Follow up on the last post. Matt Rose was with the train in Great Falls, MT
The train is in Great Falls, Montana for trips that ran today and more will run tomorrow. (Wed 12/10/08) The train came up the Laurel Sub of the BNSF from Laurel to Great Falls early this morning. I couldn't sleep and happened to see it run through my area at 12:30a.m. One could not miss it even in the middle of the night and I live two miles from the line. The crew had all the lights on in all the cars. That was quite a sight to see the train running on freight only tracks in the middle of the night all lit up. There was no problem figuring out which one was the big dome car.
The Great Falls Tribune (newspaper) is suppose to have an article on the train in Wednesday's addition.
I am glad that the BNSF is making an effort to keep their image polished!
Murphy Siding 'Turns out you were right on the money. It was a special train for military families. http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812060316
'Turns out you were right on the money. It was a special train for military families. http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812060316
HMMM, Well,It only stands to reason they would do this since they were just voted the best rr to hire military people either active or reserve...God Bless Our Soldiers and Merry Christmas to them and their families !
If any of you have Pentrex videos then you should get the video called The Ultimate Tehachapi. It has the BNSF Christmas Train in it. From discribing what you said then this is the Christmas Train. The passenger car setup in the Pentrex video is just like what you said it was setup.
Kind of nice to see Corporations have big hearts too.
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Murphy Siding Anmybody know the skinny on a BNSF passenger train with 11 cars, sitting in Sioux Falls, S.D this morning? It looks like an observation car, a couple of bi-levels, and the rest are old passenger cars. Driving by, I could make our Snoqualmie Pass. Looks like I need to go make some customer calls right about now.
Anmybody know the skinny on a BNSF passenger train with 11 cars, sitting in Sioux Falls, S.D this morning? It looks like an observation car, a couple of bi-levels, and the rest are old passenger cars. Driving by, I could make our Snoqualmie Pass.
Looks like I need to go make some customer calls right about now.
Check out bnsf .com I believe this is the Santa Clause Express...
EDIT : The SCE is in So.Cal...Sorry about the mixup...
Murphy Siding Holy cow ! All that for a couple of higher ups? You'd think with this consist, we could expect James J. Hill to be onboard.
Holy cow ! All that for a couple of higher ups? You'd think with this consist, we could expect James J. Hill to be onboard.
Murphy Siding For those interested: BNSF #4178, # 5243, Rollins Pass, Marias Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, Lake Superior, Mountain View, Santa Fe, Valley View, Fox River ( a bi-level), Powder River ( a bi-level), Bayview (like a dome-liner, except the whole length of the car is raised and glass enclosed), and Red River.
For those interested: BNSF #4178, # 5243, Rollins Pass, Marias Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, Lake Superior, Mountain View, Santa Fe, Valley View, Fox River ( a bi-level), Powder River ( a bi-level), Bayview (like a dome-liner, except the whole length of the car is raised and glass enclosed), and Red River.
Sounds like an inspection train to me...
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