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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Prescott, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38P's for power. I've never caught these on a road train til this day, but have caught them more than once on transfer & yard jobs, these SD38P's are remote control equipped & aren't equipped with ditch lights, so 270 had to do 30 MPH through each crossing with the headend only then can get back up to track speed, but if there's multiple crossings back to back it's best to just stay at 30 MPH til there's a long stretch without crossings, these SD38P's were assigned to hump duties at Tennessee Yard in Memphis, Tn. & maybe other yards for many years |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 5:48:49 PM |
| Location: |
Prescott, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
329 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Brompton, Al. on their way back to East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/11/2013 2:36:11 AM |
| Location: |
Brompton, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
387 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings, also these SD38P's are equipped with Remote Control Equipment for yard service which are what these units were built for, for a long time these units were assigned to hump service within Tennessee Yard in Memphis & maybe other yards as well, BNSF must've had nothing to use for power on 270 this day so had to use these or nothing is the only reason I can come up with why they would use these units in road service non ditch light equipped, must've been aggrivating not being able to do track speed due to the 30 MPH rule with the headend through crossings with engines not equipped with ditch lights. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/7/2013 5:08:02 PM |
| Location: |
Leeds, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an utra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 3:54:03 AM |
| Location: |
Leeds, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
312 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) has just completed their brake test & departs the Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant as they pass through Control Point Embry in Lincoln, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 6:13:06 PM |
| Location: |
Lincoln, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
285 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BNSF'S East Thomas Yard |
| Description: |
BNSF Yard Job Y-BIR102 doing some switching at East Thomas Yard between 16th & 18th Street |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2014 Upload Date: 5/3/2014 9:39:27 AM |
| Location: |
East Thomas, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 2090(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
368 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer |
| Description: |
BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with CSXT at Boyles Yard in Tarrant City, Al. with SD38P 1557 in charge |
| Photo Date: |
5/12/2014 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 6:17:18 AM |
| Location: |
North Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 2090(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
408 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer |
| Description: |
BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. about to interchange with NS at North Yard & return back to East Thomas Yard with SD40-2 1751 still in Santa Fe paint leading SD38P 1557 still in BN White Face paint in charge of this days Y-BIR104 |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/2014 Upload Date: 9/15/2014 5:27:15 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1751(SD40-2) BNSF 1557(SD38P) |
| Views: |
368 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
BNSF'S East Thomas Yard |
| Description: |
BNSF Yard Job Y-BIR102 doing some switching at Control Point North Thomas at East Thomas Yard |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/11/2014 7:31:16 PM |
| Location: |
East Thomas, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1584(SD40-2) BNSF 1557(SD38P) |
| Views: |
480 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BNSF'S East Thomas Yard |
| Description: |
BNSF Yard Job Y-BIR102 doing some switching at Control Point North Thomas in East Thomas Yard |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2014 Upload Date: 12/11/2014 7:38:26 PM |
| Location: |
East Thomas, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1584(SD40-2) BNSF 1557(SD38P) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Relco Shop |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/5/2017 Upload Date: 8/10/2017 1:30:55 PM |
| Location: |
Albia, IA |
| Author: |
Sam Brodersen |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1651(SD40-2) BNSF 1557(SD38P) |
| Views: |
1350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 1557 - SD38P |
| Description: |
Roster Shot. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/2020 Upload Date: 6/27/2020 5:07:33 PM |
| Location: |
Old Monroe, MO |
| Author: |
Matthew Schimmel |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) |
| Views: |
953 Comments: 3 |
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