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Viewing Album:  BNSF Transcon, Oct 2014
 
By:Rob Sartain
Dates:10/16/2014 - 10/17/2014
Album Info:Pics taken on the Transcon, around Barstow, Daggett and Needles, Oct 16 and 17, 2014
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Lots to see in Barstow Yard
Title:  Lots to see in Barstow Yard
Description:  There's something for everyone: SD40-2's, including a BN patch; Warbonnets; a visiting CSX; and of course, Pumpkins. 2:12pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 5:31:02 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1707(SD40-2) BNSF 1831(SD40-2) BNSF 543(B40-8W) BNSF 873(C40-8W) CSX 9005(C40-9W) BNSF 7629(ES44DC) BNSF 4342(C44-9W)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
Some SD40-2s? Yes, please
Title:  Some SD40-2s? Yes, please
Description:  SD40-2's work the Barstow Yard while other SD40-2's, including a venerable Yellowbonnet, 2:13pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 5:42:36 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1764(SD40-2) BNSF 1854(SD40-2) BNSF 1748(SD40-2) BNSF 1858(SD40-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
Warbonnets in a light engine move
Title:  Warbonnets in a light engine move
Description:  Light engines move westward. Luv me the EMD Warbonnets! 3:01pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 7:32:36 AM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 139(GP60M) BNSF 111(GP60M) BNSF 525(B40-8W)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
DPUs shove an ethanol train westward
Title:  DPUs shove an ethanol train westward
Description:  With three engines on the point and two DPUs helping, this is a heavy train. Thats a lot of alcohol! 3:40pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 7:39:45 AM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7827(ES44DC) BNSF 4152(C44-9W)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Doublestacks eastward
Title:  Doublestacks eastward
Description:  Pulling the doublestacks eastward! Dash 9 5406 does the honors with two sisters at Daggett. 3:24pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 8:34:14 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5406(C44-9W) BNSF 4060(C44-9W) BNSF 4561(C44-9W)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Light engines head west
Title:  Light engines head west
Description:  A massive light engine move rolls westward past Jasper Park, Barstow, with ES44 6973 in the lead. 12:28pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 8:45:12 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6973(ES44C4) BNSF 5136(C44-9W) BNSF 4411(C44-9W) BNSF 7417(ES44DC)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Big power for the doublestacks
Title:  Big power for the doublestacks
Description:  Four ES44's handle a westbound intermodal at Daggett, including shiny new 8275. 10/16/2014, 2:50pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 8:52:28 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7096(ES44C4) BNSF 6570(ES44C4) BNSF 8275(ES44C4)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Doublestacks meet a unit ethanol train
Title:  Doublestacks meet a unit ethanol train
Description:  Eastbound doublestacks pass a westbound ethanol train at Daggett, 3:37pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 4:28:57 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7441(ES44DC) BNSF 8053(ES44C4) BNSF 7882(ES44DC)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Doublestacks running eastward
Title:  Doublestacks running eastward
Description:  Three ES44s and a Dash 8 speed an intermodal eastward at Hinkley Road, mp 10.6 on the Cajon Sub just west of Barstow, 1:39pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 4:19:27 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7441(ES44DC) BNSF 8053(ES44C4) BNSF 7882(ES44DC)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
GE's pulling elephant style
Title:  GE's pulling elephant style
Description:  A westbound ethanol train splits the signals at Daggett. With three engines pulling and two more DPUs shoving on the rear, thats a lot of alcohol. 3:34pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:38:15 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7540(ES44DC)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
A matched set of ES44DC's haulin' westward
Title:  A matched set of ES44DC's haulin' westward
Description:  A manifest highballs westward at Hinkley Road, mp 10.6 on the Cajon Sub, 1:13pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:56:43 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7753(ES44DC) BNSF 7743(ES44DC) BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 7701(ES44DC)
Views:  288   Comments: 1
GEVOs shoving westbound
Title:  GEVOs shoving westbound
Description:  DPUs shove a manifest westbound at Hinkley Road, mp 19.6 on the Cajon Sub, 1:14pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 6:51:19 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7756(ES44DC) BNSF 7767(ES44DC)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Shoving the doublestacks eastward
Title:  Shoving the doublestacks eastward
Description:  Two ES44s work as DPUs shoving the doublestacks eastward at Hinkley Road, mp 10.6 on the Cajon Sub, 1:29pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:30:35 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8252(ES44C4) BNSF 8239(ES44C4)
Views:  186   Comments: 3
Canadian National in California, eh,
Title:  Canadian National in California, eh,
Description:  Close-up of Canadian National SD75I 5742 running westward in a Union Pacific doublestack, Daggett, 3:47pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:38:25 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5742(SD75I)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
An East Coast GEVO hard at work in the desert
Title:  An East Coast GEVO hard at work in the desert
Description:  Local boy works hard, far, far from home! CSX ES44AC 973 provides DPU service in a westbound Union Pacific manifest. 10/16/2014. 1:43pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 4:39:38 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 973(ES44AC-H) UP 5320(AC45CCTE)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
An East Coast GEVO in the desert
Title:  An East Coast GEVO in the desert
Description:  Local boy works hard, far, far from home! CSX ES44AC 973 provides DPU service in a westbound Union Pacific manifest..1:43pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 5:23:12 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 973(ES44AC-H) UP 5320(AC45CCTE)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Luv me the big EMDs
Title:  Luv me the big EMDs
Description:  A Union Pacific doublestack comes off the Cima Sub exercising its trackage rights onto the BNSF Transcon westward with a Canadian National unit trailing, 3:47pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:42:19 PM
Location:  Daggett, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4854(SD70M) UP 5027(SD70M) CN 5742(SD75I)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
EMDs elephants running west
Title:  EMDs elephants running west
Description:  A Union Pacific manifest has trackage rights on the BNSF Cajon Sub at Hinkley Road, mp 10.6, just west of Barstow, as an eastbound BNSF intermodal flies past on the other track. Luv me them big EMDs! 1:43pm.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:49:01 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8408(SD70ACe) UP 4972(SD70M) UP 5162(SD70M)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Warbonnets still power the Super Chief westbound
Title:  Warbonnets still power the Super Chief westbound
Description:  Perhaps not anatomically correct, but the Wagon Wheel restaurant in Needles proudly displays the Santa Fe heritage
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 7:30:43 AM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  ATSF 46C(F7A)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
Westbound double stacks climb Goffs Hill
Title:  Westbound double stacks climb Goffs Hill
Description:  With a visiting KCS Belle helping, the doublestacks climb westward at mp 588.3 on the Needles Sub. 3:10pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 7:47:26 AM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4179(C44-9W) BNSF 5509(C44-9W) KCS 4769(ES44AC)
Views:  171   Comments: 2
Dash 9s idling
Title:  Dash 9s idling
Description:  A pair of Dash 9s await their next assignment. Somebody must've had some body damage to necessitate that mis-matched, unlettered red body. 1:26pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 6:29:30 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4865(C44-9W) BNSF 5117(C44-9W)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Dash 9's idling
Title:  Dash 9's idling
Description:  A pair of Dash 9's await their next assignment, 1:26pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 6:11:29 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) BNSF 4865(C44-9W)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Doublestacks curving westward
Title:  Doublestacks curving westward
Description:  ES44 6201 does the honors on the point as doublestacks start the climb up Goffs Hill at mp 588.3 on the Needles Sub. 2:58pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:17:39 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6201(ES44AC) BNSF 7625(ES44DC) BNSF 7080(ES44C4)
Views:  156   Comments: 2
Let's enjoy the doublestacks
Title:  Let's enjoy the doublestacks
Description:  What's better than doublestacks? MORE doublestacks! An eastbound and an westbound meet at mp 588.3 on the Needles Sub. 10/17/2014, 2:59pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 8:59:34 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7227(ES44DC) BNSF 7337(ES44DC) BNSF 5103(C44-9W)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Doublestacks roll through the curve
Title:  Doublestacks roll through the curve
Description:  More doublestacks gotta head east! At mp 588.3 on the Needles Sub. 3:19pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:10:12 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7314(ES44DC) BNSF 4962(C44-9W) BNSF 7109(ES44C4)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Heading west up Goffs Hill
Title:  Heading west up Goffs Hill
Description:  BNSF 7397 grinds up Goffs Hill in charge of the doublestacks. 11:16am.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:16:26 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7397(ES44DC) BNSF 7033(ES44C4) BNSF 6881(ES44C4)
Views:  256   Comments: 2
Doublestacks crest Goffs Hill
Title:  Doublestacks crest Goffs Hill
Description:  A westbound doublestack with BNSF 7397 has takes the signal near the peak of Goffs Hill at Goffs Road. 11:41am.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:22:31 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7397(ES44DC) BNSF 7033(ES44C4) BNSF 6881(ES44C4)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
Doublestacks in the desert
Title:  Doublestacks in the desert
Description:  A trio of ES44s, 7870, 7126 and 7859, climb Goffs Hill in the scenic desert. 12:07pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:32:15 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7870(ES44DC) BNSF 7126(ES44C4) BNSF 7859(ES44DC)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
Doublestacks climbing Goffs Hill elephant-style
Title:  Doublestacks climbing Goffs Hill elephant-style
Description:  BNSF ES44C4 8000, the 8000-series class engine herself, leads a westbound doublestack over the wash bridge at mp 600.3 on the Needles Sub. 12:37pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/22/2014 9:29:03 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8000(ES44C4) BNSF 7090(ES44C4) BNSF 4592(C44-9W)
Views:  275   Comments: 3
Doublestacks gliding downhill eastbound
Title:  Doublestacks gliding downhill eastbound
Description:  Four ES44s make easy work of a doublestack rolling eastward down Goffs Hill at mp 602.7 on the Needles Sub. 12:18pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:00:38 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8029(ES44C4) BNSF 7654(ES44DC) BNSF 7089(ES44C4)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
A westbound manifest grinds up Goffs Hill
Title:  A westbound manifest grinds up Goffs Hill
Description:  BNSF ES44C4 8089 splits the signals at 597.8 on the Needles Sub while climbing Goffs Hill. 12:45pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/21/2014 9:43:52 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8089(ES44C4)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
DPUs shove the manifest westbound
Title:  DPUs shove the manifest westbound
Description:  Four DPUs help shove an enormous manifest westward up Goffs Hill at mp 597.8, 12:50pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/24/2014 9:08:26 PM
Location:  Goffs, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8115(ES44C4) BNSF 7016(ES44C4) BNSF 4196(C44-9W) BNSF 4405(C44-9W)
Views:  286   Comments: 1
A KCS Belle working on the Transcon
Title:  A KCS Belle working on the Transcon
Description:  Close-up of KCS Belle, ES44AC 4769, helping pull BNSF doublestacks westward at mp 588.3 on the Needles Sub. 10/17/2014, 3:11pm.
Photo Date:  10/17/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2014 4:35:23 PM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4769(ES44AC)
Views:  141   Comments: 0

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