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Today is the second day of our drive from Vancouver through the mountains to the Prairies.
We overnighted here in this lovely hotel and location.
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Enjoy your day and thanks for dropping by.
After sitting just west of the Oklahoma border in Texas for a few hours while a grain train derailment in front of it got cleared up, BNSF's O-KAITOP finally got back on the move again with the 1776 & 250 on the point.
This was a deadhead move, but clearly the crew was interested in getting home, and DS104 was interested in getting them off of the line. They were pulling up to the west switch in Topeka at 22:46, which was just about the same time that Amtrak no. 3 was getting to Lawrence. By the time that the mainline switch had been lined back, and that the O-train made it to the east end of the yard (Amtrak station), the Chief was rolling in at 23:22. That being said, the switch itself was lined back with plenty of time to spare, but I could've seen a scenario where the DS would've held these guys out at the siding in Osage City just to play it safe.
In an unrelated aside, I got back home, and my wife says to me "did you get the train you're looking for?" "I did! And this time, it's one of the red, white, and blue ones!" She rolled her eyes and said "Ugh, again?" Hahaha! I fully appreciate that I'm lucky to see these operate as I often as I have, but it's funny that for her, the shine has completely worn off.
Heart Mountain and the Beartooth Plateau rise in the distance in this evening photo taken from Eagle Pass in Park County, Wyoming.
After officially unveiling the new paint scheme for the railway in Kansas City in early June, CPKC sent both CP 9375, and KCS 4805 west across its Canadian mainline to Coquitlam BC a day apart on trains #201, and #113. The two units were then positioned back to back on the point of the eastbound Coquitlam to Toronto hotshot #100, departing on June 11th. I missed that move due to work, and assumed that after heading east, the units would likely tour the rest of the CPKC system. Somewhere along the line, the units were swapped off of #100, and were demoted to leading the lowly Calgary-Vancouver wayfreight, #401 west from Calgary on June 14. This time I was working in the right place at the right time, and was able to catch the pair not long after they departed west out of Revelstoke BC. Seen here descending the west side of Eagle Pass along Victor Lake.
I'm indifferent to the new scheme versus the old CP scheme. I am very excited though, for the potential of the repainted locomotives giving me something clean to photograph for a change.
The highway coming eastbound from Cody, Wyoming as seen from Eagle Pass in Park County, Wyoming. The Absaroka Mountains can be seen in the background.
A westbound intermodal train passes through a series of tunnels at Eagle Pass on Canadian Pacific's Shuswap Sub.
Clouds rise over the north flank of the Oregon Basin near Cody Wyoming as seen from Eagle Pass. in the background Cedar (Spirit) Mountain can be seen on the left and Rattlesnake Moutain on the right. Shsshone Canyon separtes the 2. Looking through the Canyon, Jim Mountain is visible.
After sitting just west of the Oklahoma border in Texas for a few hours while a grain train derailment in front of it got cleared up, BNSF's O-KAITOP finally got back on the move again with the 1776 & 250 on the point.
This was a deadhead move, but clearly the crew was interested in getting home, and DS104 was interested in getting them off of the line. They were pulling up to the west switch in Topeka at 22:46, which was just about the same time that Amtrak no. 3 was getting to Lawrence. By the time that the mainline switch had been lined back, and that the O-train made it to the east end of the yard (Amtrak station), the Chief was rolling in at 23:22. That being said, the switch itself was lined back with plenty of time to spare, but I could've seen a scenario where the DS would've held these guys out at the siding in Osage City just to play it safe.
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.
Royal Hudson 2860 owned by the Province of B.C. returning from a tourist promotion trip in eastern Canada heads westward out of Revelstoke at the summit of the Monashee Mountains through Eagle Pass
Eastbound grain empties lead unit 9800 along the lake at the summit of Eagle Pass through the Monashee Mountains.
Four locomotives from Burlington Northern (BNSF) shuffle back and forth moving rail cars over the Rio Grande River between Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Mexico. Eagle Pass, Texas USA
After work today, I stumbled upon this BNSF business train pulling into the Topeka, KS yard. As it shoved into the shops, I noticed a brand-new addition to the fleet, which may very well have been the reason for the trip. This nice car is the BNSF 69, the "Eagle Pass," named after the SW Texas border town along the Rio Grande. The tran was the O-TOPTOP1 27A, with the BNSF 7845 for power, and I'm pretty sure that it was just a shake-down run to test out the new car.
Previously, this car had been the Santa Fe "Regal Isle" and is now a 6-bedroom crew dorm.