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| Title: |
BN 6327 |
| Description: |
BN southbound freight on Joint Line passes former passenger stawion |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1984 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 1:40:36 AM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6327(SD40-2) BN 7042(SD40-2) BN 6840(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
985 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound local |
| Description: |
An unusual unit, a GP 28 leads a westbound local through Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:13:02 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 1537(GP28M) BN 6333(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Typical trio |
| Description: |
A three unit set of a pair of SDs bracketing a cabless GE roll into Hoffman Av. This power set was not an uncommon sight at the time. The MILW Ford Hauler from the St Paul assembly plant is pulling up in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:17:10 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8001(SD40-2) BN 4093(B30-7AB) BN 6334(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ft Scott Sub north |
| Description: |
A through train rolls north toward Kansas City. There was not much in the area at the time I took this. You would not recognize it now, and you can hardly get to the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:26:28 AM |
| Location: |
Olathe, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5329(U30C) BN 7058(SD40-2) BN 6369(SD40-2) BN 4050(B30-7AB) BN 2068(GP20) BN 8174(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
726 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound stacks |
| Description: |
A westbound stack train, one of several that morning, passes Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:17:46 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6704(SD40-2) BN 6369(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
407 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Good mix |
| Description: |
The lead unit, a wide cab GE, is becoming way too common. But the rest of the power is pretty cool. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/2000 Upload Date: 2/24/2014 12:30:33 AM |
| Location: |
Brush, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7357(ES44DC) BN 9278(SD60M) BN 6826(SD40-2) ATSF 5951(SDF45) |
| Views: |
739 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ELBN |
| Description: |
Conrail blocked most of its westbound trains for connections out of Elkhart. This is ELBN, a run through to Clyde. We see it passing Halsted St after coming off the ex PRR. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 2:51:03 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6308(SD40) BN 6304(SD40) BN 6842(SD40-2) CR 6394(SD40-2) CR 6357(SD40) |
| Views: |
854 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pure BN |
| Description: |
The merger with Santa Fe was still news when I took these. I had to wait for dispatch after dropping a container at Clyde yard in Cicero. I hated the sitting at the time, but it was a good chance to capture a road whose image would soon fade. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:20:11 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6846(SD40-2) BN 4071(B30-7AB) BN 7204(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
479 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Visitors from afar |
| Description: |
I was dispatched to drop a trailer at the CR Trailvan yard in Syracuse. On my way out, these units were crossing into the engine facility. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1996 Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:15:32 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7001(SD40-2) BN 8077(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jennies to the mine |
| Description: |
A train of ore jennies rolls through Hoffman Av interlocking behind a quartet of BN power as it heads for Duluth and on to the Iron Range for more pellets. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 4:37:04 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7050(SD40-2) BN 4026(B30-7AB) BN 8057(SD40-2) BN 7912(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting under the lights |
| Description: |
A pair of BN units waits at CP 291 in Syracuse, just outside the Carousel Mall fence. They should be right at home in the weather. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1995 Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:23:59 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Carousel M, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8036(SD40-2) BN 7091(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
274 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound |
| Description: |
A southbound BN train on the Ft Scott Sub rolls out of Kansas City, through Olathe. At Paola, the shared track with MKT will end, each road going its own way, BN toward Springfiled MO and Tuosa, MKT toward Muskogee and Texas. At the time, there was only I 35, the tracks, and a local road that ran along through Lenexa and Olathe. Its changed in 30 years! |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:30:21 AM |
| Location: |
Olathe, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8045(SD40-2) BN 4057(B30-7AB) BN 7101(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
439 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lite power |
| Description: |
Looking for all the world like its 1977 and not 1997 and having a new owner, a pair of BN green SDs roll past my perch while I wait for my receiver to unload his plumbing supplies. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:28:40 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8070(SD40-2) BN 7110(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
586 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN on the Frisco |
| Description: |
Actually by now a BNSF train. This was a lucky catch. I was crossing the tracks here and saw the train down the line, had a chance to park the truck and wait him out. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1997 Upload Date: 3/19/2014 1:18:31 AM |
| Location: |
Brookline, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7134(SD40-2) BN 7124(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
630 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BN 7159 |
| Description: |
BN 7159 leads a Joint Line train north past the Colorado Springs station |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1984 Upload Date: 11/13/2011 3:29:26 PM |
| Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7159(SD40-2) ATSF 8110(C30-7) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound along the interstate |
| Description: |
I 76 follows the Burlington main east out of the Denver area, within sight of it most of the way to Fort Morgan. I passed this grain train near Brighton |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1998 Upload Date: 3/15/2014 12:54:59 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2358(GP38-2) BN 5071(C30-7) BN 7169(SD40-2) BN 5507(C30-7) |
| Views: |
690 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound with a pup |
| Description: |
This eastbound, also in the rush hou{ mix had a switcher tagging along, most likely headed to Clyde for work or servicing. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:39:19 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8081(SD40-2) BN 7172(SD40-2) BN 210(SW1200) |
| Views: |
384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Empties to Wyoming |
| Description: |
A train of empty KCPX cars rolls back to the mine. This same power arrived at Kansas City the day before-I saw it over at Knoche. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:43:11 AM |
| Location: |
Platte City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5551(C30-7) BN 5393(U30C) BN 7193(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kansas City Power & Light |
| Description: |
A KCPL train arrives at Knoche. The lead to the power plant is from the yard, and the train will shortly head in to unload. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:34:50 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5551(C30-7) BN 5393(U30C) BN 7193(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
533 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling for the cities |
| Description: |
A southbound BN train gets moving at Cloquet |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1995 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:17:10 AM |
| Location: |
Cloquet, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8013(SD40-2) BN 4112(B30-7AB) BN 7200(SD40-2) BN 8171(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
The big thing in the early 80s was the hordes of SD 40-2s that were being acquired by just about all the Class 1s, and BN was no exception, especially since they were just on the brink of an explosion of coal traffic out of Wyoming. Here are two of the new units. Note the Frisco box at right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 6/27/2014 2:48:37 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7279(SD40-2) BN 7286(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
711 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
The SD40-2 was the unit every road was getting in the late 70s/early 80s. Here are three of BNs. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:38:16 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7284(SD40-2) BN 7285(SD40-2) BN 7289(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
663 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Visitor from afar |
| Description: |
This 113 car coal train came through Hoffman Av with a real surprise-a CLEAN SP unit in the middle of a three unit set. This is the best looking SP power I have ever seen. That's Dayton's Bluff in the background. There's a park on top of the bluff which has a great view of the St Paul skyline and the action along the river. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:14:27 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7915(SD40-2) SP 7535(SD45R) BN 7817(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Interlopers are appearing |
| Description: |
The second unit is showing the wave of the future, as Santa Fe power starts to infiltrate the Q |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:22:05 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7823(SD40-2) ATSF 5139(SD40-2) BN 4041(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pig train for Portland |
| Description: |
I had just dropped a container at Cicero on the BN. After dropping, I bobtailed the truck out to Berwyn and waited for my next assignment. While I was sitting there, here comes the train headed west. About midway back in the train, amid all the other JB Hunt boxes, was the one I had just dropped. Wave good bye.... |
| Photo Date: |
1/20/1996 Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:00:48 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7823(SD40-2) ATSF 5139(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
486 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Strange power |
| Description: |
A Livingston Rebuild Center lease unit leads this rack train at Binghamton |
| Photo Date: |
1/2/2000 Upload Date: 2/28/2014 1:41:57 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LRCX 9522(SF30C) BN 7840(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
693 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Road train meets local |
| Description: |
The local behind the SW is met by a short road train just getting underway from Clyde. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:08:54 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7877(SD40-2) BN 4085(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
352 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Station shot |
| Description: |
A westbound passes the Q station at Berwyn |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:23:04 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 7877(SD40-2) BN 4085(B30-7AB) |
| Views: |
293 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All kinds of power |
| Description: |
The Denver engine facility had all kinds of interesting stuff in it. One unit unique to the BN was the B30-7A(B), a 12 cylinder cabless unit putting out 3000 HP. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:03:42 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6205(SD9) ATSF 8142(C30-7) BN 4019(B30-7AB) BN 8014(SD40-2) BN 6218(SD9) BN 5381(U30C) |
| Views: |
1278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Engine facility |
| Description: |
The BN engine facility in Denver was a great place to check out. Just about anything on the roster could turn up there. In the 80s, it was quite a variety. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:42:36 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8014(SD40-2) BN 6175(SD9) |
| Views: |
453 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound on the racetrack |
| Description: |
In August 1982, my friend Dan Heller moved from Long Island to Phoenix. I went along for the ride. We passed through Chicago(Yankees playing the White Sox), leaving the next morning. We caught this westbound at Cicero, but not far enough ahead of it to get on the sun side. We took the straight on shot, framing the train under the classic Q signal bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1982 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 3:24:24 AM |
| Location: |
Cicero, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8015(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Interesting power |
| Description: |
If a power set like this was leading a train today, youd sit up and watch. In the 80s, it was no big deal. An SD40-2 and GP 40 roll a 92 car westbound past Hoffman Av. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:23:49 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8052(SD40-2) BN 3044(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pigs west |
| Description: |
After shooting an impressive number of Es on the racetrack. I went down below to see what was doing on the IHB, which crosses under the BN here. I saw a number of ckmmuter trains, of course, but also some freights, including this 60 car pig trbin, which was smack in the middle of the rush. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:35:29 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3153(GP50) BN 8087(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound |
| Description: |
I was driving along the road that followed the tracks when this northbound rolled up behind three SD40-2s. It must have caught me off guard, since judging by the great composition of the sign, I didnt have time to set up an unobstructed shot. A Grand River Dam Authority coal train is behind the northbound, headed to one of their power plants in Oklahoma, either at Choteau or Muskogee, on the MKT. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 2:21:21 AM |
| Location: |
Olathe, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8092(SD40-2) BN 8095(SD40-2) BN 8097(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
632 Comments: 0 |
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