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Title: |
Beautiful Montana |
Description: |
BNSF 7479 Westbound along the Kootenai River a few miles beyond Libby. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/2011 Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:06:07 PM |
Location: |
Libby, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7479(ES44DC) BNSF 5418(C44-9W) BNSF 4790(C44-9W) |
Views: |
294 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Coming off of the Arizona Divide |
Description: |
BNSF 7507 approaches the great yawn of the landscape at Canyon Diablo. The sun is lined up almost (im)perfectly with the alignment of the rails at this time of the morning. The place is solitude and exquisite. Fortunately, this was the first of a run of eastbounds over the next couple of hours. |
Photo Date: |
4/8/2010 Upload Date: 4/19/2010 2:36:05 PM |
Location: |
Canyon Diablo, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7507(ES44DC) |
Views: |
308 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7519-I |
Description: |
Framed in classic SP searchlight signals |
Photo Date: |
5/6/2012 Upload Date: 10/9/2012 12:33:25 PM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7519(ES44DC) |
Views: |
167 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7519-II |
Description: |
Roaring past |
Photo Date: |
5/6/2012 Upload Date: 10/9/2012 12:35:03 PM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7519(ES44DC) |
Views: |
181 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7519-III |
Description: |
High adhesion, stiff grade. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/2012 Upload Date: 10/9/2012 12:36:33 PM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7519(ES44DC) |
Views: |
153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Color coordinated |
Description: |
BNSF 7522 heads through Summit with a color-coordinated block of containers. |
Photo Date: |
4/12/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 10:48:15 AM |
Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7522(ES44DC) |
Views: |
211 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No contest |
Description: |
I turned around and tried to overtake this westbound further down the hill, but he was flying low and long gone. |
Photo Date: |
4/14/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:33:41 PM |
Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7537(ES44DC) BNSF 5203(C44-9W) BNSF 4084(C44-9W) BNSF 4171(C44-9W) |
Views: |
444 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Tehachapi Morning |
Description: |
BNSF 7555 leads a southbound intermodal outfit through the Loop. |
Photo Date: |
4/23/2011 Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:28:07 PM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7555(ES44DC) |
Views: |
870 Comments: 7 |
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Title: |
Second of three |
Description: |
BNSF 7570 is the second of three intermodals in a pack |
Photo Date: |
4/11/2010 Upload Date: 4/23/2010 10:59:19 AM |
Location: |
Woodford, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7570(ES44DC) BNSF 4486(C44-9W) BNSF 5402(C44-9W) |
Views: |
345 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SPACE |
Description: |
There is plenty of it at Canyon Diablo; good country for the loner in one. BNSF 7573 traverses the heart of the Transcon where only the wind and hum of steel wheels break the silence. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/21/2011 4:22:38 PM |
Location: |
Canyon Diablo, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7573(ES44DC) |
Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No sun today |
Description: |
BNSF 7577 streaks through Stronghust, IL past the Santa Fe style cantilvers. |
Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:28:02 AM |
Location: |
Stronghurst, IL |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7577(ES44DC) |
Views: |
95 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
From out of the vast |
Description: |
You can see eastbounds way out in the distance, threading their path off the Arizona Divide. Eventually a headlight pokes above the horizon and another intermodal outfit comes sailing past - surprisingly fast after watching it approach for so long. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/21/2011 4:27:01 PM |
Location: |
Canyon Diablo, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7603(ES44DC) |
Views: |
235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The sky is no limit |
Description: |
The sky is like the inland ocean of the West; dwarfing even mountains with its depth and magnitude. BNSF 7608 sails downgrade between Abo and Kayser. |
Photo Date: |
4/14/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 3:18:51 PM |
Location: |
Abo, NM |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7608(ES44DC) BNSF 7805(ES44DC) BNSF 5162(C44-9W) |
Views: |
402 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cantilever Contemplations |
Description: |
BNSF 7617 brings a westbound manifest over the top of the grade from Belen past Dalies, junction with the old passenger main via Raton Pass, where several classic Santa Fe cantilevers still stand with their ornate metal framework and right-side display alluding to the era of long boilers or geep-style cabs. So many of these aesthetically appealing cantilevers have fallen that their once ubiquitous presence about the system is now a matter of the unique and of almost quaint reflection upon a different era when each railroad had its individual character and style. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2010 Upload Date: 4/19/2010 1:18:30 PM |
Location: |
Dalies, NM |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7617(ES44DC) BNSF 7660(ES44DC) BNSF 5023(C44-9W) BNSF 3012(GP40M) |
Views: |
1203 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Yampai Afternoon-VI |
Description: |
It is the hour of the long shadows as BNSF 4175 chases the setting sun towards the summit at Yampai. Darkness will bring no let-up in the activity, however. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 12:57:27 PM |
Location: |
Yampai, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4175(C44-9W) BNSF 7627(ES44DC) |
Views: |
330 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Moving through the shed |
Description: |
BNSF 7637 helper set shoves the BNSF 756 East through the sheds on the west slope of Marias Pass. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2009 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 2:16:29 PM |
Location: |
Java, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7637(ES44DC) |
Views: |
212 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7637 |
Description: |
Helpers on the BNSF 756 East roar through Java. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2009 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 2:12:58 PM |
Location: |
Java, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7637(ES44DC) |
Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Northbound manifest |
Description: |
BNSF 7642 exits Tunnel No. 9 as it negotiates the loop. |
Photo Date: |
4/24/2011 Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:02:57 PM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7642(ES44DC) |
Views: |
280 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7644 |
Description: |
Southbound coiled steel cars have met the UP 8247 North between Bealville and old Allard in this pleasant Saturday afternoon scene. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/22/2010 2:07:34 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7644(ES44DC) BNSF 7687(ES44DC) |
Views: |
341 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Yampai Afternoon-III |
Description: |
BNSF 7644 is in charge of empty stack equipment and chasing the 5279s block. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 12:58:08 PM |
Location: |
Yampai, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7644(ES44DC) BNSF 7891(ES44DC) |
Views: |
249 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The curves of Caliente |
Description: |
BNSF 5173 has a southbound intermodal consist as it negotiates the tight arc of the horseshoe at Caliente and begins its steep assault upon the mountain. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/22/2010 2:21:03 PM |
Location: |
Caliente, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5173(C44-9W) BNSF 7671(ES44DC) BNSF 5153(C44-9W) BNSF 5181(C44-9W) |
Views: |
517 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7672 |
Description: |
Southbound on BNSFs Sioux Line at the UP diamonds |
Photo Date: |
3/24/2012 Upload Date: 3/26/2012 12:07:56 AM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7672(ES44DC) BNSF 6240(ES44AC) |
Views: |
168 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Run of trains |
Description: |
It was a good morning to be trackside. BNSF 4930 has a southbound intermodal outfit coming through Tehachapi loop at the south switch of Walong siding. |
Photo Date: |
4/22/2011 Upload Date: 9/29/2011 11:11:23 AM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 7677(ES44DC) BNSF 4354(C44-9W) |
Views: |
432 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7680 comin at ya |
Description: |
You can be sure this image was accompanied by the sound of laboring diesels and squealing wheels. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/2012 Upload Date: 10/9/2012 12:23:20 PM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7680(ES44DC) |
Views: |
130 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7682 |
Description: |
BNSF 7274 West DPU power trails the manifest into Abo Canyon. One can see the extensive excavation underway for the line change as BNSFs Transcon capacity improvements near perhaps the last stage of completion with double-tracking of this twisting segment through Abo Canyon. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2010 Upload Date: 4/19/2010 12:11:39 PM |
Location: |
Scholle, NM |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7682(ES44DC) |
Views: |
342 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Another intermodal outfit |
Description: |
Descending the steep grade into Mojave before a run across the desert to Barstow, BNSF 7691 passes the signal bridge north of Mojave as maintainers have arrived to restore power. |
Photo Date: |
5/3/2012 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 7:57:20 PM |
Location: |
Mojave, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7691(ES44DC) |
Views: |
145 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7695-III |
Description: |
Away she goes. |
Photo Date: |
5/4/2012 Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:22:39 PM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7695(ES44DC) |
Views: |
129 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7704-I |
Description: |
Nothing like a big ole manifest and mountain grade. |
Photo Date: |
4/23/2011 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:25:36 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7704(ES44DC) |
Views: |
206 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7704-II |
Description: |
Under and over; BNSF 7704 is on the famed loop as its consist passes through Tunnel No.9. |
Photo Date: |
4/23/2011 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:25:51 PM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Tunnel,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 7782(ES44DC) CSX 122(AC44CW) BNSF 1017(C44-9W) |
Views: |
310 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three views of BNSF 7704-III |
Description: |
If I wind up in heaven I hope there are some tracks close by. Heaven on earth here and the roar of power better than harps. |
Photo Date: |
4/23/2011 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:26:05 PM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 7762(ES44DC) CSX 122(AC44CW) BNSF 1017(C44-9W) |
Views: |
547 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
In the cut |
Description: |
BNSF 7731 brings an eastbound manifest into Summit |
Photo Date: |
4/12/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 1:34:27 AM |
Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7731(ES44DC) BNSF 7707(ES44DC) BNSF 7711(ES44DC) |
Views: |
342 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Holding |
Description: |
A rail issue up the road has caused BNSF 7766 to be held at Bealville. The tank car in the spur is evidently a casualty from the derailment at Tunnel No.9 in March. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:05:08 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 7766(ES44DC) BNSF 7780(ES44DC) BNSF 7719(ES44DC) BNSF 1051(C44-9W) |
Views: |
613 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On the 6932s block |
Description: |
BNSF 7721 is chasing BNSF 6932 down the mountain with a steel train. |
Photo Date: |
5/4/2012 Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:41:15 AM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7721(ES44DC) |
Views: |
85 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Onto the lesser grade |
Description: |
BNSF 7722 crosses onto the middle track to avoid the 3% grade of the south track. |
Photo Date: |
4/12/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 10:44:43 AM |
Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7722(ES44DC) BNSF 7755(ES44DC) BNSF 7761(ES44DC) |
Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shorty |
Description: |
BNSF 7746 North has a manifest exiting Tunnel No.9, but the train was about ten cars too short to provide an over/under view. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 8/3/2012 12:50:53 AM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7746(ES44DC) |
Views: |
155 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The lowly manifest gets its turn |
Description: |
Now that the 7247 has moved up past Cliff, the light has cleared and the ditch and headlights on BNSF 7766 illuminate, power is applied and the show begins. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:15:43 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7766(ES44DC) |
Views: |
283 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
With implied roar |
Description: |
BNSF 7766 gets out of Bealville. Modern units are so sound-muffled that it can be deceiving at times as to how much exertion is being cast. One contemplates a set of F or GP units, or second generation power that would have been roaring. Comparatively, these babies just seem to walk into the grade, although there is no doubt about their abilities. Some of the newer units are already beginning to get a seedy appearance. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/21/2010 12:34:48 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7766(ES44DC) |
Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Yampai Afternoon-I |
Description: |
The spirits of trainwatching smiled this afternoon as activity at Yampai was fairly steady. In the days of 251 (current of traffic) dispatching , the speed trains made over hills was valuable information in determining their future location in relation to following hotshots. On UP we would use their speed over Creston to determine speed over Tipton and, later, on the climb from Spring Valley to Altamont. BNSF 5279 comes chugging up the grade from Pica to Yampai. Dispatchers would use information about speed on the hill here to determine what a train would do climbing west from Needles. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 12:58:32 PM |
Location: |
Yampai, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5279(C44-9W) BNSF 7786(ES44DC) BNSF 8280(SD75I) |
Views: |
675 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Over & Under |
Description: |
BNSF 7794 is northbound exiting Tunnel No.9. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 8/3/2012 12:48:06 AM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7794(ES44DC) |
Views: |
92 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Heading for the Divide |
Description: |
The 7794 West is climbing off the high plains towards Marias Pass as it passes the west end of Bison siding, between East Glacier and the summit. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/2012 Upload Date: 10/6/2012 1:03:14 AM |
Location: |
Bison, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7794(ES44DC) |
Views: |
130 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Coming on down |
Description: |
BNSF 4088 glides downgrade between Kayser and Sholle as storm clouds brew above the plains. |
Photo Date: |
4/14/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 2:50:00 PM |
Location: |
Scholle, NM |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4088(C44-9W) BNSF 7799(ES44DC) |
Views: |
215 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Sweet scene in sweet light |
Description: |
Most of the trains were heading east in defiance of my wishes. Imagine my relief when BNSF 7806 came snarling up the grade at sundown. |
Photo Date: |
4/8/2010 Upload Date: 4/20/2010 1:43:46 PM |
Location: |
Yampai, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7806(ES44DC) BNSF 6613(ES44C4) BNSF 4179(C44-9W) |
Views: |
579 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Midday hotshot |
Description: |
BNSF 4810 holds the main and will get around UP 8247 holding at old Allard. |
Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/22/2010 2:12:24 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7810(ES44DC) BNSF 5138(C44-9W) |
Views: |
420 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Waiting for a light |
Description: |
BNSF 6662 drifts down to the West Winslow signals as BNSF 5444 West leaves town. |
Photo Date: |
4/20/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 12:14:11 PM |
Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6662(ES44C4) BNSF 7813(ES44DC) |
Views: |
462 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7819-I |
Description: |
The afternoon skies at Bealville were bright and sunny for two or three southbounds coming out of the sun. When it came time for a northbound or two - crummy overcast. BNSF 7819 has its train in tunnels 3 and 5 with the head-end starting through the south switch at Bealville and the rear-end leaving Cliff. |
Photo Date: |
4/22/2011 Upload Date: 9/29/2011 12:07:36 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7819(ES44DC) |
Views: |
248 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7819-II |
Description: |
This is eivdently some kind of heavy refuse train in 3+3+2 configuration. |
Photo Date: |
4/22/2011 Upload Date: 9/29/2011 12:07:25 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7819(ES44DC) KCS 4698(ES44AC) BNSF 5448(C44-9W) |
Views: |
402 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
More grain |
Description: |
BNSF 7840 brings more grain west between Tobin and Austin, MT. |
Photo Date: |
10/3/2010 Upload Date: 10/12/2010 12:11:47 PM |
Location: |
Austin, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7840(ES44DC) |
Views: |
183 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Colors of an autumn afternoon |
Description: |
BNSF 7841 prods upgrade west of Bison with grain; two more units are on the rear. |
Photo Date: |
9/30/2010 Upload Date: 10/9/2010 11:12:54 AM |
Location: |
Bison, MT |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7841(ES44DC) BNSF 1109(C44-9W) |
Views: |
297 Comments: 0 |
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