| Crossing historic Route 66 (the National Trails Highway) in Amboy, California, is BNSF ethanol train G-CNBRIC7-02A (Loaded Unit Grain - which is how BNSF symbols ethanol trains since ethanol is made from grain - Columbus NE to Richmond CA). There are four General Electric diesels on the head-end: Dash 9-44CWs 4190, 1076 and 5195, and ES44DC 7896. Cut in about three-fourths of the way into the train are five more GE locomotives: Dash 9-44CW 5436, ES44C4 6698, and Dash 9-44CWs 5139, 4103 and 4099. All that power is needed for a train 5826' long made up of 98 loads that weighs 12,404 tons. |