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thirdrail1
Member since
January 2001
From: Niue
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Posted by
thirdrail1
on Thursday, November 1, 2001 8:50 AM
What you saw was a "run-through". Rather than change locomotives at Chicago, the BNSF power ran through to destination on the CN(GTW). It was operated by a CN crew. To pay BNSF, CN will either pay money to BNSF, but more likely BNSF will receive an equal number of "horsepower hours" by using CN power on BNSF trains elsewhere.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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BNSF in Pontiac Michigan
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:35 PM
Hi, I'm fairly new to being a railfan and just started watching trains more carefully. Today I was suprise to see a BNSF Coal train in Pontiac Michigan on a CN line. Is this a normal thing? I have never seen anything about BNSF operating in Michigan.
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