Railblazer
Burlington Northern Train 63 LMX 8596 BN FT50 LMX 8597 Milepost 528.0 West of Barr Lake Colorado
Passing Milepost 528.0, just thirteen miles out of Denver on the Brush Subdivision at the US 2 Highway overpass west of Barr Lake, Colorado, a solid string of trailers on flatcars trail the power on BN Train #63, (Chicago-Denver TOFC). July 20. 1988. Train #63 primarily handled TOFC for Omaha, Denver and connecting service with D&RGW Train 101 at Denver for forwarding to the SP at Ogden, UT. Departing Chicago at 7:00 p.m., it was scheduled into Denver at 7:40 p.m. the following day.
Rolling along on the former CB&Q’s Chicago-Denver mainline, the high priority speedster is led by two three-month-old leased General Electric LMX B39-8’s, the 8596 and 8597, (both built in April, 1988). Also noteworthy is BN Fuel Tender FT50 tucked into the middle of the consist to eliminate fueling stops thus speeding up operations along the route. Due to problems with stress related cracks to their frames, fuel tenders were phased out by the early 1990’s.
Burlington Northern Train 63 LMX 8596 BN FT50 LMX 8597 Milepost 528.0 West of Barr Lake Colorado
Passing Milepost 528.0, just thirteen miles out of Denver on the Brush Subdivision at the US 2 Highway overpass west of Barr Lake, Colorado, a solid string of trailers on flatcars trail the power on BN Train #63, (Chicago-Denver TOFC). July 20. 1988. Train #63 primarily handled TOFC for Omaha, Denver and connecting service with D&RGW Train 101 at Denver for forwarding to the SP at Ogden, UT. Departing Chicago at 7:00 p.m., it was scheduled into Denver at 7:40 p.m. the following day.
Rolling along on the former CB&Q’s Chicago-Denver mainline, the high priority speedster is led by two three-month-old leased General Electric LMX B39-8’s, the 8596 and 8597, (both built in April, 1988). Also noteworthy is BN Fuel Tender FT50 tucked into the middle of the consist to eliminate fueling stops thus speeding up operations along the route. Due to problems with stress related cracks to their frames, fuel tenders were phased out by the early 1990’s.