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Pictures of BNSF 7708
 
Owner: BNSF Railway
Model:GE ES44DCBuilt As:BNSF 7708 (ES44DC)
Serial Number:55768Order No:1986
Frame Number:Built:4/2005
Other locos with this serial:  BNSF 7708(ES44DC)
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Why #3 is on the south track
Title:  Why #3 is on the south track
Description:  Going away shot of the Southwest Chiefs last car as it rolls through the point where the north and south tracks split. An eastbound is in the distance.
Photo Date:  9/16/2023  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:35:09 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
All of it
Title:  All of it
Description:  The entire consist of the westbound Chief heads west on the south track, as the eastbound approaches the interlocking.
Photo Date:  9/16/2023  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:41:12 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 154(P42DC) AMTK 69(P42DC) BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
Oil and stacks
Title:  Oil and stacks
Description:  The DPU on the oil train rolls away as the eastbound stack rolls up
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 6:01:49 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6900(ES44C4) BNSF 3927(ET44C4) BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
Away we go
Title:  Away we go
Description:  The first eastbound starts up, the interloper UP unit giving up some smoke as it starts to move.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 6:08:01 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  125   Comments: 3
Rolling through the boards
Title:  Rolling through the boards
Description:  The eastbound stack now building speed, rolls through the eastbound signals at Rio Puerco.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 6:10:24 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
Full view
Title:  Full view
Description:  The entire eastbound stack, all 84 platforms and TOFC of it, rolls toward Belen, its tail end just clearing the westbound signals.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 6:12:27 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
Two stacks
Title:  Two stacks
Description:  Not an uncommon sight on the Transcon. The westbound stacks containers roll away from us, as the next eastbound comes up at a crawl.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 5:28:22 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  105   Comments: 1
Crawling up
Title:  Crawling up
Description:  The eastbound we saw in the distance crawls up to the crossing, as he waits for the signal to clear.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 5:32:17 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  111   Comments: 2
Doesnt take long
Title:  Doesnt take long
Description:  As the stack stops to keep clear of the crossing, we see that it doesnt take long for things to back up on the Transcon, as another eastbound appears in the distance.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/26/2023 5:35:41 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 8198(ES44C4)
Views:  125   Comments: 2

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