 6741 in Rochelle, IL...Click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdsLG81ocVQ |
![]() | King Coal - Powder River Rails & Mines King Coal Powder River Rails & Mines In Wyoming's Powder River Basin, train after train of loaded and empty hoppers make their way across the desolate, rolling hills of the high plains. This is coal country. With production levels surpassing all other US mining areas, the numbers are staggering and that means rail traffic is at an all time high. To move these mountains of coal, the railroads rely on modern, high horsepower locomotives such as GE C44-9s and EMD SD90s to lug their heavy loads over the grades. Single track has been doubled and in some areas tripled to handle the massive volume. Rolling meets between Union Pacific and BNSF trains are common. Often several movements are visible at the same time, many with locomotives on both ends of the consist. There's even a helper district on the north end of the line. And all of these trains transport a single commodity—coal! Have you ever wanted to visit a strip mine to see how coal is dug, hauled from the pits, and flood-loaded into moving trains? At Black Thunder mine, close-up views show just how it's done. Massive mining machines and high-density railroading are required to move this vital commodity. It's all here: intense, big-time railroading action. Experience the complete story of King Coal - Powder River Rails & Mines! |
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