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Fuel tender |
| Description: |
BN, and subsequently, BNSF, have tried fuel tenders at various times. BNs effort in the 80s was to extend the distances between fueling stops, and modified several tanks so they could fuel while en route. One of the tender sets is pulling this 66 car eastbound through Hoffman Av as it starts down the river toward La Crosse. As an added bonus, the leader is one of the BN tiger stripe units. The power is otherwise notable in that the two GP 50's and cabless B30-7A represent common road power in the era before 6 axle units took over everything. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:05:12 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3116(GP50) BN 4096(B30-7AB) BN 3148(GP50) |
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1382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pigs in the snow |
| Description: |
This westbound was rolling through miserable weather behind a pair of 4 axle units, with a tiger stripe GP 50 leading. Common then, unusual today. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:40:00 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3119(GP50) () |
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779 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the hour |
| Description: |
The big new thing at this time was "power by the hour", where railroads would lease diesels, with payment based on horsepower hours. Since technology now allowed for a real time record of actual usage, it was possible for this type of billing, more accurate than a HP times how long the engine was gone billing. BN leased a group of B39-8s on this basis, and we see two of them at Cicero, under the mercury vapor lamps, making the colors a little off. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Cicero, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LMX 8546(B39-8E) LMX 8526(B39-8E) BN 3133(GP50) |
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1059 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Warbonnets west |
| Description: |
A pair of warbonnets leads a BN unit and an old scheme Santa Fe unit west. The merger was only a few months old at this point, and the power had largely not mixed yet, so the BN unit was unusual. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:08:04 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 938(C41-8W) ATSF 215(SD75M) BN 3148(GP50) ATSF 3822(GP50) |
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1462 Comments: 2 |
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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) |
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553 Comments: 1 |
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