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Drag Racing stackers |
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These two westbound stackers are racing at track speed in this image. Really wish I'd had a video camera at this moment. The location is West Colton on the BNSF San Bernardino Sub (as opposed to the more famous West Colton on the UP Alhambra Sub), and the two trains are both about to cross over Fogg Street. The GEVO is moving ever so slightly faster, but not enough that I'll ever find out what is behind that Oakway SD60. Meanwhile, the Warbonnet Dash 9, Goatboat and two H2s are leading a train that I had just seen pass through A Yard and the platforms of the San Bernardino Harvey House Depot. Dash 9 #668 was delivered to the Santa Fe in September of 1994, while "Power Bar" ES44DC #7584 was delivered to the BNSF in June 2007. |
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8/24/2008 Upload Date: 9/1/2008 12:08:38 PM |
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Colton, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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ATSF 668(C44-9W) BNSF 7584(ES44DC) |
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CP Carson and Dolores Yard on New Year's Eve |
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Before the Alameda Corridor was built (the tracks beneath the cantalevered signal bridge), train watching at Dolores Yard was easy, but by 2002, the yard had been fixed so that getting shots involve stopping at a no stopping zone and pointing the camera out the window. Still, I managed to pull in briefly and get this shot of a warbonnet Dash 9 waiting its turn on the Corridor, while a UP SD9043MAC idles and a southbound UP stacker behind an SD70M gets ready to make it's run down into the Harbor. |
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12/31/2002 Upload Date: 7/16/2008 11:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Carson, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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UP 8180(SD9043MAC) UP 4492(SD70M) BNSF 766(C44-9W) |
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BNSF eastbound manifest |
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Eastbound manifest east of town, and passing our motel, at 7:57 AM in the morning. We were staying at the Flagstaff Travel Lodge on Route 66, which is one of dozens of "Railfan-Heaven" places to stay in Flagstaff. Roll out of bed, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy the Transcon in that glorious Northern Arizona morning light. Here, we see a collection of Dash 9s. The lead unit, #4567, arrived from the GE shops in Erie, PA in late 1999 as part of an order of 299 units. BNSF has nearly 1,700 of these units, I believe. Sort of boggles the mind. |
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6/27/2003 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 12:30:15 AM |
| Location: |
Flagstaff, AZ |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 4567(C44-9W) BNSF 4592(C44-9W) BNSF 4582(C44-9W) NS 8948(C40-9W) BNSF 795(C44-9W) |
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UP & BNSF race in Cajon |
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BNSF Dash 9 and UP AC leads their trains in the same compass direction at Mormon Rocks. The BNSF train will head towards Bartsow, and possibly on to the Transcon, while the UP train is going up towards Tehachapi and the Fresno Sub, possibly on to Roseville. #5439 arrived on the UP on April 2005. UP calls CTE equipt AC4400CWs C44AC-CTEs, so to differentiate the ES44ACs (like 5439), they are called C45AC-CTE. In my experience, these are among the only units where railfans use the railroad designation, and not the manufacturer model. One UP rail has dubbed these GEVOs "Super Twinkies." |
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7/2/2006 Upload Date: 7/23/2007 10:07:18 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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UP 5439(AC45CCTE) BNSF 4043(C44-9W) UP 3986(SD70M) |
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BNSF string of stacks |
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Westbound stacks climb the grade at Vail, and begin to slow for Hobart Yard. Too bad that SD60M wasn't elephant style too. For anyone who's not been to Commerce, it's quite an experience watching these come in. The platform is actually between the main line and a yard track, so you can often be trapped here. And these big stackers come in from the east, often at pretty high rates of speed, while the eastbounds come in fairly slow, building speed as they go. This was shot on Fujichrome Provia 100F. |
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7/19/2008 Upload Date: 8/11/2008 11:38:07 PM |
| Location: |
Commerce, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 4043(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 4543 |
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BNSF stack trains swap crews on the 190th Street Bridge, aka the eastern limit of Alcoa Yard. The Hobart based crew has brought 4965 to Torrance, whlie the Watson based crew has brought 4543 up. This crew swap was a somewhat rare move, usually made because one of the crews (probably Hobart) was at risk of dying on the law. Dash 9 4543 was part of BNSF's 1999 order for 299 more of the ubiquitous units, making it only about six months old in this shot. |
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5/27/2000 Upload Date: 6/20/2008 12:33:48 AM |
| Location: |
Torrance, CA |
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Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 4543(C44-9W) |
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BC Rail "Whistler Northwind" |
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The short-lived "Whistler Northwind" was a pleasant surprise when I drove over to North Van one early morning from my hotel room at the Sutton Place. Usually led by a specially painted brown B39-8, she was led this day by substitute power in the form of a Dash 9-44CWL. This luxury "land cruise" service began in 2001 and died in 2002 when BCOL gave up all passenger train service. The nine car train included were three single level domes built by Colorado Railcar, along with another standard CRM lounge car. Two of the domes — 1720 and 1721 — were used for "Panorama" service, while the third, 1722, seated the train's "Summit" service passengers. An additional round-end summit lounge car, a diner and kitchen car, as well as a crew sleeper and a power car rounded out the consist. Taking three days for the trip up to Prince George (so you could see Fraiser Canyon), the train only ran in the daytime. Passengers left the train enroute for sightseeing, free time, and overnight stays at the ski resort of Whistler and in the Cariboo region at 100-Mile House. I recall some BCOL representatives standing on the platform, watching the train pull out... making sure everything was perfect. |
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5/27/2001 Upload Date: 12/30/2010 1:00:30 AM |
| Location: |
North Vancouver, BC |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BCOL 4653(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 4965 |
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Westbound stacks come to rest over Hawthorne Avenue in order to swap crews. While this train is in single track territory, it is coming upon the eastern limit of Alcoa Yard, where an eastbound is waiting. The two trains traded crews here, returning the Watson crew to Watson and the Hobart crew to Hobart. On the heels of this train was a light engine move, making for a very rare train three Harbor Sub meet. Dash 9 #4965 was from the end of an order for 200 Dash 9s that were delivered in the second half of 1998. |
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5/27/2000 Upload Date: 6/20/2008 12:33:29 AM |
| Location: |
Torrance, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 4965(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 5033 |
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A long BNSF stacker nears the end of its westbound run as it passes through the Tesoro Refinery and West Thenard. Moments from this shot, it will cross Henry Ford and then cross Badger Bridge on its way to Terminal Island. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 5/13/2011 12:10:22 AM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, CA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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BNSF 5033(C44-9W) |
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UP 9723 |
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A Union Pacific Dash 9 leads a string of COFC over the south branch of the Chicago River, via the "South Branch Bridge" aka the "Canal Street Railroad Bridge." Built in 1915 by Waddell and Harrington for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the bridge is now on Amtrak's Chicago Terminal. The train is coming from Union Pacific's Canal Street Intermodal facility and will reach the former Chicago and Northwestern main from here. #9723 is from UP's July and August 1994 order of Dash 9s. |
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6/3/2000 Upload Date: 6/21/2008 7:28:16 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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UP 9723(C44-9W) |
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