loaded_baretable
Vancouver, WA
I thought it fitting to post this throwback, with the 1447 now dead in "Laid Up For Sale" status. 1447 is yet another victim of BNSF not maintaining any of their shit, along with several other SD60Ms and many other local units from all over the system. I will try not to rant too much here, but I think BNSF's philosophy under Katie Farmer of laying off all the maintenance staff and killing units off whenever they break is pathetic. Anyways, as I recall, this set was running back and forth between Pasco and Longview for a couple of weeks in Dec 2022. It had evaded me because of school and other circumstances until I caught them by chance this night. My friend and I had been in the wye watching trains for a while when this VAWPAS pulled out of the yard led by the trio, stopping to pick up paperwork at the depot before heading east into the freezing winter darkness. This shot was less than ideal at the time, I was not really prepared to get it, and it's cropped down pretty heavily. Honestly though, it's a stroke of luck that it exists at all, and that the train stopped for a couple minutes allowing me to get a long exposure. Something that probably won't be repeated again. Hell even at the time I was shocked that this consist had been put together and was out on the road.
Vancouver, WA
I thought it fitting to post this throwback, with the 1447 now dead in "Laid Up For Sale" status. 1447 is yet another victim of BNSF not maintaining any of their shit, along with several other SD60Ms and many other local units from all over the system. I will try not to rant too much here, but I think BNSF's philosophy under Katie Farmer of laying off all the maintenance staff and killing units off whenever they break is pathetic. Anyways, as I recall, this set was running back and forth between Pasco and Longview for a couple of weeks in Dec 2022. It had evaded me because of school and other circumstances until I caught them by chance this night. My friend and I had been in the wye watching trains for a while when this VAWPAS pulled out of the yard led by the trio, stopping to pick up paperwork at the depot before heading east into the freezing winter darkness. This shot was less than ideal at the time, I was not really prepared to get it, and it's cropped down pretty heavily. Honestly though, it's a stroke of luck that it exists at all, and that the train stopped for a couple minutes allowing me to get a long exposure. Something that probably won't be repeated again. Hell even at the time I was shocked that this consist had been put together and was out on the road.