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Viewing Album: Restored Album
By:
Craig Walker
Dates:
12/24/2020 - 12/24/2020
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Title:
BNSF 5188 • Fullerton CA • 01/28/07
Description:
A train of empty ethanol tank cars, BNSF X-WATABE7-26, snakes through the crossover as it moves from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction. Symboled as an empty unit grain train (because ethanol is a grain product), this train – pulled by a set of three Dash 9-44CWs – 5188, 4341 and 4080 – is heading from Watson, in the Port of Los Angeles, to Aberdeen, South Dakota. The San Bernardino Sub on which this train is traveling heads east to, eventually, Chicago, and the track on the left, Metrolink’s Orange Sub, is the old Santa Fe "Surf Line," which heads to San Diego. (Fullerton, California – January 28, 2007)
Photo Date:
1/28/2007
Upload Date:
1/30/2023 3:15:17 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5188(C44-9W)
Views:
95
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0
Title:
UP 8875 - Compton CA - 08/15/04
Description:
Union Pacific SD70ACe 8875 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division June 2014, just two months prior to this photograph. (Compton, California – August 15, 2014)
Photo Date:
8/15/2008
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 9:32:39 PM
Location:
Compton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
UP 8875(SD70AH)
Views:
112
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 9794 - Lilly PA - 09/24/08
Description:
The cool Autumn air at 1,904 feet (580 m) in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains has already triggered a few trees to begin changing colors. An eastbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes under the old Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals as it climbs the grade. NS Dash 9-44CW 9794 and ES44DC 7606 are powering this double-stack train as it heads to Harrisburg. (Lilly, Pennsylvania – September 24, 2008)
Photo Date:
9/24/2008
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 9:30:54 PM
Location:
Lilly, PA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Signal,Action
Locomotives:
NS 9794(C44-9W)
NS 7606(ES44DC)
Views:
114
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 106 • Fontana CA • 08/07/10
Description:
Photo Date:
8/7/2010
Upload Date:
1/30/2023 3:21:39 PM
Location:
Fontana, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
ATSF 106(GP60M)
Views:
116
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 9451 • Compton CA • 05/29/13
Description:
Photo Date:
5/13/2013
Upload Date:
1/30/2023 3:27:25 PM
Location:
Carson, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
NS 9451(C40-9W)
Views:
62
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 485059 • Skamania WA • 10/24/19
Description:
In 2012 the BNSF Railway repainted 27 grain hoppers with logos commemorating the various railroad which made up the BNSF. Each of these component railroads had their logos applied to three covered hoppers: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Colorado & Southern, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Spokane Portland & Seattle and St. Louis- San Francisco (Frisco). One of the Burlington Northern Legacy cars, BNSF 485059, was spotted in a westbound grain train, BNSF G-CEGLVN9-22, making its way through the Columbia River Gorge as it traveled from Chester, Montana, to Longview, Washington, roughly 75 miles ahead. (Skamania, Washington – October 25, 2019)
Photo Date:
10/24/2019
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 11:21:04 PM
Location:
Skamania, WA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
132
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 5202 • Underwood WA • 10/24/19
Description:
BNSF Railway train C-SCMCEC1-43, hauling coal from Montanas Spring Creek Mine to Centralia, Washington, emerges from the 416-foot Blum Tunnel on BNSFs Fallbridge Sub on a crisp autumn day. BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 5202 and 4588, [plus SD70ACe 8509, are up front, with Dash 9-44CW 5240 on the rear. (Underwood, Washington – October 24, 2019)
Photo Date:
10/24/2019
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 11:17:49 PM
Location:
Underwood, WA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5202(C44-9W)
BNSF 4588(C44-9W)
BNSF 8509(SD70ACe)
Views:
122
Comments:
0
Title:
CP 8072 - Yorba Linda CA - 12/14/20
Description:
BNSF train S-LPKLHG1-11L heads for Los Angeles Harbor’s Global Gateway South with an interesting locomotive on the head-end: Canadian Pacific AC4400CWM 8072 (the former CP AC4400CW 9536). This train is seen at Esperanza, the old Santa Fe station location at BNSF San Bernardino Sub’s milepost 35.6, in a December climate that is completely foreign to a locomotive from above the 49th Parallel. This intermodal train originated at the Logistics Park in Kansas City KS. (Yorba Linda, California – December 14, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/14/2020
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 12:44:42 AM
Location:
Yorba Linda, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CP 8072(AC4400CWM)
Views:
267
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 694 - Yorba Linda CA - 12/14/20
Description:
Passing through Santa Ana Canyon is Metrolink train 817, recently placed back into service from downtown Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. This was a train taken out of service when the COVID-19 pandemic began, but was recently reinstated (even though the disease is now at record levels). Metrolink 694; a Hyundai-Rotem CTC-5 cab car, is leading this train at milepost 35.6 on the BNSF Railway’s San Bernardino Sub, and at the end of this six car train is F125 913. (Yorba Linda, California – December 14, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/14/2020
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 12:42:56 AM
Location:
Yorba Linda, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
166
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 693 - San Bernardino CA - 12/18/20
Description:
BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW 693 was built by General Electric as Santa Fe 693 in September 1994, one year before the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern would merge to create the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (later shortened to just BNSF Railway). At the time, the Santa Fe’s new power was being delivered in the attractive red and silver "Superfleet" paint scheme, a throwback to the railway’s earlier, classic "Warbonnet" passenger scheme. The Nineties were a great time to railfan the Santa Fe as a result! While still wearing its original paint, poor BNSF 693 is clearly showing its twenty-six years of service, with the bright red faded to pink, the silver appearing more grayish and rust-colored primer on much of the engine. Still, as weather-beaten as BNSF 693 is, it is a welcome sight among the near endless parade of orange and black diesels found all over the BNSF system. (San Bernardino, California – December 18, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/18/2020
Upload Date:
12/27/2020 11:22:48 PM
Location:
Verdemont, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 693(C44-9W)
Views:
362
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 7824 - San Bernardino CA - 12/18/20
Description:
BNSF Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train Z-MEMLAC7-15 (Memphis TN to Los Angeles CA), passing through Verdemont as it comes off Cajon Pass, has an interesting engine in its consist. Spliced between ES44DC 7824 and ET44C4 3923 is former Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW 693, still wearing its original 26-year-old "Superfleet" red and silver paint job! ATSF 693 was delivered one year before the Santa Fe merged with the Burlington Northern in September 1995, and while the colors look fairly worn, they are still a welcome sight among the predominantly orange and black BNSF diesels. (San Bernardino, California – December 18, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/18/2020
Upload Date:
12/27/2020 11:18:18 PM
Location:
Verdemont, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 7824(ES44DC)
BNSF 693(C44-9W)
BNSF 3923(ET44C4)
Views:
235
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 8088 - Colton CA - 12/18/20
Description:
Departing Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard for Portland, Oregon, is train MWCPT-17. This train is almost all on the railroad’s Mojave Sub (the former Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, built over Cajon Pass in 1967) at this point, with only the last few cars and the rear DPU, ES44AC 8088, yet to cross over from the Alhambra Sub. Slover Mountain, alongside the mainline, has been reduced to, basically, a low rise, allowing a view of Redlands that had been blocked for as long as humans have lived in the area, (Colton, California – December 18, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/18/2020
Upload Date:
12/27/2020 11:08:19 PM
Location:
Colton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
UP 8099(AC45CCTE)
Views:
296
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 3679 - Fullerton CA - 12/20/20
Description:
BNSF train Z-LPKLAC7-18, with still-shiny ET44C4 3679 up front (built in 2020), overtakes lower-priority train S-LPKSCO1-17, which is stopped at Basta. Both trains originated in Logistics Park Kansas City, with the train that departed on December 17 waiting for an opening at the Port of Long Beach, while the train that departed KC the next day flying past on its way to Los Angeles Hobart Yard. (Fullerton, California – December 20, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/20/2020
Upload Date:
12/24/2020 5:47:11 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
BNSF 3679(ET44C4)
Views:
370
Comments:
0
Title:
SCAX 912 - Fullerton CA - 12/20/20
Description:
The engineer of Metrolink train 664 awaits a highball from her conductor after making at stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center. SCAX F125 912 is the power for this four-car train, a weekend service run from Los Angeles to Oceanside. (Fullerton, California – December 20, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/20/2020
Upload Date:
12/24/2020 3:10:53 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
145
Comments:
0
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:
496
Comments:
0
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:
187
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:
321
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 8216 - Barstow CA - 12/23/20
Description:
Rolling into Barstow, where the crew will be relieved and the train fueled, is BNSF train Z-LACMEM7-22, a Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train making its way from Los Angeles to Memphis. Power for this train is ES44C4 8216, SD70MAC 9821, ET44C4 3848 and ES44DC 7730. (Barstow, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 4:57:48 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 8216(ES44C4)
BNSF 9821(SD70MAC)
BNSF 3848(ET44C4)
BNSF 7730(ES44DC)
Views:
287
Comments:
0
Title:
EMDX 7219 - Barstow CA - 12/23/20
Description:
Progress Rail (a Caterpillar Company) SD70ACe-T4 7219 was one of the locomotives pulling BNSF Railway intermodal train S-LPKSCO1-20T from Kansas City to Long Beach, between BNSF ES44C4 6893 and BNSF ES44DC 7304. (Barstow, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 5:06:55 PM
Location:
Nebo, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
EMDX 7219(SD70AH-T4)
Views:
178
Comments:
0
Title:
EMDX 7219 - Santa Fe Springs CA - 12/26/20
Description:
The Builder’s Sticker on Progress Rail EMDX SD70ACe-T4 7219, on BNSF train S-LPKSCO1-20T. (Santa Fe Springs, California – December 26, 2020) NOTE - This is NOT an SD70AH!
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 5:11:26 PM
Location:
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Locomotives:
EMDX 7219(SD70AH-T4)
Views:
180
Comments:
0
Title:
EMDX 7219 - Santa Fe Springs CA - 12/26/20
Description:
EMDX SD70ACe-T4 7219 • BNSF train S-LPKSCO1-20T • Santa Fe Springs, California • December 26, 2020
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 5:08:30 PM
Location:
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
EMDX 7219(SD70AH-T4)
Views:
192
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 4289 - Cajon CA - 12/23/20
Description:
Winter is but one day old, yet the autumn colors on trees along Cajon Creek are still abundant as BNSF Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-NWHLAC0-19L (North Baltimore OH to Los Angeles CA) descends Cajon Pass behind Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4289 (rebuilt from NS Dash 9-40CW 9033 in May 2020), BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5028 and BNSF ES44DC 7930. This train is coming off Sullivan’s Curve and rejoining Main 3, Cajon Pass’ original mainline, here at Cajon, the old Santa Fe station named for the Pass. (Cajon Pass, California – December 23, 2020)
Photo Date:
12/23/2020
Upload Date:
12/26/2020 4:59:15 PM
Location:
Cajon Jct, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
NS 4289(AC44C6M)
BNSF 5028(C44-9W)
BNSF 7930(ES44C4)
Views:
188
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:
331
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:
238
Comments:
0
Title:
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:
Views:
247
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 183 - Naperville IL - 09/23/21
Description:
Eastbound meets westbound as Amtrak train 4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief" (Los Angeles CA to Chicago IL), rolls into the station in Naperville as westbound train 5, the "California Zephyr" (Chicago IL to Oakland CA), loads its passengers. Seven car long Train 4 is led by P42DCs 183 and 181, and is running
only
36 minutes late – not bad for this train, which often runs many hours late. Meanwhile, train 5 is powered by P42DCs 127 and 15, pulling eight cars. (Naperville, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:16:19 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 183(P42DC)
Views:
157
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 201 - Aurora IL - 09/23/21
Description:
Amtrak train 3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," is just 37½-miles into its 2,265-mile journey from Chicago IL to Los Angeles CA, and it is already 23 minutes late – an inauspicious start! AMTK P42DCs 201 and 40 are pulling seven cars on this first day of Autumn. (Aurora, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:18:55 PM
Location:
Aurora, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 201(P42DC)
Views:
90
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 5671 - Aurora IL - 09/23/21
Description:
Rolling west is BNSF Railway train H-BRCNTW1-23, which originated at Belt Railway of Chicago’s Clearing Yard and is bound for Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This merchandise train (Twenty-First Century- speak for a freight train consisting of mixed destination cars) has BNSF AC4400CW 5671 and ET44C4 3783 on the head-end. (Aurora, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:19:29 PM
Location:
Aurora, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5671(AC44CW)
Views:
87
Comments:
0
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:
104
Comments:
0
Title:
UCSXT 2409 - Blue Island IL - 09/23/21ntitled
Description:
As CSX intermodal train Q016 heads west (behind CSXT ES55AC 747 and midtrain CSXT ET44AC 3448), its eastbound counterpart, train Q015, crossed the Calumet-Sag Canal on a through-girder bridge behind CSXT ET44AC (and midtrain ET44AC 3034). It seems odd to a westerner to see a single unit on the point of a long intermodal train. (Blue Island, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:21:58 PM
Location:
Blue Island, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
CSX 3409(ET44AH)
Views:
98
Comments:
0
Title:
IDTX 4608 - Hammond IN - 09/23/21
Description:
Amtrak train 371, the westbound "Pere Marquette," is not scheduled to stop at the carrier's Hammond-Whiting station, but as it was approaching the end of its trip to Chicago IL from Grand Rapids MI, the train stopped not to pick up or discharge passengers, but to hold for meets with two eastbound freight trains, making it forty-minutes late. IDTX SC-44 Charger 4608 is pulling three Superliner coaches (a 200-mile trip with no food service?!?) as the sun pokes through the edge of an overnight storm at a fortuitous time. (Hammond, Indiana - September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 2:03:36 PM
Location:
Hammond, IN
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
IDTX 4608(SC-44)
Views:
118
Comments:
0
Title:
IHB 3861 - East Chicago IN - 09/23/21
Description:
An Indiana Harbor Belt train, behind "SD38-2" 3861 (originally Milwaukee Road SD40-2 188) and IHB GP40-2 4018 (ex-Southern Pacific 7615), heads north along Huish Drive. From this angle, the paint scheme looks a lot like Great Northern's simplified paint scheme that preceded the Big Sky Blue scheme. (East Chicago, Indiana - September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 2:02:33 PM
Location:
East Chicago, IN
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
IHB 3861(SD38-2)
Views:
129
Comments:
1
Title:
METX 185 - Aurora IL - 09/23/21
Description:
Metra train 1276 sits in the station, about to depart for Chicago’s Union Station. METX F40PHM-2 185, named
Village of Roselle
, will be shoving on the rear of the train as it heads east to downtown. (Aurora, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:20:10 PM
Location:
Aurora, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
METX 185(F40PHM-2)
Views:
88
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0
Title:
METX 206 - Naperville IL - 09/23/21
Description:
As Amtrak train 4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief" (Los Angeles to Chicago), pulls out of the station, outbound Metra train 1231 pulls in. METX F40PHM-2 206 is powering the Metra commuter train, heading from downtown Chicago to suburban Aurora. (Naperville, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:17:55 PM
Location:
Naperville, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
METX 206(F40PHM-2)
Views:
113
Comments:
0
Title:
NS 5322 - Dolton IL - 09/23/21
Description:
Passing through Dolton Junction on CSXT trackage, Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5322 (ex-CR 8147, née-PC 8147), running long-hood forward, it pulling a short hot metal train eastward. This train consists of four Reichard bottle cars carrying molten steel, with gondolas acting as buffer cars on either end. (Dolton, Illinois – September 23, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/23/2021
Upload Date:
10/15/2021 12:21:05 PM
Location:
Dolton, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
NS 5322(GP38-2)
Views:
82
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 5366 - Gary IN - 09/24/21
Description:
In 1973, when General Motors Electro-Motive Division was inundated with orders for SD40-2s for just about every railroad, twenty SD40-2s were built for Missouri Pacific. Lucky number 13 was MP 807, which the railroad later renumbered 3107. When the UP acquired the MoPac in 1982, MP 3107 became UP 4107. As the UP continued to acquire new locomotive (as well as merge with even more railroads), UP 4107 became surplus and was one of 19 oof this order of SD40-2s sold to Canadian National, which renumbered it CN 6107. Following a rebuild in the mid-1990s, CN 6107 was renumbered CN 5366. By this point, there are nine of the engines from this particular MP order still in service on the CN. Note the shiny new air conditioner on the side of the nose of 5366 as it sits in the railway’s Kirk Yard. (Gary, Indiana – September 24, 2021) Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE and Covid precautions.
Photo Date:
9/24/2021
Upload Date:
10/14/2021 7:19:05 PM
Location:
Gary, IN
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
CN 5366(SD40-2)
Views:
193
Comments:
0
Title:
EJE 668 - Gary IN - 09/24/21
Description:
Sitting in Canadian National Railways' Kirk Yard, Elgin Joliet & Eastern SD38-2 668, one of the few (if not the only) EJ&E SD38-2s to get repainted in CN paint, was the last SD38-2 built for the EJ&E, which was absorbed into the CN in 2013. In the 1970s, this was the EJ&E's Bicentennial locomotive. (Gary, Indiana - September 25, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/24/2021
Upload Date:
9/29/2021 2:37:53 PM
Location:
Gary, IN
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
Views:
172
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 699 - Dolton IL - 09/26/21
Description:
Sometimes things can get a little confusing in Chicago, at least to those of us who don’t visit as often as we’d like. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 699, ES44C4 6619, SD70ACe 8408 and ET44C4 3887 are heading eastward with train V-BLUMIN1-26, which is a westbound automobile train heading from Blue Island IL to Minot ND. The previous symbol for this power was a light engine move, D-CHIIHB3-25, so I’m confused. When does it turn west? (Dolton, Illinois – September 26, 2021)
Photo Date:
9/26/2021
Upload Date:
9/29/2021 11:06:12 AM
Location:
Dolton, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 699(C44-9W)
Views:
190
Comments:
1
Title:
CN 99 - Homewood IL - 09/26/21
Description:
Canadian National dome car 99, named "American Spirit," is one of at least seven business cars undergoing work in the railway’s Woodcrest Shops. The most visible change is the new red, black and white (or is it light grey, as on their diesels?) paint job being applied to business cars CN 1059 "Tawah," CN 1710 "Frasier Spirit," IC 101314 "Champlain," IC 800210 "Baton Rouge," IC 800413 "Great Lakes" and IC 800653 "Sandford Fleming," along with CN 99. This car was built as a 46-seat dome-coach by Budd in 1955 as Great Northern 1325. It was assigned number 4605 by GN successor Burlington Northern, but that number was never applied before it became Amtrak 9465. When Amtrak rebuilt it with Head-End Power, it was renumbered 9409. In the late 1990s, Montana Rockies Rail Tours operated the "Montana Rockies Daylight" on Montana Rail Link (as BKSX 9409), and when that service ended after the 2004 season, the car was sold to American Orient Express as AOEX 9409. From there it was sold to Canadian National. (Homewo
Photo Date:
9/26/2021
Upload Date:
9/29/2021 1:29:10 PM
Location:
Homewood, IL
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
137
Comments:
0
Title:
FXE 4029 - Yorba Linda CA - 10/13/21
Description:
A visitor from south of the border is working hard as one of the rear Distributed Power Units on BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG, a manifest heading from Barstow to San Diego. Ferromex SD70ACe 4029 is wearing the railroads latest paint scheme. Note that the large roadname is painted on the radiator screens. (Yorba Linda, California - October 13, 2021) Dale Martin Photograph, posted here with permission.
Photo Date:
10/13/2021
Upload Date:
10/14/2021 1:03:47 PM
Location:
Yorba Linda, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
FXE 4029(SD70ACe)
Views:
373
Comments:
0
Title:
FEX 4029 - Yorba Linda CA - 10/13/21
Description:
A visitor from south of the border is working hard as one of the rear Distributed Power Units on BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG, a manifest heading from Barstow to San Diego. Ferromex SD70ACe 4029 is wearing the railroads latest paint scheme. Note that the large roadname is painted on the radiator screens. (Yorba Linda, California - October 13, 2021) Dale Martin Photograph, posted here with permission.
Photo Date:
10/13/2021
Upload Date:
10/14/2021 1:04:58 PM
Location:
Yorba Linda, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
FXE 4029(SD70ACe)
Views:
234
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 8140 - Fullerton CA - 08/11/22
Description:
Hustling east from Los Angeles, heading to Chicago, is BNSF train U-LACCHI5-11Z. A U-train? This is a Special Unit Train, consisting of BNSF ES44C4 8140, covered hopper 808426 and unmanned track geometry car 90. BNSF 90 was built from a 1946-built Budd coach, originally Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac 54-seat coach 804 (purchased for use in the Atlantic Coast Line pool), later sold to Amtrak at their car 5423. This car reportedly ended up in Canada, stored there and possibly numbered VIA 184. However, it was carrying number MRLX 5423 when delivered to the BNSF in 2014, which leads one to surmise that perhaps it never wore that VIA number, as Mid America Railcar Leasing (MRLX) was still using the car’s former Amtrak number (5423). BNSF’s unmanned track geometry cars are numbered 90 through 93. (Fullerton, California – August 11, 2022)
Photo Date:
8/11/2022
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 9:22:14 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 8140(ES44C4)
Views:
141
Comments:
4
Title:
NS 8118 - Buena Park CA - 08/11/22
Description:
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)
Views:
74
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 192 - Fullerton CA - 01/21/23
Description:
Once again, Amtrak train 3, the westbound "Southwest Chief", is running late … on this morning, 3 hours and 33 minutes late out of the next-to-last stop before arriving in Los Angeles. The usual pair of Amtrak P42DCs, in this case 192 and 75, this time running back-to-back (they are usually both facing forward), have just six cars in tow (two sleepers, a diner, a lounge and two coaches). Today’s train 3 will arrive at Los Angeles Union Station just 3 hours and 4 minutes late, having made up 30 minuues in just 26 miles, thanks to a generously padded schedule. (Fullerton, California – January 21, 2023)
Photo Date:
1/21/2023
Upload Date:
1/30/2023 3:12:21 PM
Location:
Fullerton, CA
Author:
Craig Walker
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 192(P42DC)
AMTK 75(P42DC)
Views:
96
Comments:
0
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