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Eclectic Motive Power on BNSF Manifest in Stanwood, WA

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Posted by zardoz on Friday, March 17, 2017 5:10 AM
I'm sure the Engineer just LOVED having all that dead weight on the head end.
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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:00 PM

   I'm assuming that maybe only the first two units were on line.   The rest seemed rather old (I don't know how old the "B" units were.)   Could they have been "cleaning out the garage", either selling or scrapping them? 

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:46 PM

Interesting lash-up and quasi-museum of BN/SF locomotive models (note - no DPU).

Thanks for sharing !  Bow  And to Paul of Covington for finding and posting the link.  Bow

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Posted by Yard Limit on Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:57 PM
Yes, thank you!
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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:48 PM

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:09 PM

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Eating marshmellows?

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, March 16, 2017 2:33 PM

All I see is a polar bear in a snowstorm.Confused

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, March 16, 2017 12:00 PM

BaltACD

 

 
Yard Limit
This is probably the most interesting collection of motive power I've ever seen on a train.

 

Without pictures of what you saw - you didn't see anything we can comment on.

Or at least a list...

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:47 AM

Yard Limit
This is probably the most interesting collection of motive power I've ever seen on a train.

Without pictures of what you saw - you didn't see anything we can comment on.

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Posted by K. P. Harrier on Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:43 AM

I want to see that "most interesting collection" reference the "this" that you menioned.

Do you need help posting a photo?

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Eclectic Motive Power on BNSF Manifest in Stanwood, WA
Posted by Yard Limit on Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:21 AM

This is probably the most interesting collection of motive power I've ever seen on a train.

I apologize but it seems that the link to the video on youtube isn't getting put in the body of my post.  Please find us on youtube: Yard Limit  

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