Pushing the E-PAMWTM out of town at Nichols Junction.
Roster Shot.
This BNSF Executive Mac happened to be the only EMD unit in a power consist of five locomotives which headed an autorack train in Brookfield IL on the day after Independence Day 2013.
An SD70MAC wearing the Executive paint scheme pushes a loaded NRG Energy coal train soutbound through Fort Worth.
The two head west with their string of auto racks in tow.
The lead unit is just about to cross Lincoln Avenue in Dolton, IL.
The two units were heading up a string of auto racks from the IHB Gibson Yard in Hammond, IN.
Interesting to note that there is no herald or logo on the nose of this unit - running incognito as it were!
BNSF 9795 leads this UCEX coal train into Old Monroe, Mo.
Loaded BNSF Thomas Hill coal train C-NAMTHH0-20 departs Lincoln on the St Joseph Subdivision at Old Cheney Road. BNSF ES44AC 5863, BNSF SD70MAC 9906, 150 loads, 0 empties, 21280 tons, 8258 feet including rear DPU locomotives BNSF SD70MAC 9795 and BNSF SD70ACe 9082. This train originated at the North Antelope Mine in the Wyoming Powder River Basin and is en-route to utility Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc in Thomas Hill, MO.
Being a slow day on the line i took a 75 mile chase of this Nb ore train.
Different colors on the DPU of that coal empty.
A trio waits at Montrose. Our first trip into Iowa.
BNSF Line
A very proper consist takes the E KCHETM0 10F west to Ellinor, where it will get on the La Junta Sub and continue its journey back to Wyoming.
First shot from this place I think I'will like it once the grass greens up and the weather cooperates. you can see the leading edge of a cloud bank that was rolling in.
An engine move from Harrisburg to Rutherford Yard. Not the best photo, but was still adjusting the camera to the rain and low lighting.
An engine move from Harrisburg to Rutherford Yard. Not the best photo, but was still adjusting the camera to the rain and low lighting.
NS Southbound Vehicle Train 285 ( Kansas City, Mo. to Jacksonville, Fl. ) passing through Lenox, Ga.
The sun is setting on the CB&Q signals in Naperville, the new ones are going up.
This BNSF loaded coal train with Mr. Vinyard and Mr. Hymes blast through Kirkland Turn at Toland near Sorento IL on 8-24-10.
This BNSF loaded coal train with Mr. Vinyard and Mr. Hymes blast through Kirkland Turn at Toland near Sorento IL on 8-24-10.
This BNSF loaded coal train with Mr. Vinyard and Mr. Hymes blast through Kirkland Turn at Toland near Sorento IL on 8-24-10.
This BNSF loaded coal train with Mr. Vinyard and Mr. Hymes blast through Kirkland Turn at Toland near Sorento IL on 8-24-10.
More coal running down the Mississippi River's west bank, Oct 2009. In the background a tow headed downriver prepares to enter Lock 24 with the assistance of a small tug. (I could subtitle this one as "Four Hours on the K-Line in Perfect Weather and All I Get Is a Lousy Coal Train....)
E-PEDJRM
BNSF 9795
BNSF 9795