
Due to an outage at Minot, ND on BNSF's Northern Transcon, all traffic has been rerouted through Laurel. The intermodals and container trains are being routed over Montana Rail Link and the manifest and grain traffic is being routed through Great Falls. This is an exciting time around here as traffic through Laurel has more than doubled overnight! Last night, I ventured out to Columbus, MT just in time to catch five trains in 40 minutes before the weather forced me in for the evening. Here they are in order: Train #1: Unidentified manifest train, Rapids, MT. BNSF 5314 East. Power: BNSF C44-9W 5314, BNSF (ex-ATSF) C44-9W 659, BNSF SD70MAC (ex-BN) 9424, BNSF C44-9W 4187, BNSF SD70MAC Train #2: Empty Coal train, Columbus, MT. Power: BNSF AC4400CW 5662, BNSF (ex-BN) SD70MAC 9542, BNSF ES44AC 6010 (DPU). Train #3: Z-SSECHC09-22, South Seattle, WA to Chicago (Cierco Yard), IL priority intermodal, BNSF 4012 East. Power: BNSF C44-9W 4012, BNSF C44-9W 4110, BNSF C44-9W 4628, BNSF C44-9W 4833. Train #4: Z-SSECHC08-22, South Seattle, WA to Chicago (Cierco Yard), IL priority intermodal, BNSF 5415 East. Power: BNSF C44-9W 5415, BNSF C44-9W 4700, BNSF C44-9W 4620, BNSF C44-9W 5489. Train #5: Q-SSECHC01-22, South Seattle, WA to Chicago (Cierco Yard), IL guaranteed intermodal, BNSF 4328 East. Power: BNSFC44-9W 4328, BNSF C44-9W 4503, BNSF (ex-ATSF) C44-9W 642. Thank you for watching! Please rate and comment. All videos now shot in HD, watch with the 720p settings. Copyright 2011, Montana <b>...</b>
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