PRB coal train loadings down in April, UP rolling in CO/UT

摘要

Average Burlington Northern Santa Fe daily Powder River Basin train loadings, including Wyoming and Montana mines, totaled 49.0 trains per day for the month of April, compared with an average of 49.3 trains per day for April 2006. Mine issues, including planned maintenance outages and unplanned outages, as well as weather issues, resulted in an average of 6.2 missed loading opportunities per day during the 2007 month, BNSF said. Tonnage loaded at some mines was as low as 70 to 75 percent of planned tonnage for the month.