Train Time at the Station
After having pulled into the west end of the Topeka yard, relined the mainline switch, and lined themselves down towards the leads to the business car shops, the crew on the BNSF's inbound business train had to hold up a bit for the westbound Southwest Chief.
Here, you can see the nose of the train is lit up both by the street lights at 4th St., and by the incoming Amtrak P42. Following the Amtrak's arrival, the 1776 and 250 ran around the train on an open yard track, to eventually shove the train into the car shops. If you look closely, you can see the conductor's light between the power and cars to get this work underway.
This was the O-KAITOP, a deadhead move running back from BNSF's Kaiser Yard in Fontana, California, which for those of you who know CA as well as I do (read: not at all) is just east of LA a bit.
Train Time at the Station
After having pulled into the west end of the Topeka yard, relined the mainline switch, and lined themselves down towards the leads to the business car shops, the crew on the BNSF's inbound business train had to hold up a bit for the westbound Southwest Chief.
Here, you can see the nose of the train is lit up both by the street lights at 4th St., and by the incoming Amtrak P42. Following the Amtrak's arrival, the 1776 and 250 ran around the train on an open yard track, to eventually shove the train into the car shops. If you look closely, you can see the conductor's light between the power and cars to get this work underway.
This was the O-KAITOP, a deadhead move running back from BNSF's Kaiser Yard in Fontana, California, which for those of you who know CA as well as I do (read: not at all) is just east of LA a bit.