Tier 4 GE in Iowa
I had heard there were still some ex-ATSF searchlights still standing where the transcon cuts through a section of SE Iowa.
An impromptu need to run my son back to Kirksville, MO where he attends school resulted in me spending the rest of the day in the area with very profitable results.
First there were a couple of eastbounds, which the afternoon sun doesn't really favor. The second EB was still passing when the first of the westbounds of the day, a unit covered hopper train, ducked under the signal bridge at 241.
-BNSF ET44C4 #3846, ES44C4 #6702 leading power
-Westbound unit covered hoppers
-BNSF (ex-ATSF) Marceline Sub, MP 241
-239th Ave Crossing, Montrose, IA
-November 9, 2017
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Tier 4 GE in Iowa
I had heard there were still some ex-ATSF searchlights still standing where the transcon cuts through a section of SE Iowa.
An impromptu need to run my son back to Kirksville, MO where he attends school resulted in me spending the rest of the day in the area with very profitable results.
First there were a couple of eastbounds, which the afternoon sun doesn't really favor. The second EB was still passing when the first of the westbounds of the day, a unit covered hopper train, ducked under the signal bridge at 241.
-BNSF ET44C4 #3846, ES44C4 #6702 leading power
-Westbound unit covered hoppers
-BNSF (ex-ATSF) Marceline Sub, MP 241
-239th Ave Crossing, Montrose, IA
-November 9, 2017
TT1_9743_edited-1