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 I thought you might have something to say on this. When was the new tipple=
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    On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 11:36:01 AM MST, Winton <runextra@gmail.=
com> wrote:
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 Before the Powder River Basin coal boom (and afterwards) the Bighorn Mine=
 5 miles west of Sheridan WY shipped lots of coal even into the early 2000s=
. It was not uncommon for the thru freight 'local' to pick up 20 cars or so=
 at Sheridan. When I was working the Sheridan Yard engine in the late 1990s=
=
=C2=A0 we would go out to Bighorn Mine (Kiewit, not Kleenburn) to take out=
 empties and bring the loads back to Sheridan where they would be picked up=
 by the 'local'.=C2=A0 Some times there were enough cars to be picked up th=
at helpers had to be added to the freight train. Bighorn Mine was still shi=
pping coal, tho in smaller lots from a truck dump, when I retired in 2009. =
I remember one period in the late 1990s when the BNSF would not run the thr=
u 'local' for over a week. We had some 60 cars of coal that needed to go so=
 the trainmaster finally called an 'extra' using a set of helpers as power =
to take the coal to laurel where it would then go east on the NP. When I ca=
me to Sheridan in 1975 we had an assigned daily Mine Run job that would tak=
e 30-50 cars out to the mine in the morning and bring the loads from the pr=
evious afternoon back to town. After lunch the Mine Run would take another =
30-50 empties out to the mine and bring back any loads that were loaded bet=
ween the morning trip and the afternoon. One time I brought 55 loaded 100 t=
on coal cars in from the mine with a single SD9. That was the max it could =
handle and you had to get a run down off the knob at the mine so the SD9 co=
uld make it over the 'hill' at MP 705.


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                    On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 11:36:01 AM MST, Winton =
&lt;runextra@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div dir=3D"ltr">Before the Powder River Basin coal b=
oom (and afterwards) the Bighorn Mine 5 miles west of Sheridan WY shipped l=
ots of coal even into the early 2000s. It was not uncommon for the thru fre=
ight 'local' to pick up 20 cars or so at Sheridan. When I was working the S=
heridan Yard engine in the late 1990s&nbsp; we would go out to Bighorn Mine=
 (Kiewit, not Kleenburn) to take out empties and bring the loads back to Sh=
eridan where they would be picked up by the 'local'.&nbsp; Some times there=
 were enough cars to be picked up that helpers had to be added to the freig=
ht train. Bighorn Mine was still shipping coal, tho in smaller lots from a =
truck dump, when I retired in 2009. I remember one period in the late 1990s=
 when the BNSF would not run the thru 'local' for over a week. We had some =
60 cars of coal that needed to go so the trainmaster finally called an 'ext=
ra' using a set of helpers as power to take the coal to laurel where it wou=
ld then go east on the NP. When I came to Sheridan in 1975 we had an assign=
ed daily Mine Run job that would take 30-50 cars out to the mine in the mor=
ning and bring the loads from the previous afternoon back to town. After lu=
nch the Mine Run would take another 30-50 empties out to the mine and bring=
 back any loads that were loaded between the morning trip and the afternoon=
. One time I brought 55 loaded 100 ton coal cars in from the mine with a si=
ngle SD9. That was the max it could handle and you had to get a run down of=
f the knob at the mine so the SD9 could make it over the 'hill' at MP 705.<=
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