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5302 (GE ES44DC) leads the charge east on a chilly 33deg. Wednesday December 7th 2016. Shot from Getz road, near Fairview, Pa.
A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes through Whiting, Indiana at twilight. It felt good to be out of the rain :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/400s
On March 14, 2005, an eastbound BNSF freight climbs through Bealville, California, on the trip over Tehachapi Pass. The train is led by new GE ES44DC No. 7667, one of a handful of BNSF GEVOs in Heritage II paint (compared to the wedge scheme, anyway).
Shadows from numerous clouds darken the background in Lombard Canyon on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, as a BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. BNSF GE ES44DC No. 7491 leads a leased Canadian Pacific GE AC4400CW and a BNSF EMD SD70MAC as head end power for the westbound train.
EN: On the upper track of Kingman Canyon a stacktrain hauled by five locos in Elephant Style runs uphills.
DE: Ein von fünf Loks im Elephant Style gezogener Containerzug kämpft sich auf dem oberen Gleis im Kingman Canyon bergwärts.
Led by brand-new GE ES44DC No. 7628, a BNSF employee special passenger train rounds the curve along Lower Church Lake between Westminster and Broomfield, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2007.
BNSF ES44DC 7460 leads the Z-SBDWSP2-22L eastbound through heavy fresh snow east of Flagstaff, AZ at MP 336.6 on January 26, 2010.
BNSF ES44DC 7763 is seen leading a westbound Boeing train with 2 737s and a P-8 Poseidon west through Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River - 01/05/2023
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A loaded coal train grinds its way over the MRL's Bozeman Pass, emerging from the tunnel at West End, Montana as the trailing SD70MAC billows smoke after its trip through the tunnel. With additional length added to these trains, the MRL is now cutting in mid-train helpers for the trip over the pass.
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MRL 2nd Sub
West End, MT
BNSF C SXMRBG1 88F (Coal Loads; Signal Peak Mine, MT to Roberts Bank, BC)
BNSF 7648 ES44DC Blt. 2005
BNSF 9809 SD70MAC Blt. 1997
(Helper) MRL 4400 SD70ACe Blt. 2013
(Helper) MRL 290 SDP40-2XR Ex. BN 6395 SDP40, BN 9851, GN 321 Blt. 1966
(Helper) MRL 4401 SD70ACe Blt. 2013
(DPU) BNSF 4541 C44-9W Blt. 1999
Norfolk Southern intermodal train 277 works west under a signal bridge at Bluestone, WV on April 11, 2023 led by ES44DC No. 7521.
CN ES44DC 2336 leads the way of an ethanol train as it rolls by the fields in Charter Grove, IL.
In the background is a rather ominous wall cloud producing rotation.
EN: Abo Canyon east of Belen, NM was one of the last sections of the great BNSF Southern Transcontinental with only single track design. In 2009 the works for the second track were in preparation.
DE: Der Abo Canyon östlich von Belen, NM war einer der letzten eingleisigen Abschnitte der großen BNSF Southern Transcontinental Eisenbahn. 2009 waren allerdings bereits erste Vorbereitungsarbeiten für den zweigleisigen Ausbau zu erkennen.
Westbound Canadian National train No. 403 threads the darkening depths of Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, late in the afternoon of September 24, 2015. GE ES44DC Nos. 2261 and 2312, assisted by rear DPU EMD SD70M-2 No. 8949, have the 149-car manifest freight well at hand as they exit Tunnel 54.8 and dive across the Thompson River on a truss bridge, ending up in the CP side of the river for a while.
Curving into Solomon, Alberta, on the morning of July 9, 2014, is Canadian National train No. 304 led by GE ES44DC No. 2265.
BNSF ES44DC 7390 leads the westbound S-KCKSCO1-11A at Crozier Canyon, AZ at MP 480.1 past blooming flowers on a Hedgehog cactus on a Spring day.
As evening rain showers move in over the Elkhorn Mountains, a loaded BNSF grain train slowly grinds its way up Winston Hill and approaches the summit in Winston, Montana as it makes its way west over the MRL. This 115 car train was visible for almost an hour after rolling through Townsend as it wound its way through the grasslands and up the hill.
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MRL 2nd Sub
Winston, MT
MRL G RSCKAL9 29M (Grain Loads; ??? to Kalama, WA)
BNSF 7732 ES44DC Blt. 2005
BNSF 3630 ET44C4 Blt. 2020
(DPU) BNSF 4239 ES44C4 Blt. 2016
Canadian National's L506 slowly rolls across the wooden trestle that spans Columbia Parkway as it makes its way over CP's Withrow Sub on the final leg of its journey into Minneapolis, Minnesota. A CN ES44DC leads a KCS SD70ACe adding a splash a color to the cold landscape.
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CP Withrow Sub
Minneapolis, MN
CN L50681 (Local; New Brighton, MN to Minneapolis, MN Turn)
CN 2266 ES44DC Blt.2007
KCS 4051 SD70ACe Blt. 2007
What I believe was loaded coal train NS 810 thunders east through the signals at control point Pelton along the Christiansburg district with an ES44DC in charge. Some spots had decent color remaining yesterday, like here. But alot of places the leaves were already blown off of the trees unfortunately.
10-18-2022
NS ES44DC 7626 is seen leading an eastbound coal train through Eckman, WV as some remaining Fall colors provide a nice backdrop on the mountains.
EN: A double stack train heads up on the upper track of Kingman Canyon.
DE: Ein Doppeldecker-Containerzug strebt auf dem oberen Gleis im Kingman Canyon aufwärts.
Running outside its typical time, the only intermodal train across the Ottumwa Subdivision heads west through Chillicothe, Iowa and splits a pair of coal trains at CP 288.8. On the left, E CLOBTM0 08A waits for a crew to depart from the IES Utilities Ottumwa Generating Station, while the DPU of loaded train C BKMCEB0 21A is tied down on the main waiting for a recrew.
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BNSF Ottumwa Sub
Chillicothe, IA
BNSF Z CHIDEN3 02U (Intermodal; Corwith, IL to Rennicks Yard - Denver, CO)
BNSF 7214 ES44DC Blt. 2009
BNSF 8131 ES44C4 Blt. 2014
BNSF 7341 ES44DC Blt. 2009
BNSF E CLOBTM0 08A (Coal Empties; IES Utilities - Ottumwa, IA to Black Thunder Mine, WY)
BNSF 6037 ES44AC Blt. 2006
BNSF 5823 ES44AC Blt. 2005
BNSF C BKMCEB0 21A (Coal Loads; Buckskin Mine, WY to Baldwin Energy Station - Centralia, IL (CN))
(DPU) BNSF 5775 ES44AC Blt. 2005
Three pure canucks make a visit to sunny California! CN 2221, a BC Rail dash nine, and another CN Gevo leads the westbound UEPJUI (Mason City, IA to Port of Stockton, CA Unit Ethanol) along the slopes of Table Mountain near Oroville, CA.
An eastbound BNSF manifest freight passes under the signal bridge just west of Mojave, California, at the foot of Tehachapi Pass on March 14, 2005. Brand-new BNSF ES44DC No. 7658 is one of a handful of GEVOs that were painted in “Heritage II” colors.
The summer work season is in full swing on the BNSF in Iowa, as a pair GE's lead GREX ballast train U CWIGFM8 02B west for reloading with stone, about to pass under the Route 16 overpass in Batavia, Iowa.
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BNSF Ottumwa Sub
Batavia, IA
BNSF U CWIGFM8 02B (Corwith, IL to Grand Falls, MN)
BNSF 7709 ES44DC Blt. 2005
BNSF 6718 ES44C4 Blt. 2011
A lone BNSF ES44DC leads a single 89 ft flat car loaded with a new Boeing 737 fuselage en route from the Spirit AeroSystems plant in Wichita, KS headed to Boeing’s Renton, WA plant for final assembly. These specialized movements have been fixtures along this route since the 1960s and see no sign of ending anytime soon as the fourth generation of this, the world’s second most popular aircraft (with 14,668 total ordered through Nov. 2020), remains in production despite recent troubles.
The normal routing of these priority high-wide movements (sometimes moving in dedicated trains like this and sometimes as part of a premium intermodal train) takes them across the length of the Montana Rail Link mainline which is where we find this train just starting down the west side of Bozeman Pass at aptly named West End having just crested the 5702 ft summit about a mile to the east. The train has just crossed the Woodchuck Road crossing at MP 129.4 on MRL’s 2nd Subdivision, the one time Northern Pacific Railway mainline, as it heads downhill to Bozeman and points west.
To read more about about these Boeing move’s check out this article: www.railwayage.com/freight/bnsf-mrl-move-10000th-boeing-7...
West End
Gallatin County, Montana
Wednesday January 10, 2018
The sun is getting low in the sky as NS ES44DC 7554 rolls past the former Fleetwood autobody plant with westbound 11N on the Reading Line.
Fleetwood Metal Body was an autobody builder formed in 1909. Its name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars. Most of the bodywork crafted in Pennsylvania was used by Packard, with the rest of production being split between Cadillac and Lincoln then sent by rail to the rolling chassis manufacturer where assembly was completed. Fleetwood was purchased by Fisher Body in 1925 and integrated into General Motors in 1931. At that time, the former PA facility was closed and operations moved to Detroit , MI.
With a UP train in the background, 7218, 7274, 7988 & 3882 pass Hill 582 whilst hauling a double stack container train, 26 Oct 2019.
EN: On BNSF Southern Transcon a double stack train heads into Crozier Canyon.
DE: Auf der BNSF Southern Transcon rollt ein Doppelstock-Containerzug in den Crozier Canyon hinein.
BNSF ES44DC 7619 leads the westbound G-BETGUC9-07A corn train from Beatrice, NE to Guernsey, CA at Angell, AZ at sunrise running 4x3x2 DPU configuration with head-end power 7619/7554/5233/653-mid-DPUs-4386/5035/KCSM487 and rear-DPUs 8160/4813 with 114 loads, 0 empties, 16190 tons, 7303 feet.
NS 29G rolls west through Oakvale, Wv on the Christiansburg district. Riding second is a white facee dash 9 that looks like an old Alco than a d9.
9-5-2021
Westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train 277 grinds upgrade near Ingleside, WV on April 11. 2023, led by ES44DC No. 7521.
BNSF Railway ES44DC No. 7666 crests 7440 ft. Soldier Summit with a Denver-Stockton manifest on Oct. 17, 2008.
It's a bright sunny morning in The Dalles. Against the backdrop of the historic town, and the brilliance of Mount Hood, a BNSF manifest makes it's way east towards Wishram and Pasco.
A recently delivered BNSF ES44DC and a Santa Fe SD75M had a westbound intermodal rolling through Highlands. That fresh paint wouldn't look that good for long. It was built in February of 2005 and this was the 4 day of the month. It doesn't get much cleaner than this.
A lot has changed around this location over the years. BNSF would replace the classic CB&Q signal bridge; the foliage overgrowth is out of control, and the motive power is a lot dirtier and a lot less interesting.
A pair of ES44DC's lead coal empties across the massive trestle at Amonate, Virginia as they make their way up the Dry Fork Branch to load at Beech Creek. Running as J49, the crew ran light power from Bluefield to Cedar Bluff, where they picked up the empty cars from the siding to take to the mine.
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NS Dry Fork Branch
Amonate, VA
NS J49 (Coal Empties; Bluefield, WV to Beech Creek, WV)
NS 7697 ES44DC Ex. NS 7697 ES40DC Blt. 2007
NS 7557 ES44DC Ex. NS 7557 ES40DC Blt. 2005
With dark clouds and storms surrounding Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 17, 2014, a BNSF coal train snakes along the Missouri River in scenic Lombard Canyon on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision. BNSF GE ES44DC No. 7491 leads a leased Canadian Pacific GE AC4400CW and a BNSF EMD SD70MAC for head end power on the westbound train.
On a late May, sunny evening, CN 519 is in the process of pulling two long tracks off of PSA with an SD75i and an ES44DC for power. While its quite common to have a six axle assigned to servicing PSA Halifax, it is unusual to see two high horses working together here. Quite the memorable evening for me, as after I took this set of photos, my two year old waved to each of the cars as they rolled under us. As we headed for home, the clouds took over within a matter of minutes. You just can't beat that late spring/summer evening light!!
BNSF ES44DC 78783 is seen leading a detouring Z train west at Arlee on MRLs 10th Sub - 30/04/2023
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