BNSF News

PRB Coal Update

2007-11-26

Average Coal Train Loadings Up More Than Four Trains per Day in November

Average BNSF daily train loadings for the Powder River Basin (PRB), including Wyoming and Montana mines, stand at 53.9 trains per day through Nov. 18, 2007, compared with an average of 49.6 trains per day for the first 18 days of November 2006.

Year-to-date through Nov. 18, 2007, BNSF has loaded a total daily average of 50.1 trains in the PRB, up 1.3 percent from the 49.4 trains loaded through the same period in 2006.

Systemwide, BNSF has loaded a total of 256.2 million tons of coal through Nov. 18, 2007, up 1.8 percent from the 2006 year-to-date total of 251.7 million tons.

Track Laying Completed for Fourth Main Line; New Second Main in Service

Track-laying crews completed construction of 21 miles of fourth main track on Logan Hill in Wyoming on Nov. 1, 2007, and ballast is being delivered and applied to the new track. The new track is scheduled to go into service in spring 2008, with additional crossover and signal work to follow.

Elsewhere, an 11-mile stretch of new second main track was placed in service Nov. 14, 2007, between Enterprise, Neb., and Stuart, Wyo., southeast of the Joint Line. This additional trackage is providing additional capacity for the movement of loaded and empty coal trains between the PRB and destinations to the south and southeast.

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