Great Night

[traisessive1]

ahhhh yes yes it does

[traisessive1]

ahhhh yes yes it does

[eolafan]

Sorry guys, I forgot that some folks are not familiar with BNSF train symbols. So for the record train symbol BRCGAL stands for Belt Railway of Chicago to Galesburg, IL yard, thus BRC-GAL, some of the railroaders call it BRICK-GAL on the radio. This train starts its daily life at the Belt Railway of Chicago yard in Chicago and stops at the BNSF Eola yard to interchange cars (typically dropping off an average of 60-70 cars and picking up about the same) and then goes on to Galesburg for more work before returning. She typically spends about one to two hours at Eola switching as there are lots of other trains that get in her way (she must switch the halves of the yard on both sides of the main so Metra, Z trains, Amtrak, etc. always seem to get in the way multiple times and BRCGAL must wait as she is a low priority train that we have learned to love...she usually comes in with all sorts of different power, not a "99% of the time Dash 9 train". Hope this clarifies things for everyone.

[eolafan]

Sorry guys, I forgot that some folks are not familiar with BNSF train symbols. So for the record train symbol BRCGAL stands for Belt Railway of Chicago to Galesburg, IL yard, thus BRC-GAL, some of the railroaders call it BRICK-GAL on the radio. This train starts its daily life at the Belt Railway of Chicago yard in Chicago and stops at the BNSF Eola yard to interchange cars (typically dropping off an average of 60-70 cars and picking up about the same) and then goes on to Galesburg for more work before returning. She typically spends about one to two hours at Eola switching as there are lots of other trains that get in her way (she must switch the halves of the yard on both sides of the main so Metra, Z trains, Amtrak, etc. always seem to get in the way multiple times and BRCGAL must wait as she is a low priority train that we have learned to love...she usually comes in with all sorts of different power, not a "99% of the time Dash 9 train". Hope this clarifies things for everyone.

[JoeKoh]

See trains june 2001. Fred Frailey does an article on BNSF.Z-lacwsp7 is a train from LA to willow springs ILL. hope this helps,
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

See trains june 2001. Fred Frailey does an article on BNSF.Z-lacwsp7 is a train from LA to willow springs ILL. hope this helps,
stay safe
joe

[traisessive1]

im a lil confused....but this up here in canada man....only if you were unsure
and the train was 533....

CN uses this for clasifictation to my knowledge....i knw there are more

100---intermodal
200---?
300---main manifest freight
400---?
500---road switchers, yard jobs
600---?
700---specials, and like other misc things

[traisessive1]

im a lil confused....but this up here in canada man....only if you were unsure
and the train was 533....

CN uses this for clasifictation to my knowledge....i knw there are more

100---intermodal
200---?
300---main manifest freight
400---?
500---road switchers, yard jobs
600---?
700---specials, and like other misc things

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue

Bein in an engine is addictive.
I have to say that the best part for me is talking to the crew.

[:D] I know what you mean. I like their stories. They let you know whats really going on.
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue

Bein in an engine is addictive.
I have to say that the best part for me is talking to the crew.

[:D] I know what you mean. I like their stories. They let you know whats really going on.
stay safe
joe

[sooblue]

Bein in an engine is addictive.
I have to say that the best part for me is talking to the crew.

[sooblue]

Bein in an engine is addictive.
I have to say that the best part for me is talking to the crew.

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by traisessive1

BRCGAL?
I'm not quite sure what you mean

Hi
I dont know where the train goes but BRCGAL is the name of the train.Z-trains are the fast intermodals for Bnsf.
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by traisessive1

BRCGAL?
I'm not quite sure what you mean

Hi
I dont know where the train goes but BRCGAL is the name of the train.Z-trains are the fast intermodals for Bnsf.
stay safe
joe

[traisessive1]

BRCGAL?
I'm not quite sure what you mean

[traisessive1]

BRCGAL?
I'm not quite sure what you mean

[eolafan]

Oh, if only some of the BNSF engineers were so friendly in Eola yard, my day, week, month and year would then be complete (are you listening crew of train BRCGAL?)

[eolafan]

Oh, if only some of the BNSF engineers were so friendly in Eola yard, my day, week, month and year would then be complete (are you listening crew of train BRCGAL?)

[JoeKoh]

nothing so fine than to sit in a brand new GE Dash-9.I've also been in gp a gp 38-2,sd 40, sd 40-2 and a gp-9 with matt.
nice[:D]
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

nothing so fine than to sit in a brand new GE Dash-9.I've also been in gp a gp 38-2,sd 40, sd 40-2 and a gp-9 with matt.
nice[:D]
stay safe
joe

[edblysard]

It looks a lot different from up in the cab, right?
And a good crew makes it look sooo easy!
Glad you had fun,
Stay Frosty
Ed[8D]

[edblysard]

It looks a lot different from up in the cab, right?
And a good crew makes it look sooo easy!
Glad you had fun,
Stay Frosty
Ed[8D]

[traisessive1]

So I went down to the yard tonight to watch 533 and the CPR interchange train do their switching and a guy I know who used to work for CN was there. So I was talking to him and in came 533. So he hopped in the loco and they began to switch. Like 5 min later the engineer asked me to come up. So i of course did, he said they would only be 20 min, but hey, 20 min seems like forever when you are a railfan in a cab. So when they were done he let me give the horn a shoot, so i did, and it was great.....so ya

[traisessive1]

So I went down to the yard tonight to watch 533 and the CPR interchange train do their switching and a guy I know who used to work for CN was there. So I was talking to him and in came 533. So he hopped in the loco and they began to switch. Like 5 min later the engineer asked me to come up. So i of course did, he said they would only be 20 min, but hey, 20 min seems like forever when you are a railfan in a cab. So when they were done he let me give the horn a shoot, so i did, and it was great.....so ya