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BNSF Railway's Denver - Stockton trackage rights manifest glides through Midvale, Utah on the former D&RGW on a stormy April 7, 2008 afternoon in the Salt Lake Valley.
Hillside view from the late nineties of an eastbound BNSF manifest with a fresh Goatboat and MRL unit at the bridge at Two Medicine, Montana.
Like you already know, I don't go to the Staples Sub much, but hearing an H1 Dash 9 leading a stack train made me try my luck. About an hour and a half from Hoffman to Sartell, I made it to the one spot where the Staples Sub gets nose light for eastbounds in the evening. I wasn't sure if I made it on time or not, which was pretty nerve-wracking. However, I guess luck was on my side today, as no more than 10 minutes after I arrived, I saw a headlight appear, and there the train came. Here, Q SSECHC blasts through Sartell at golden hour. Was pretty nice seeing one of these lead again, especially in this light.
A Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway C44-8W, dressed in Heritage 1 'Goatboat' livery, crosses Bridge 6 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico on April 5, 1998.
BNSF C44-9W No. 993 and ES44AC No. 6298 power this Great Western loaded frac sand train over the Cache La Poudre River bridge in Fort Collins, Colorado, on March 2, 2021. The train will divert off onto GW trackage here and head to Halliburton in Windsor.
Just another Keddie shot.
Nonetheless, for a first day over Feather River Canyon, it was a massive score (at least in my opinion!). After hours of waiting, a westbound BN train finally arrived from the High line. At the time, I had wished that the H1's would lead but hey, it could've been worse.
BNSF’s Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest with a consist straight from the 90’s, passes through Norfolk, CO as they’re not far away from the CO/WY border.
With a clean Heritage 1 painted 'goatboat' on the point, a BNSF Railway grain train leans into a curve through Lehi, Utah on Feb. 28, 2010. The 74-car unit train originated in Swanson, California with a final destination of Kansas City, Kansas.
Within the last few minutes of light, BNSF 1075 leads it’s Q-Train westbound out of Tonville Siding heading towards Denver, CO.
Got close to getting CF'ed here as these DP's move away from us. We turned back west to follow and the pursuit was worth the effort as seen here: flic.kr/p/Zpe1KD . Location is approximate...
10-8-1997
A Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Memphis, Tennessee - South Seattle, Washington intermodal train glides westward on the Montana Rail Link between Spring Gulch and St. Regis, Montana the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2000. The colorful train is splitting a pair of Northern Pacific era GRS Model 2A semaphores.
BNSF 961 is wearing "Heritage 1" livery, a colorful tribute BNSF's northern routes (especially the Great Northern Railway) in the western United States.
Three of my favorite diesel locomotives and paint schemes show their faces in Helper, Utah on June 7, 2008.
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway trackage rights manifest crests 7440 ft. Soldier Summit with 62 cars on July 1, 2000.
Wearing a newly introduced paint scheme, inspired by the Great Northern Railway, BNSF 967 rockets through Naples, Idaho on train No. 7 the morning of Sept. 14, 1996.
BNSF GE C44-9W No. 1109 painted in the Heritage One paint scheme leads the Laurel to Denver manifest train into downtown Louisville, Colorado, during a warm autumn afternoon on October 8, 2019.
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Utah Transit Authority and BNSF Railway trains meet at 2nd South crossing in Salt Lake City, Utah the afternoon of Sept. 3, 2009.
Having completed a photo runby, the 1995 Union Pacific Oregon Trunk special departs Gateway, Oregon for Bend.
We had previously shot this train while it was closing on South Junction. Although this photo location is a little over six miles south as the crow flies, it took 31 miles of driving to get here.
There's a good story that goes with our next shot in the chase. It is here:
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A shot of BNSF's new Goatboats in Montana from 1996 that I hadn't posted here before.What a great scheme.
Bnsf 3262 leads a goatboat up the Hannibal Sub. Seen here about to make a train meet at the Burns siding. This siding is located just to the south of Clarksville Mo. It was a rare catch seeing an oil can on the K line.
An Arctic air mass is still settled in along the Front Range, with a temperature around -10F. It is just after sunrise as BNSF GE C44-9W No. 1011 leads the Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado manifest up the 2-percent grade on Burkes Hill approaching Baseline Road near Louisville, Colorado, on December 18, 2016
An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe autorack train rumbles across the Java Bridge at West Java, Montana, on October 8, 1997. Trailing new GE C44-9W No. 996 is BN SD40-2 No. 8168 followed by a recently patched former BN GP50 No. 3100.
Westbound goat boats by the Camp Disappointment monument on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The monument marks the spot of the northernmost campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, on its return trip from the Pacific Northwest. Not a bad view but a little elevation here would be choice.
10-12-1997
BNSF 1095 and GATX 1243 lead the afternoon Chicago to St. Paul intermodal into Midway Yard the bone chilling day back of Jan. 25, 1997. I remember walking up to the Snelling Ave. bridge to shoot a couple of months old Goatboat Dash 9 and freezing in the wind and cold.
I wonder how the GATX SD38-2 did in fast intermodal service mixed with a new Dash 9 like this. They probably didn't get to 60MPH much on the Reserve Mining, but I saw these GATX SD38-2s on these Chicago to St. Paul intermodals more than once, usually by themselves. Seems like a bit of a miscast with that model known for lugging high tonnage trains at slow speeds. Couldn't have been much for tonnage on this #47 as trailers still ruled the intermodal trains from Chicago to the Twin Cities back in 1997. Wasn't soon after this that #47 was changed into an alpha Q-symbol.
I'm grateful to John Turner for his comments that made me research this area properly, after posting yesterday another shot taken here.
Taken from a higher viewpoint, SP's 8572 is an SD40T-2, a "Tunnel Motor" with additional ventilation grilles at the bottom of the long hood. I'm afraid I don't have an identity for the second loco, it looks like an SD45 with the flared vents at the front of the long hood.
My research lead me to the fairly stunning site of Greg Brown at www.flickr.com/photos/goatboat/ , and he has some pictures of this service apparently introduced earlier in 1996.
The train is about to enter the most southerly of the two tunnels here, close to the town of Dorris itself.
S CHCTAC slowly works its way upgrade at Jackson Street with three different BNSF schemes on the head end, just before the shadows crept in.
Telephoto exaggeration at it's finest.
BNSF 968 and company roll through Colton alongside the Mount Vernon connector, which luckily enough didn't have a Union Pacific train on it standing by to make a run for West Riverside on it. The tracks here despite the view make a faint turn before straightening out again, but the glory of zoom photography can really change up the perspective.
BSNF Railway C44-9W No. 1034 works Utah Railway's RUT211 local in Provo, Utah the morning of April 4, 2010.
If memory serves correctly, this was my first pilgrimage to the (in)famous Mt Muller between Lake Park and Hawley, MN back in May 2009. Even 11 years later, I'm not sure I would go out of my way to see this now, but I guess if you're going to see a couple of Dash 9's on a stack train, the leader might as well be in H1 paint.
Still looking new, a pair of Goatboat Dash 9s lead an eastbound intermodal through the St. Anthony plant in St. Paul, MN in March 1997. Was a good first catch of the morning and don't recall why I didn't chase the 1117 east after a set out at Midway Yard.
BNSF 1109 brings up the rear of a fleet of EB trains that rolled through Floyd, MO on a spring like day in early February of 2009.
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway C44-9Ws pull intermodal traffic east through Kayser, New Mexico the morning of April 4, 1998.
I didn't know it at the time, but I was able to pull off a trifecta today of colorful leaders. The first one had an acceptable level of orange leading the Q-ATGLAC6-28 with BNSF 968 doing the honors. The H1 painted "Goat Boat" dates back to August 1996 and is one of the earliest units in the series of 960-1123 to wear this paint scheme. And almost 30 years later, it still stands out in the sea of pumpkins. With the addition of PTC, it's hauling 82 loads and 4 empties at 6423 tons and 8283' on this warm day.
An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crosses the Clark Fork and passes the mile 210.3 semaphore east of Quinns, Montana, on June 30, 2000.
BNSF 978, dressed in "Heritage 1" livery, pulls a Denver - Stockton manifest into the Utah Railway yard in Provo, Utah • Sept. 10, 2010
Before UP's Stadler "hospital train" began its cinematic debut, a Savage, Minnesota - Pixley, California grain train departed Salt Lake City, Utah in a brief moment of "screaming sunshine" with BNSF 1043 taking an Oscar for best supporting actor. March 11, 2024
My first chase of the Union Pacific E units ended at Quinton siding, roughly 125 miles east or Portland. The train pulled by the Es met a westbound freight there. Since the rest of the run to Hinkle was over 70-79 MPH track, with minimal access, I decided to cut and run for home.
After a short wait, a westbound manifest growled by with an SD50 on the point. Once the freight went by, I crossed the tracks to shoot the train against the green spring color. Searing temperatures would soon remove any trace of green from the hillsides.
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BNSF C44-9W No. 993 and ES44AC No. 6298 power this 100-car loaded frac sand train east along the Great Western Railway in Windsor, Colorado, on March 2, 2021.
BNSF 735, 990, and 985 pull a Denver - Provo manifest freight into Utah Railway's Provo Yard on April 9, 2009. For a hot minute, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (as it was called soon after the merger) had two official paint schemes: one that payed homage to its northern routes (Great Northern) and one for the southern Transcon (Santa Fe). Sadly, it didn't last.
A BNSF Goatboat Dash9 brings up the rear of another loaded grain train at Mesa, WA. The spur up to the trestle now ends at my feet, as flatcars in MOW service occupy a siding.