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BN used a lot of SD9's in local and switching service, keeping them in
service long past their typical lifespan. This pair is switching the
intermodal facility near 48th Street in Denver on 11/20/1990. |
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Three of the BN's four SD60MAC test units are on the point of this coal
train-- an SPL coal train, that is-- descending the Moffat line west of
Denver in July 1994. Southern Pacific was evaluating the AC traction
capabilities of these units. These were unique locomotives, having
wide "safety" cabs with 3 windows across, AC traction motors, and a unique paint scheme. |
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SD40-2 No. 8082, leading a southbound freight through Fountain on 2/24/1996. |
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BN
(BNSF) SD40-2 No. 7147, on home rails in Denver on 7/29/2007. |
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SD40-2 No. 7153 was the second unit on a northbound train at the Air
Force Academy in September 1995. It's a typical BN unit--
the line had over eight hundred of these. Photo is just months after
the BNSF merger. Note the flag. |
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A BN SD40-2, now owned by FURX,
a rail equipment lessor, is fourth on a manifest freight as it cuts
out some cars for an industry on the east side of Kingman, AZ (6/12/2004).
Many original BN units survived long after being sold off. Ironically,
this is a BNSF train, leasing an ex-BN locomotive.
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A
repeat of the above, only further east. FURX SD40-2 No. 7219 is the
trailing unit on a stack train, just west of the New Mexico-Arizona line.
Nice to see these working front-line trains in 2008. |
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October 10, 1997, a pair of white-face geeps (GP50 No. 3120, GP40E No. 3552)
lead a westbound baretable movement near
Abo, NM (on the old AT&SF
mainline). |
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SW15 (SW1500) No. 3469, at Seattle on 7/24/2009.
Originally BN 323, built in January 1973. |
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Freight cars and other equipment |
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There's still an enormous amount of BN equipment roaming the rails-- some
having been sold to leasing companies, and much still on the BNSF roster.
This is rolling history, and I photograph it whenever I can. |
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Who
says cabooses disappeared in the 1980s? A look at wide-vision
hack No. 12517. BNSF kept this car in Grand Junction
to protect the rear on locals, still in BN green & yellow. |
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Here's another look, from January 4, 2006. It's
coupled onto a string of tank cars, opposite the Amtrak depot (note the
"stub" train parked at right). |
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BN tri-level
auto rack, riding on ETTX flatcar 905108. It's on a westbound BNSF train near
Scholle, NM in July 2002. |
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BN
bi-level auto rack, on TTGX flat 962552. It's westbound at Belen on
10/30/2009, showing its age a bit (note that the BN logo is nearly rusted off
the nameboard). |
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 ACF
3-bay covered hopper No. 458483, seen at Rincon, NM on 5/08/2010. |
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ACF
3-bay covered hopper No. 458500, seen at Rincon, NM on 5/08/2010. |
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Covered
hopper car No. 461764, parked at the SWRR interchange in Rincon, NM on
8/15/2006. It's showing the grime from many years of service. |
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Three
BN covered hoppers wait in the interchange yard at Rincon, NM on 2/19/2007.
The car on the right matches the middle one in construction, but matches the
left-hand car (# 460922) in lettering scheme. It was nice to find three
green cars still in BN paint together in one place in 2007. |
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A
pair of ACF covered hoppers are spotted at Socorro, NM. These cars are in
perlite service at time of
the photo (4/29/2009). Note the stiffener rib on the longer car on the
right. |
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BN
covered hopper 462397, built by Pullman-Standard. Spotted on an ag
spur at Mesilla Park, NM (Las Cruces) on 12/12/2009. |
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BN
had a huge fleet of highway trailers, in various lettering schemes. One
such 45' trailer in a basic scheme was in the Rincon yard on 2/19/2007.
The number placard reads BN0 467. |
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One
of the many... a 100-ton triple hopper, now wearing CTRN reporting
marks, spotted at Rocky, CO on 12/06/2008. |
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