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Title:
BNSF 3970 - San Bernardino CA - 12/23/2020
Description:
On a day in which the cold Santa Ana Winds were blowing extra hard, making it difficult to even stand without some effort, a quartet of diesels is putting together a train of empty grain hoppers at the Ardent Mills elevator at Verdemont. BNSF ET44C4 3970, Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8114 (the Heritage unit painted in the colors of the original NS, a North Carolina regional railroad), NS AC4400C6M 4200 (rebuilt from NS Dash 9-44CW 8947) and BNSF ES44C4 3268 will depart later as BNSF train X-SBDBAR3-22A (Empty Unit Grain; San Bernardino to Barstow). Unlike other railroads, BNSF trains with a symbol beginning with an "X" are not Extras, but Empty Grain Trains. (San Bernardino, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 5:54:26 PM
Location:
Verdemont, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 3970(ET44C4)
NS 8114(ES44AC)
NS 4200(AC44C6M)
BNSF 3268(ES44C4)
Views:
835
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 4289 - San Bernardino CA - 12/23/20
Description:
As BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-NWHLAC0-19L (North Baltimore OH to Los Angeles CA) descended Cajon Pass behind Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4289 (rebuilt from NS Dash 9-40CW 9033 in May 2020), it met BNSF Empty Unit Grain Train X-SBDBAR3-22A (San Bernardino CA to Barstow CA) at the Ardent Mills elevator in Verdemont. The grain empties had BNSF ET44C4 3970 teamed with NS ES44AC 8114 (the Norfolk Southern Heritage engine), NS AC44C6M 4200 (the former NS Dash 9-44CW 8947) and BNSF ES44C4 3268. It must have been “Norfolk Southern Day” on Cajon Pass this day! (San Bernardino, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 4:54:25 PM
Location:
Verdemont, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
NS 4289(AC44C6M)
BNSF 5028(C44-9W)
BNSF 7930(ES44C4)
BNSF 3970(ET44C4)
NS 8114(ES44AC)
NS 4200(AC44C6M)
BNSF 3268(ES44C4)
Views:
757
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 4279
Description:
Following the closing on Sunday, May 1st, 2016, of Fullerton, Californias, annual Railroad Days celebration, the four mainline display pieces were coupled together to begin - eventually - the trip back to Los Angeles. Brand-new BNSF Railway ES44C4 4279 is coupled to Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751, Amtrak "Cabbage" (an F40PH diesel converted to an unpowered cab car/baggage car) 90208 and Amtrak P42DC 42. The two Amtrak pieces are both wearing the distinctive Veterans paint scheme. Nearly two hours after closing, the hundreds of spectators got what they wanted - the 3751 belching smoke and steam as this train headed east to rejoin the mainline. It would be almost another hour and a half before the real show, however, when this train would depart westbound for L.A. with the steamer providing the power. It may have been dark, but the sound was amazing!
Photo Date:
5/1/2016
Upload Date:
5/2/2016 9:21:13 AM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 4279(ES44C4)
ATSF 3751(4-8-4)
AMTK 90208(NPCU)
AMTK 42(P42DC)
Views:
973
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6546
Description:
BNSF train U-BERAGW0-08T (crude oil from Berthold ND to AGW-Amory MS) heads through Greenwood, Nebraska, on May 15th, 2013. A lone SD70ACe, 9327, is on the headend, while ES44AC 6053 and ES44C4 6546 are the rear Distributed Power Units on the rear.
Photo Date:
5/15/2013
Upload Date:
5/26/2013 8:39:22 PM
Location:
Greenwood, NE
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6546(ES44C4)
Views:
546
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6605
Description:
Photo Date:
3/23/2009
Upload Date:
8/22/2011 12:23:23 PM
Location:
Placentia, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6605(ES44C4)
Views:
497
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7381 - Silverwood, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
BNSF Railway symbols loaded ethanol trains as grain trains, which makes sense, I suppose, since ethanol is derived from corn. Train G-RAVWAT7-06A (Ravenna NE to Watson CA) snakes through Silverwood, just around the corner from Cajon Pass Summit, on November 13, 2010. In the distance, behind the tank cars, the white trailers being conveyed on BNSF train Z-LACWSP9-13L (Los Angeles CA to Willow Springs IL).
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/18/2010 3:47:06 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7381(ES44DC)
BNSF 6605(ES44C4)
Views:
721
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 5200 - Mormon Rocks, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
Cajon Pass famed "Mormon Rocks" are a series of cemented sandstone beds much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding gravel and silt sands, giving them a pockmarked appearance. Officially called the Rock Candy Mountains, the strange rock formations are one of the youngest and most active geological regions in North America. Formed by the overlapping of the Baja Plate and the North American Plate, the Mormon Rocks (so nicknamed because this was the preferred route of Amasa Lymand and Charles Rich, who led a band of Mormon settlers from Salt Lake City across the Mojave Desert in 1851) are a visible indicator of the San Andreas Fault (where the two aforementioned tectonic plates collide). BNSF Railway ethanol train G-RAVWAT7-06A (Ravenna NE to Watson CA), led by Dash 9-44CW 5200, threads its way through "the Rocks" on November 13, 2010.
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/19/2010 11:33:37 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5200(C44-9W)
BNSF 7206(ES44DC)
BNSF 6608(ES44C4)
BNSF 7686(ES44DC)
Views:
1138
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 5200 - Swarthout Road, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/13/10
Description:
On November 13, 2010, BNSF Railway G-RAVWAT7-06A (loaded ethanol, Ravenna NE to Watson CA) rounds the curve approaching Swarthout Road, just east of Blue Cut in Cajon Pass. Power for this train is Dash 9-44CW 5200, ES44DC 7206, ES44C4 6608 and ES44DC 7686 (with ES44C4 6605 and ES44DC 7381 for the rear DPU). Note the faux rock retaining wall in the background, installed when this line was triple-tracked a couple years previously.
Photo Date:
11/13/2010
Upload Date:
11/19/2010 11:32:23 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5200(C44-9W)
BNSF 7206(ES44DC)
BNSF 6608(ES44C4)
BNSF 7686(ES44DC)
Views:
995
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6614
Description:
Photo Date:
3/23/2009
Upload Date:
8/22/2011 12:15:19 PM
Location:
Placentia, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6614(ES44C4)
Views:
469
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6615
Description:
Photo Date:
3/23/2009
Upload Date:
8/22/2011 12:15:48 PM
Location:
Placentia, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6615(ES44C4)
Views:
580
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6730
Description:
Over the weekend of October 15th and 16th, 2011, the BNSF Railway operated a passenger special for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Poqered by a pair of GE AC44C4 locomotives (6730 and 6625), the train is seen here approaching Fort Worths famed stockyards, with Fort Worths skyline in the background.
Photo Date:
10/15/2011
Upload Date:
10/21/2011 10:49:57 AM
Location:
Fort Worth, TX
Author:
Crcig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6730(ES44C4)
BNSF 6625(ES44C4)
Views:
747
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6730
Description:
Over the weekend of October 15th and 16th, 2011, the BNSF Railway operated a passenger special for the Maae-A-Wish Foundation. Powered by a pair of GE AC44C4 locomotives (6730 and 6625), the train is seen here departing Fort Worths famed stockyards to begin yet another trip.
Photo Date:
10/16/2011
Upload Date:
10/21/2011 10:50:56 AM
Location:
Fort Worth, TX
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6730(ES44C4)
BNSF 6625(ES44C4)
Views:
830
Comments:
2
Title:
BNSF 6636
Description:
Photo Date:
9/18/2010
Upload Date:
10/10/2010 1:57:01 PM
Location:
Kansas City, MO
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6636(ES44C4)
Views:
578
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6636 - Kansas City, MO - 9/18/10
Description:
BNSF Railway train Q-SBDCHI6-16K (San Bernardino, California, to Chicago, Illinois) passes through Kansas City, Missouri, behind one of the railroads new General Electric ES44C4 diesels (the consist is 6636, 7624 and 5188).
Photo Date:
9/18/2010
Upload Date:
10/9/2010 9:24:42 PM
Location:
Kansas City, MO
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6636(ES44C4)
BNSF 7624(ES44DC)
BNSF 5188(C44-9W)
Views:
869
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6642 - Kansas City, KS - 9/19/10
Description:
A pair of interesting diesels are on BNSF Railways H-GALKCK2-19A (Galesburg IL to Kansas City KS) - Brand-new ES44C4 6642 is on the point, and also new 3GS21C 1305 heading west to, eventually, California. General Electrics ES44C4s are, at this date, unique to the BNSF and feature four, rather than six, traction motors. The center axle of each truck is unpowered, so these locomotives have an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement (just like an E-unit). But, unlike E-units, these feature a variable traction control system in their computer systems and, with the center axle capable of being raised off the rail slightly to maintain sufficient adhesion by varying the weight on the drive axles. Switch engine 1305, built by National Railway Equipment (of Mount Vernon, IL), is a low-emissions diesel road switcher locomotive that has low-emissions to keep air clean in southern California. It is powered by three Cummins QSK19C I6 engines with each one developing 700 horsepower and creating a total power output of 2,100 horsepower.
Photo Date:
9/19/2010
Upload Date:
10/10/2010 1:20:06 AM
Location:
Kansas City, KS
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6642(ES44C4)
BNSF 5441(C44-9W)
BNSF 5440(C44-9W)
BNSF 1305(3GS21C)
Views:
1421
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6646 - mp 58, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/6/10
Description:
General Electrics ES44C4 diesels, with their unique A-1-A trucks, are (so far) uniquf the the BNSF Railway. A pair of them, 6646 from the second order, and 6602 from the first, are on the head end of unit coil steel train U-PITKAI1-05A (Pittsburg, California to K`iser [Fontana], California) as it descends Cajon Pass in southern California on November 6, 2010. The second order of the ES44C4s have noticeably heavier handrail stanchions (the almost appear solid in this image) than the earlier order, a trait shared with later ES44DCs as well. (The consist for this train is 6646, 6602 and 7440 up front, with 4081 and 5010 as the DPUs on the rear.+
Photo Date:
11/6/2010
Upload Date:
11/7/2010 7:06:10 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6646(ES44C4)
Views:
691
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6662
Description:
At Frost, just south of Victorville, California, tke old Santa Fe mainline has a "natural" crossover in order to have trains orient trains for the left-hand running typical on Cajon Pass, a few miles ahead. BNSF Railway train S-LPCLBA1-06A (Interlodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL to Pier A Long Beach CA), behind ES44C4 6662 and ES44DC 7272, is seen here heading west and crossing over the other mainljne, which is used primarily for eastbounds.
Photo Date:
3/9/2012
Upload Date:
4/2/2012 1:17:33 PM
Location:
Victorville, CA
Author:
Douglas G. Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6662(ES44C4)
BNSF 7272(ES44DC)
Views:
799
Comments:
3
Title:
BNSF 6669
Description:
At this time, General Electric ES44C4 diesels are only found on the BNSF Railway. On March 3, 2012, one of these engines, 6669, is on the head-end of train S-LAHCLO1-02A (Intermodal Stacks; Los Angeles CA - Clovis NM) passing through Fullerton, California, on its way east. Following ES44C4 6669 are Dash 9-44CWs 4500 and 5021, and ES44DC 7239. (The structure being built on the other side of the tracks is a new parking garage for the nearby Amtrak / Metrolink station.)
Photo Date:
3/3/2012
Upload Date:
3/4/2012 11:28:48 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 6669(ES44C4)
Views:
460
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6686
Description:
Lunch is just about over, and the second load of children will shortly be loaded on BNSF Railways annual Southern California Christmas Train - and the sun popped out! So a few of us hopped off and headed to the west end to photograph ES44C4 6686, festooned with holiday finery for these trips. Sister ES44C4 6715 is coupled to the other end of this seven-car train, so that reversing at Cajon Pass Summit is a simple matter. Photos taken, it was time to head back to the train, just before the first passengers arrived.
Photo Date:
12/17/2011
Upload Date:
12/20/2011 1:26:09 AM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
BNSF 6686(ES44C4)
Views:
855
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6686
Description:
Just after sunup, a rainbow appeared - a positive omen for the days trip to Duarte to pick up a load of children from the City of Hope Hospital. BNSF Railway ES44C4 6686 will be the trailing unit on the westbound runs, and ES44C4 6715 will lead, with the engines trading duties for the eastbound runs. This BNSF Christmas Train would be the final train to operate to Duarte. In fact, a bumper needed to be removed in order to this train to get that far west, along with flagging a grade crossing that had already had its gate removed. Having ridden this line several times on Santa Fes "Chief," and later on Amtraks "Southwest Limited," and I was happy to be on the very last passenger movement on that particular line on December 18th, 2011 – even if I was dressed as a chipmunk most of the trip. (Note that the line remains in service for local freights to Irwindale, and it is only the short stretch from Irwindale to Duarte that will be removed for the MTA Gold Line extension in the coming years.)
Photo Date:
12/18/2011
Upload Date:
12/20/2011 1:24:26 AM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
BNSF 6686(ES44C4)
Views:
779
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6715
Description:
The large cut that the BNSF Railways Southern California Christmas Train is about to pass was, until 2007, the western-most of the two tunnels at Alray on Cajon Pass. The tunnels were removed when this portion of the line was double-tracked (adding a third mainline to BNSFs busy crossing of this pass). When our train reached Summit, where all three mains are together again, the Christmas Train held the center main (where we would reverse direction) while another eastbound passed on our left and a westbound passed on our right. What a thrill it was to be on the business cars open platform for that!
Photo Date:
12/17/2011
Upload Date:
12/20/2011 1:27:44 AM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6715(ES44C4)
Views:
758
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6715
Description:
As dawn breaks in the east, volunteers are already well underway preparing for a busy day on the roads annual Southern California Christmas Train. Snacks need to be stocked in the three cars that will be carrying local disadvantaged children, decorations adjusted and lit, balloons inflated for the balloon sculpters, costumes donned, sound systems readied, goodie bags prepared (BNSF teddy bears!) and, of course, all the standard railroad safety checks performed. In just a few hours, the first trainload of excited children and their parents will be climbing nearby Cajon Pass - for most, their first time aboard a train. And the entire process will be repeated in the afternoon on this December 17, 2011. Everyone riding the train today will leave with a smile - including the crew!
Photo Date:
12/17/2011
Upload Date:
12/19/2011 3:27:28 PM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster,Night,Passenger
Locomotives:
BNSF 6715(ES44C4)
Views:
833
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6715
Description:
BNSF Railway train O-SBDSBD2-17A, the annual Southern California Christmas Train, rounds Cajon Pass famed Sullivans Curve on the first to two trips to Summit on December 17, 2011. Three carloads of excited children are being entertained not only by the scenery, but also snacks, costumed characters, sing-alongs and gift bags. It was cold and cloudy, but unfortunately not cold enough for it to snow...
Photo Date:
12/17/2011
Upload Date:
12/20/2011 1:27:11 AM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6715(ES44C4)
Views:
756
Comments:
3
Title:
BNSF 6715
Description:
As Union Pacific train ZLAMQ 10 (UPS, Expedited Intermodal; Los Angeles CA - Mesquite TX; powered by UP 8526-8712-4116) heads north, BNSF Railway train S-LPCSCO2-07K (Intermodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL - Thenard CA, led by 6715-7558-7092//7338-5236) heads south at Highgrove, California, on August 10th, 2013. The UP has trackage rights over the BNSFs San Bernardino, Cajon and Needles Subdivisions from Riverside to Daggett, and this UP train has now been on the BNSF for a whopping four miles. (The track diverging off the mainlines on the right is the BNSFs San Jacinto Industrial Spur, which runs 20 miles to Ellis, with the final 18.3 miles to San Jacinto now out of service.)
Photo Date:
8/10/2013
Upload Date:
8/13/2013 2:05:01 AM
Location:
Highgrove, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6715(ES44C4)
Views:
406
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6753
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:05:46 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6753(ES44C4)
Views:
552
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6753
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:06:15 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 6753(ES44C4)
Views:
457
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6753
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:06:43 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6753(ES44C4)
Views:
520
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6753
Description:
Photo Date:
12/16/2012
Upload Date:
1/2/2013 10:51:25 AM
Location:
San Bernardino, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6753(ES44C4)
Views:
649
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6756
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:07:29 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6756(ES44C4)
Views:
546
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6756
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:08:03 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 6756(ES44C4)
BNSF 6758(ES44C4)
Views:
768
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6756
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:08:43 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 6756(ES44C4)
BNSF 6758(ES44C4)
Views:
710
Comments:
2
Title:
BNSF 6757
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:09:14 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6757(ES44C4)
Views:
527
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6758
Description:
Bruce Jacobs photo
Photo Date:
8/15/2011
Upload Date:
8/23/2011 12:09:50 PM
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Author:
Bruce Jacobs
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6758(ES44C4)
Views:
477
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6760
Description:
Photo Date:
2/29/2012
Upload Date:
2/29/2012 3:09:18 PM
Location:
Carson, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6760(ES44C4)
Views:
438
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6760
Description:
Photo Date:
2/29/2012
Upload Date:
2/29/2012 3:06:10 PM
Location:
Carson, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 6760(ES44C4)
Views:
422
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7898
Description:
Photo Date:
2/29/2012
Upload Date:
2/29/2012 3:07:43 PM
Location:
Carson, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
BNSF 7898(ES44DC)
BNSF 6760(ES44C4)
Views:
528
Comments:
1
Title:
NS 8103
Description:
An eastbound BNSF Railway intermodal train passes through Hutt as it arrives in Barstow, ii California's Mojave Desert, on June 13, 2015. The train is led by BNSF ES44C4 6772, ES44DC 7665 and ES44C4 7604 up front, and the rear Distributed Power Units (DPU) on phe rear are BNSF ES44C4 6761 and Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8103 - The NS's Norfolk & Western "Heritage" unit. The desert landscape looks a bit different than where the N&W operated!
Photo Date:
6/13/2015
Upload Date:
6/15/2015 1:50:13 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
NS 8103(ES44AC)
BNSF 6761(ES44C4)
Views:
555
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 8103
Description:
BNSF Railway train Q-STOCHI6-12L (Guaranteed Seqvice Intermodal; Stockton CA - Chicago IL) departs Barstow, in California's Mojave Desert, on June 13, 2015. The train is led by BNSF ES44C4 6772, ES44DC 7665 and ES44C4 7604 up front, and the rear Dirtributed Power Units (DPU) on the rear are BNSF ES44C4 6761 and Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8103 - The NS's Norfolk & Western "Heritage" unit. The desert landscape looks a bit different than where the N&V operated!
Photo Date:
6/13/2015
Upload Date:
6/15/2015 1:51:04 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
BNSF 6761(ES44C4)
NS 8103(ES44AC)
Views:
494
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7241
Description:
BNSF Railway train Z-LACNYC9-11 passes through the busy intersection of Rosecrans and Marquardt in Santa Fe Springs, California. This eastbound train is a Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train, originating in Los Angeles CA and destined for New York NY. An impressive lash-up of locomotives is powering this train: BNSF ES44DC 7241, BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4528, Norfolk Southern Dash 9-44CW 9702, BNSF ES44DC 7831 and BNSF ES44C4 6888. This grade crossing is one of the most dangerous in the United States because it bisects a busy highway intersection, with a fifth highway joining Rosecrans just beside the crossing - making it a five-way intersection with several trains per hour passing through.
Photo Date:
11/11/2017
Upload Date:
11/16/2017 10:31:29 AM
Location:
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7241(ES44DC)
BNSF 6888(ES44C4)
NS 9702(C44-9W)
BNSF 4528(C44-9W)
BNSF 7831(ES44DC)
Views:
646
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6893 - Barstow CA - 12/23/20
Description:
BNSF Railway Intermodal Stack Train S-LPKSCO1-20T, which originated in Kansas City KS and is headed to Long Beach CA, had its crew "die on the law" at Nebo, just four miles from the crew change point in Barstow, at 3:10 am on December 23, 2020. Between furloughed crews and crews taking time off for the holidays, this train sat in Nebo for hours. Reportedly the new crew would not arrive for 26 hours! BNSF ES44C4 6893 is working with EMD SD70ACe-T4 7219 and BNSF ES44DC 7304 to get this train over the road … all it needs is a crew! (Barstow, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 4:51:36 PM
Location:
Nebo, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6893(ES44C4)
EMDX 7219(SD70AH-T4)
BNSF 7304(ES44DC)
Views:
465
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7113 - Santa Fe Springs CA - 12/26/20
Description:
BNSF Railway Intermodal Stack Train S-LPKSCO1-20T, which originated in Kansas City KS and is headed to Long Beach CA, had its crew "die on the law" at Nebo, just four miles from the crew change point in Barstow, at 3:10 am on December 23, 2020. At that point, the train was running 1 hour 11 minutes ahead of schedule! And there it sat until late on December 25th, after BNSF ES44C4 7113 was added to the consist (now BNSF 7113, BNSF 6893, EMDX 7219, BNSF 7304//BNSF 9289, BNSF 3959, BNSF 9023). But the new crew "died" at Santa Fe Springs, not too far from its final destination, at 2:15 am on December 26, at which point the train was now only 65 hours 21 minutes late! At the time of this photo, the poor train was over 71 hours late, with no sign of a fresh crew. (Santa Fe Springs, California – December 26, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/26/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 5:58:53 PM
Location:
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7113(ES44C4)
BNSF 6893(ES44C4)
EMDX 7219(SD70AH-T4)
BNSF 7304(ES44DC)
Views:
515
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6971
Description:
BNSF Priority Intermodal Train Z-DENCHI9-18A (Denver CO to Chicago IL) speeds through the little town of Wray, Colorado, on the Akron Subdivision. In just a few miles, ES44C4 6971 and Dash 9-44CW 4751, and their 37 well cars, will enter Nebraska on their journey east. BNSF train H-LINDEN9-17A is in the siding, just behind the photographer, waiting for the double-stack train to clear so it can continue its westbound run to Denver. The old Chicago Burlington & Quincy station can be seen in the distance.
Photo Date:
9/18/2012
Upload Date:
9/20/2012 7:17:39 PM
Location:
Wray, CO
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6971(ES44C4)
Views:
349
Comments:
1
Title:
BNSF 6972 - Naperville IL - 09/23/21
Description:
BNSF Railway empty coal train E-CNMWTM0-26 originated in Monroe, Michigan, and it headed back to the Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming for another load. BNSF ES44C4 6972 and SD70Ace 8749 have a fairly easy job pulling these empty cars across the midwestern plains. (Naperville, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:17:05 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6972(ES44C4)
Views:
364
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6975
Description:
On August 11th, 2013, BNSF Railway train M-BARSDG1-11A makes its way down Metrolinks Olive Subdivision on its way from Barstow to San Diego. This track is the cutoff between the BNSFs Transcon mainline (connecting Los Angeles to Chicago) and Metrolinks Orange Sub (which is the old Santa Fe Fourth Sub from Fullerton to San Diego). The train, led by ES44C4 6975, is about to cross the intersection of Glassell, Orange-Olive (the street parallel to the track) and Taft - a complicated confluence of three streets and the railroad!
Photo Date:
8/11/2013
Upload Date:
8/13/2013 2:10:44 AM
Location:
Orange, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6975(ES44C4)
Views:
456
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6975
Description:
On August 11th, 2013, BNSF Railway train M-BARSDG1-11A makes its way down Metrolinks Olive Subdivision on its way from Barstow to San Diego. This track is the cutoff between the BNSFs Transcon mainline (connecting Los Angeles to Chicago) and Metrolinks Orange Sub (which is the old Santa Fe Fourth Sub from Fullerton to San Diego). The train, led by ES44C4 6975, set GP60M 100 out at Porphyry, just east of Corona, before arriving here in Orange, California.
Photo Date:
8/11/2013
Upload Date:
8/13/2013 2:12:58 AM
Location:
Orange, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6975(ES44C4)
Views:
468
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7041 - Daggett CA - 12/23/20
Description:
Twenty-one-thousand six-hundred horsepower, freed from the confines of the Barstow fuel racks, are at work getting BNSF Railway Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-LACLPC6-23 up to speed – in this case, 70 mph (112km/h) – as the train heads east on the railway’s Needles Sub. Five different models are powering this train – BNSF ES44CW 7041, SD70ACe 9032, Dash 9-44CW 971, ES44AC 5773 and AC4400CW 5715 – although most of them look so much alike it is hard to tell. That’s just 21st Century railroading! (Daggett, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 4:55:41 PM
Location:
Verdemont, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7041(ES44C4)
BNSF 9032(SD70ACe)
BNSF 971(C44-9W)
BNSF 5773(ES44AC)
BNSF 5715(AC44CW)
Views:
697
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7063
Description:
BNSF Railway train M-SDGBAR1-05A (Regular Merchadise; San Diego to Barstow) holds the middle main, train Z-LACCHI7-06L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles to Chicago) overtakes it. The M-SDGBAR would hold this position for over an hour as various BNSF and UP trains leapfrogged ahead of it. This location, Lugo, on Cajon Pass east side, is also the end of triple track, which is why the lowly train from San Diego was held so long for higher priority trains.
Photo Date:
4/6/2013
Upload Date:
4/7/2013 9:21:19 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7063(ES44C4)
Views:
361
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 8320
Description:
Rolling through Cajon, California, (under hot and humid monsoonal skies) is BNSF train Z-WSPLAC9-24A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA) that features a break from the usual parade of BNSF GE diesels. Yes, they are all GEs, but they're not all BNSF: Following BNSF ES44C4 8320 are CREX ES44ACs 1309 and 1339, BNSF ES44C4 7103 and, last but not least, GECX ET44AC 2026.
Photo Date:
6/26/2015
Upload Date:
6/27/2015 11:58:12 AM
Location:
Cajon, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 8320(ES44C4)
CREX 1309(ES44AC)
CREX 1339(ES44AC)
BNSF 7103(ES44C4)
GECX 2026(ET44AC)
Views:
1092
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 8320
Description:
Approaching East Pisgah is BNSF train Z-WSPLAC9-24A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA) behind a colorful consist of BNSF ES44C4 8320, CREX ES44AC 1309, CREX ES44AC 1332, BNSF ES44C4 7103 and GECX ET44AC 2026. Pisgah is known for the ancient lava flows that the railroad traversed.
Photo Date:
6/26/2015
Upload Date:
6/27/2015 11:56:51 AM
Location:
Pisgah, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 8320(ES44C4)
CREX 1309(ES44AC)
CREX 1339(ES44AC)
BNSF 7103(ES44C4)
GECX 2026(ET44AC)
Views:
980
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7109
Description:
Photo Date:
4/6/2013
Upload Date:
4/9/2013 6:14:00 PM
Location:
Cajon Pass, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 7109(ES44C4)
Views:
462
Comments:
0
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