There needs to be about 900 “fill cars” available for this purpose. This number is typically 120 cars, but it can be as low as 105 and as high as 150. “We’re a very power-hungry terminal,” says Locomotive Shop Superintendent Bruno Soto.Īlliance’s most important performance metric is how efficiently it builds unit coal trains to tender size, which is the number of cars in a train required by the particular mine/electric utility pair being served. The facility’s Locomotive Shop is responsible for close to 1,000 units (a mix of EMD SD70MACs, SD70ACEs, and GE EVOs) that are assigned to it for servicing and inspection. Alliance also includes a major locomotive maintenance and repair shop, where, each day, 40-50 locomotives are serviced in the Diesel Service Facility and 70-80 locomotives are serviced by mechanical teams at RSLs (remote service locations).
At present, on average, 65 trains (30 coal loads, 30 coal empties, and five mixed freight) pass through Alliance Terminal each day, though the facility is capable of processing up to 72.
BNSF, according to Terminal Superintendent Ryan Shoener, calls Alliance “the heart of coal.”Īlliance, which employs 660 (140 yard employees and 520 locomotive shop employees in several crafts), supplies empty coal trains to the Powder River Basin mines, and services loaded trains operating east to electric power utilities in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. When it does, the railroads will be ready, as evidenced by ongoing capacity and efficiency improvement projects.Īmong these is a major improvement program at BNSF Railway’s Alliance Terminal in Alliance, Neb., the railroad’s major unit coal train central processing yard. The question facing the rail industry is not whether coal traffic will come back, but rather, when will it come back. LA Metro Sets Opening Date for Regional Connector.Unveiled: Project Connect’s First Phase Alignment.
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