Originally posted by BNSFrailfan. [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply canazar Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Phoenix, Arizona 1,989 posts Posted by canazar on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:16 AM I spent Saturday morning Williams Arizona by the big BNSF crew change on the the Trans Con. All dash 9's on mostly intermodal stuff. I got to see around a dozen or so trains. There were a few vistors on the line, a few from NS, and I thought I saw a CSX, but still Dash 9's. Except for one treat, a steel coil train came through with 5 SD40's pulling the grade like no one'ss business. Best Regrads John k Best Regards, Big John Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway Reply edbenton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Back home on the Chi to KC racetrack 2,011 posts Posted by edbenton on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:28 AM Tell me about it I just saw an EB stack train with a GP30 a gp35 and a sd 45-2 as its power not a Dash-8-9 to be seen anywere Always at war with those that think OTR trucking is EASY. Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:12 AM As big muddy said - BNSF is running the wheels off their trains. Ah - makes me so happy! She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:40 AM BNSF must be very busy because the UP has been very slow around here. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:12 AM EMDX GP38's working the Cherokee sub locals from Tulsa........they put one on the ground Monday that tore out the main track..........boy did that cause excitement on the radio. Normally all I hear is track warrants for the maintainers and the locals, since the Cherokee is CTC. But the radio came alive when this happened, the dispatcher pretty much made contact with all of the trains West of Springfield heading to Tulsa, fortunatly for him, many were already stopped holding in a siding somewhere. I knew it was a busy line, but he must have talked to 20 trains. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:09 PM Mud, I was just being a wise-guy. In reality, I know that the chiefs call most of the shots. When I do get resentful is when I get ahold of a smarta<< DS. When they are cool, I will bust my butt to keep their RR clear. When they are jerks, it's work per rule time. Airtests become lengthy when you inspect cars down to the grab irons....as per rule. Reply Edit arbfbe Member sinceFebruary 2002 910 posts Posted by arbfbe on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:47 PM Of course there is the BNSF policy of hauling failed units across the country for a week or more at a time before they set them out to be repaired. It is unbelievable how many units stay dead in a consist to go to Interbay before they turn the unit around to haul it back dead to KC. What a waste of horsepower and capital investment. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:22 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by ironken C'mon Mud. Dispatchers are cool, calm and in control and never make moves outta desperation. You would never see a DS make a desperate move especially when a crew is going DOL......... Guess you don't see all those operating department godzillas breathing down their necks and second-guessing every move either![:D] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:19 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton right now is malox time if you are on the power desk. Grain shipping is up other freight is up also. Now throw in UPS cranking up shipments 40-50% a week and you can see why it looks like that BNSF is power short. Remember BNSF has the surge fleet and they are kept for this time. I imagine that Mooks has already seen the surge fleet leave Lincoln by now. Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply edbenton Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Back home on the Chi to KC racetrack 2,011 posts Posted by edbenton on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:00 PM right now is malox time if you are on the power desk. Grain shipping is up other freight is up also. Now throw in UPS cranking up shipments 40-50% a week and you can see why it looks like that BNSF is power short. Remember BNSF has the surge fleet and they are kept for this time. Always at war with those that think OTR trucking is EASY. Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:24 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas BNSF is power short, then I say BRING BACK THE COWLS [#ditto] Amen brudda, unfortunately I believe they are all either scrapped or in museums...oh, how sad! Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:20 PM BNSF is power short, then I say BRING BACK THE COWLS Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:55 PM C'mon Mud. Dispatchers are cool, calm and in control and never make moves outta desperation. You would never see a DS make a desperate move especially when a crew is going DOL......... Reply Edit mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:00 PM Welcome to Christmas Rush and Peak Traffic Season . (and desparate dispatchers) Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:15 PM Have seen quite a few ex-ATSF GP60Ms leading Z, Q, and S trains on the northern transcon. Looking a lot like the 1980s, when BN and Santa Fe both dabbled with using four-axle power on high-priority intermodals. Reply Edit Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:12 AM Chris - YES! I checked my sheets and we have had #6101 through here! It hung around here through the summer months! Mook! She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply CopCarSS Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Turner Junction 3,076 posts Posted by CopCarSS on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:59 AM Hot dog...somebody caught that lash-up. I was driving on Jericho Rd. when I saw that, and told my sister we had to go chase it (she understood). Of course, since we were on a short errand, I didn't have the camera. I always keep a Canonet QL 17 with a roll of Provia 100F in my car, but alas! my car was in Denver, and my sister has no such practices. Oh well, maybe I'll see some more dinosaurs today while I'm out with Carl. BTW, the SD9 was #6101, if anyone cares. -ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:23 AM Almost all the freight through here has the "old" engines on the head end. 70's, 9's and newer are reserved for coal. I love to see freight because I know I will see older engines. They seem to get the job done and pull freights as long as coal trains! Mook She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply trainboyH16-44 Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Mile 7.5 Laggan Sub., Great White North 4,201 posts Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Monday, November 21, 2005 9:13 PM Whatever moves your freight, I just wish I had seen that! Matthew Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296 Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/ Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 21, 2005 8:49 PM We always get a little short on power this time of year. Those old units are turds, granted, but they still move the freight and thats all the Co. cares about. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 21, 2005 6:55 PM That's because the BNSF Railway can't keep it's own Power on it's own Rails. Reply Edit eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts BNSF power short? Posted by eolafan on Monday, November 21, 2005 5:09 PM Wow, check our www.railpictures.net and look at photo number 126001 and you will see a Z train with a GP30/GP60B/SD9 lashup as power![:O] I never thought I would see this kind of power combination on a Z train in 2005. Is BNSF that short of power these days? Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
Best Regards, Big John
Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironken C'mon Mud. Dispatchers are cool, calm and in control and never make moves outta desperation. You would never see a DS make a desperate move especially when a crew is going DOL.........
QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton right now is malox time if you are on the power desk. Grain shipping is up other freight is up also. Now throw in UPS cranking up shipments 40-50% a week and you can see why it looks like that BNSF is power short. Remember BNSF has the surge fleet and they are kept for this time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas BNSF is power short, then I say BRING BACK THE COWLS
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296
Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/
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