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BNSF 8320 |
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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. |
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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) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8320 |
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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. |
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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) |
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514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4625 |
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10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 9:54:10 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4625(ES44AC) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4625 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 11:12:53 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4625(ES44AC) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4633 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 11:13:38 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4633(ES44AC) |
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212 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4633 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 11:14:10 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4633(ES44AC) |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4638 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 11:14:48 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4638(ES44AC) |
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182 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4638 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 3/6/2013 11:15:22 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4638(ES44AC) |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4638 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/2007 Upload Date: 8/29/2011 7:19:49 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
FXE 4638(ES44AC) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 5849 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 5839 leads a hot manifest train, the MWCNP 31 (West Colton CA to North Platte NE), over the Summit of Cajon Pass on a snowy New Years Eve 2014. Assisting the AC4400CW are Ferromex ES44AC 4667 and UP SD60M 2490 and SD70M 4278 (with AC4400CW 6473 as the rear DPU). This train is hot enough that management tracks its progress very closely to ensure no delays. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/2014 Upload Date: 3/25/2015 1:28:06 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5849(AC44CWCTE) FXE 4667(ES44AC) UP 2490(SD60M) UP 4278(SD70M) |
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353 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
FXE 4670 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/24/2008 Upload Date: 8/22/2011 1:56:10 AM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4670(ES44AC) |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4692 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/25/2011 Upload Date: 7/26/2011 2:06:01 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4692(ES44AC) |
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198 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4692 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/25/2011 Upload Date: 7/26/2011 2:07:01 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4692(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4692 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/26/2011 Upload Date: 7/26/2011 2:07:56 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4692(ES44AC) |
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178 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4705 |
| Description: |
A colorful consist was spotted in Union Pacifics Dolores Yards DODO tracks (where locomotives are stored and serviced at the north end of the yard) on February 21st, 2013, including Kansas City Southern ES44AC 4705, months-old UP SD70ACe 8761 and UP SD70ACe 1995, painted in Chicago & North Western Heritage colors. And I only had to wait ten minutes for a hole to appear in the clouds! |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/2013 Upload Date: 2/22/2013 11:11:39 AM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4705(ES44AC) UP 8761(SD70ACe) UP 1995(SD70ACe) |
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227 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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BNSF 5807 - Fullerton CA - 03/17/21 |
| Description: |
This looks worse than it actually was. BNSF train B-BIRLAC3-12A, a baretable train (empty intermodal cars), heading from Birmingham AL to Los Angeles, was going to set some of these cars out on a storage track in Fullerton. Upon entering the siding, all |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/2021 Upload Date: 3/18/2021 4:03:27 PM |
| Location: |
Fullerton, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5807(ES44AC) BNSF 8236(ES44C4) BNSF 5323(C44-9W) |
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187 Comments: 0 |
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BNSF 8325 - Victorville CA - 04/21/21d |
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Navigating the S-curves at Frost, ironically located in the Mojave Desert, is BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-ALTSBD6-19, ferrying hundreds of shipping containers from Alliance, Texas, to San Bernardino, 44 miles ahead. The "usual suspects" – in other words, late-model General Electric diesels – are powering this train: BNSF ES44C4 8325, ES44AC 5863 and Dash 9-44CW 4168 are the cookie-cutter diesels on this train. They pretty much all look alike, but there are a few details (very few) to make them different. A bit. As for this location … In the days when this line was signaled as double-track, current-of-traffic (Rule 251), the line between San Bernardino and Frost, over Cajon Pass, was laid out for left-hand running so that eastbound trains used the easier gradients uphill from San Bernardino. Santa Fe built a "natural crossover" just south of downtown Victorville, at a spot named Frost, where the westbound line climbed up and over the eastbound line as the tracks curve from northeastward to northward. Because there is no longer a real need for the "natural crossover", there is also a set of crossovers, with the usual signals, at Frost (MP 38.0), just at the north end of the ramp up to the crossover bridge. An upcoming program to triple-track this section of BNSFs Cajon Sub will, sadly, soon remove this distinctive, if archaic, track arrangement. And a new highway bridge being built has already rendered this view difficult, if not impossible, so access these days. Not to sound like an old fart (but Im allowed to, as I am one!), but progress isn’t always a railfans friend. (Victorville, California – April 21, 2021) |
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4/21/2021 Upload Date: 8/15/2022 9:42:35 PM |
| Location: |
Victorville, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8325(ES44C4) BNSF 5863(ES44AC) BNSF 4168(C44-9W) |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5869 - Placentia CA - 12/14/20 |
| Description: |
One of BNSF Railways ten 25th Anniversary engines, ES44AC 5869, brings up the rear of ethanol unit train U-CCEWAT7-04. BNSF Es44DC 7727 is leading this train, heading from Chancellor SD to Watson CA. (Placentia, California – December 14, 2020) |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/2020 Upload Date: 12/28/2020 10:57:31 PM |
| Location: |
Placentia, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5869(ES44AC) |
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237 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5997 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/16/2010 Upload Date: 10/9/2010 1:06:03 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5997(ES44AC) |
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217 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5997 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/16/2010 Upload Date: 7/28/2011 2:46:11 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5997(ES44AC) |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6044 - Kansas City, MO - 9/17/10 |
| Description: |
BNSF Railway train C-RWMKCC0-64 (Rawhide Mine, Wyoming to Pryor, Oklahoma), led by ES44AC 6044 and SD70MAC 9941 (with ES44ACs 5920 and 6121 as DPU), threads its way through a maze of tracks and freeways in Kansas Citys West Bottoms area along the Kansas River on September 17, 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2010 Upload Date: 10/9/2010 9:08:24 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6044(ES44AC) BNSF 9941(SD70MAC) |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6078 - Cajon Pass CA - 11/04/20 |
| Description: |
Threading its way through the S-curve at Cajon Pass’ Mormon Rocks, BNSF Railway ES44AC 6078 leads Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-ALTSBD6-02. BNSF 6078 is one of ten ES44ACs painted to commemorate the railway’s 25th Anniversary in 2020. (Cajon Pass, California – November 4, 2020) |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/28/2020 10:53:13 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6078(ES44AC) BNSF 5037(C44-9W) BNSF 5264(C44-9W) |
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243 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6304 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/18/2010 Upload Date: 10/10/2010 1:56:43 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6304(ES44AC) |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6304 - Kansas City, MO - 9/18/10 |
| Description: |
BNSF Railway ES44AC 6304 and SD70MAC 9512 lead a coal train through Santa Fe Junction, near the border between Missouri and Kansas in Kansas City on September 18, 2010. |
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9/18/2010 Upload Date: 10/9/2010 9:25:45 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6304(ES44AC) BNSF 9512(SD70MAC) |
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321 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6340 |
| Description: |
BNSF Railway ES44AC 6340 and SD70MAC 9436 are in charge of train C-CKMSLP0-43A (Coal Creek Jct Mine WY to Smithers Lake TX) on October 15, 2011. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/24/2011 12:49:16 AM |
| Location: |
Saginaw, TX |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6340(ES44AC) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 6387 - Summit, Cajon Pass, CA - 11/6/10 |
| Description: |
General Electric ES44DCs are boringly common in southern California, so even though the ES44AC on the point of train S-LBPLPC1-05A looks pretty much identical, it is still cause for interest when an ES44AC shows up this far west. (How pathetic is that? Oh, for the days of wider motive power variety...) Seen here rounding the curve into Cajon Pass Summit (and stretching out downgrade for a mile or so behind), this train is heading from the port at Long Beach, California, to Logistics Park in Chicago, Illinois, behind BNSF engines 6387, 4186, 7484 and 7388. Thats a lot of trucks off the highway! |
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11/6/2010 Upload Date: 11/7/2010 7:12:34 PM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6387(ES44AC) BNSF 4186(C44-9W) BNSF 7484(ES44DC) BNSF 7388(ES44DC) |
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825 Comments: 2 |
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UP 7400 - Bakersfield, CA - 3/11/11 |
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| Photo Date: |
3/11/2011 Upload Date: 3/27/2011 2:11:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bakersfield, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 7400(ES44AC) |
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826 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7400 - Bakersfield, CA - 3/11/11 |
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| Photo Date: |
3/11/2011 Upload Date: 3/27/2011 2:11:53 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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UP 7400(ES44AC) |
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1906 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7400 |
| Description: |
UP 7400, wearing the special pink ribbon scheme for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity, is the DPU on the rear of train KLBG4 25 (Long Beach CA to Global 4 IL). The train, with SD70ACe 8657 and SD70M 5117 on the point, will depart Dolores Yard in Carson, CA, just a few minutes after this photo was taken on August 25th, 2011. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/2011 Upload Date: 8/25/2011 12:16:43 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7400(ES44AC) |
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763 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7400 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/16/2012 Upload Date: 9/27/2012 1:28:14 AM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7400(ES44AC) |
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615 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7462 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific train ZLCAI 14 (Expedited Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to Atlanta Intermodal GA) slows to a crawl as it approaches Palomares Street in Pomona, California. It seems that half the crossing gates at this crossing were not working, so the train had to stop to allow the conductor to get off and drop a pair of fusees in the street before the train could proceed. Power for the train is a trio of GE ES44ACs: 7462 and 5492 on the headend, and 7875 as the rear DPU. |
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4/14/2012 Upload Date: 4/14/2012 11:10:34 PM |
| Location: |
Pomona, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7462(ES44AC) |
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198 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UP 7500 |
| Description: |
A new Union Pacific ES44AC diesel, with the newer, heavier handrail stanchions. UP calls these engines C45ACCTE locomotives, but builder General Electric calls them ES44ACs. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 11:42:11 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7500(ES44AC) |
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894 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP 7500 |
| Description: |
A new Union Pacific ES44AC diesel, with the newer, heavier handrail stanchions. UP calls these engines C45ACCTE locomotives, but builder General Electric calls them ES44ACs. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2011 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 11:42:54 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7500(ES44AC) |
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458 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7702 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/26/2012 Upload Date: 9/27/2012 12:38:55 AM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7702(ES44AC) |
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201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7752 |
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| Photo Date: |
9/26/2012 Upload Date: 9/27/2012 12:39:32 AM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7752(ES44AC) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7781 |
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4/4/2009 Upload Date: 8/23/2011 5:04:07 PM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7781(ES44AC) |
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119 Comments: 2 |
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UP 6400 - Compton CA - 08/15/14 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific AC4400CW 6400 was built by General Electric as Southern Pacific 330 in July 1995. Following the 1996 merger with the Union Pacific, SP 330 retained its original number until January 25, 2005. (Compton, California – August 15, 2014) |
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8/15/2014 Upload Date: 8/15/2022 11:09:11 PM |
| Location: |
Compton, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6400(AC44CW) UP 4859(SD70M) UP 7790(ES44AC) |
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54 Comments: 0 |
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NS 9356 - Tolono IL - 10/01/17 |
| Description: |
As the sun sets on the first day of October 2017, a westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train speeds through the west switch of Dawn siding, in the city of Tolono, Illinois. A pair of GE Dash 9-44CWs (NS 9356 and 9397) and an ES44AC (NS 8081) are in charge of this hot train as it charges into the waning sunlight. |
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10/1/2017 Upload Date: 11/8/2017 7:43:58 PM |
| Location: |
Tolono, IL |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9356(C44-9W) NS 9397(C44-9W) NS 8081(ES44AC) |
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209 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NS 8103 |
| Description: |
An eastbound BNSF Railway intermodal train passes through Hutt as it arrives in 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 Distributed 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&W operated! |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2015 Upload Date: 6/15/2015 1:50:13 AM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 8103(ES44AC) BNSF 6761(ES44C4) |
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322 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 8103 |
| Description: |
BNSF Railway train Q-STOCHI6-12L (Guaranteed Service 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 Distributed 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&W 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) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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BNSF 3970 - San Bernardino CA - 12/23/2020 |
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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) |
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NS 4289 - San Bernardino CA - 12/23/20 |
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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) |
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NS 8118 - Buena Park CA - 08/11/22 |
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Holding Track 2 (of three mainlines) as it awaits an opening at Los Angeles Hobart Yard, and also awaiting a fresh crew as permission to proceed its final 16 miles, is BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-ATGLAC6-28L, which originated in Atlanta, Georgia. "Guaranteed Service" these days, however, likely doesn’t mean what it should, as crew shortages have dozens of westbound trains backed up for hundreds of miles on the BNSFs San Bernardino Sub, Cajon Sub and Needles Sub, creating delays of not just hours, but days. There is another westbound stopped two miles behind this train, and most likely another two miles ahead of it as well. Higher priority trains dont wait as long but a Q-train, the hottest on the BNSF, sitting without a crew would have never happened a few years ago. This train, with Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8118, BNSF ES44DC 7849 and BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4366 for power, was still sitting in the same location the next morning, and when I checked last was 99 hours 3 minutes behind schedule! (Buena Park, California – August 11, 2022) |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/2022 Upload Date: 8/15/2022 9:29:18 PM |
| Location: |
Buena Park, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8118(ES44AC) BNSF 7849(ES44DC) BNSF 4366(C44-9W) |
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37 Comments: 0 |
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NS 1140 - South Plainfield NJ - 03/11/18 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern train 64E, an eastbound ethanol train, passes the scanner at South Plainfield, New Jersey, on a bright March 11, 2018, morning. NS SD70ACe 1140 and ES44AC 8157 are taking this train up to the Shared Assets area of New Jersey - with is still known as Conrail. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/2018 Upload Date: 3/15/2018 6:25:43 PM |
| Location: |
South Plainfield, NJ |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 1140(SD70ACe) NS 8157(ES44AC) |
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73 Comments: 1 |
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