Matt C. Batryn
Boron, CA
The BNSF Boron Local (L-CAL0611) shove a long cut of cars down Rich Spur, just west of the town of Boron, CA. The main customer located on this spur, a short ways out side of town was a mineral load out, whom all of today's empties are for. While this is now spur trackage, it was once the mainline of the Mojave Sub before it was realigned in 1953 to make way for Edwards Air Force Base.
At the time the Boron Local typically rated three or four ex-Santa Fe SD45-2s that had been rebuilt with 16 cylinder prime movers. Today's train had three of these sharp looking units plus an ex-Santa Fe GP39-2.
Boron, CA
The BNSF Boron Local (L-CAL0611) shove a long cut of cars down Rich Spur, just west of the town of Boron, CA. The main customer located on this spur, a short ways out side of town was a mineral load out, whom all of today's empties are for. While this is now spur trackage, it was once the mainline of the Mojave Sub before it was realigned in 1953 to make way for Edwards Air Force Base.
At the time the Boron Local typically rated three or four ex-Santa Fe SD45-2s that had been rebuilt with 16 cylinder prime movers. Today's train had three of these sharp looking units plus an ex-Santa Fe GP39-2.