BNSF 4156 Monument 19 Jun 16
Here's something you don't see everyday...an all DC-powered coal train! BNSF 4156 leads a southbound coal train through the s-curve just south of Monument, CO.
I had originally spotted this train stopped in Greenland, but thought nothing of it...only that it had 3 GEs up front. It was fellow railfan Wes Greer who noted that the entire head end was made up of nothing but DC units. The rear consisted of 3 units, but it turns out the last two were manned AC helpers. Those helpers cut off after coming over the top in Palmer Lake, and the remaining DPU was also a DC-powered GE.
I cut my teeth in the railfan world during the twilight of DC-powered coal trains running across the northern plains in the mid-to-late'ish 2000s, but I didn't think I'd ever see it again. Granted, this train was not powered by SD60Ms or SD75s or Oakways, but it was still pretty neat to see...
BNSF 4156 Monument 19 Jun 16
Here's something you don't see everyday...an all DC-powered coal train! BNSF 4156 leads a southbound coal train through the s-curve just south of Monument, CO.
I had originally spotted this train stopped in Greenland, but thought nothing of it...only that it had 3 GEs up front. It was fellow railfan Wes Greer who noted that the entire head end was made up of nothing but DC units. The rear consisted of 3 units, but it turns out the last two were manned AC helpers. Those helpers cut off after coming over the top in Palmer Lake, and the remaining DPU was also a DC-powered GE.
I cut my teeth in the railfan world during the twilight of DC-powered coal trains running across the northern plains in the mid-to-late'ish 2000s, but I didn't think I'd ever see it again. Granted, this train was not powered by SD60Ms or SD75s or Oakways, but it was still pretty neat to see...