Logo
Rick Erben's Collection
 
4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: BNSF Railway
Model:GE C44-9WBuilt As:BNSF 5191 (C44-9W)
Serial Number:54378Order No:1960
Frame Number: Built:10/2003
Other locos with this serial:  BNSF 5191(C44-9W)
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
BNSF 5191 makes the grade
Title:  BNSF 5191 makes the grade
Description:  I wanted to get to Yampai with plenty of light left in the afternoon. Story goes that in the days of current of traffic railroading, dispatchers could tell how a train would do between Needles and Goffs based upon how they did on the grade between Pica and Yampai. This information was an important part of "figuring" where your trains were going to be, and when, so as to clear following hotshots; much as I did in keeping "pencil figures" on the trainsheet when dispatching UPs Third and Fourth Subdivisions of the Wyoming Division between Rawlins and Ogden, some years ago. BNSF 5191 climbs upgrade as it nears Yampai Summit with the Aubrey cliffs in the background.
Photo Date:  4/8/2010  Upload Date: 4/20/2010 1:06:36 PM
Location:  Yampai, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5191(C44-9W)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
BNSF 5191
Title:  BNSF 5191
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:55:01 PM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5191(C44-9W) BNSF 4188(C44-9W) BNSF 7876(ES44DC)
Views:  297   Comments: 1


Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors
  Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net