I doubt it Ken. But one time we at the UNW were asked to display the layout during the BNSF 10th anniversary picnic. All of us were like kids in a candy store walking around the roundhouse. We were even able to get up inside of some of the engines and sit up inside the cabs.
I did a bit of searching and it seems this is not the original Nebraska Zephyr? Does anyone know if this one is perhaps an excursion run? Perhaps someone has details on it's equipment contents? I can read on the sides BN-1, BN-2, Big Horn Pass, Stevens Pass, Stampede Pass, ?Deschutes River?, Lake Superior, ___, and Glacier View I definitely want to model this train!
That was the power and cars from their business train fleet. That must have been an "executive" special.
I'm sure the "Nebraska Zephyr" name was just resurrected for this run. Sure wish they'd have kept those "executive" units. They were sharp. Boxcab E50
Yep, the true Nebraska Zephyr ran from Lincoln to Chicago, but this one is arriving from the West of Lincoln with passengers already on board. I don't think it was just a turn-around move. Also, another interesting thing to note (at least for me). At ~1:13, you can see my mother holding my little sister on the far right, waving. And after 1:22, you can see my two older brothers walking down the platform. The oldest wearing the engineers hat, the other next to him hidden quite well behind the crowd. I must be standing next to dad as he records the whole thing.
Well, unless someone else who was there... Could have been several things- A shippers special, an excursion open to the public, a management/inspection train. Hard to say. Boxcab E50
That was a great video of the BN passenger train. The horn sure sounded very non-NP though. I photographed those executive F's just once but they were running up to Interbay light power with the train already dropped off. Drat! I did shoot another directors special on 4-26-90 leaving Seattle with the BN 2075 Pacific Pride in the lead however. Following it was a BN local with GP9's 1746/1742. If I recall I was more interested in the two ex-NP GP9's than I was the GP38-2 led passenger train. Brian Ambrose Renton, WA
:tb-embarrassed: Well, I would have probably been the same. I love and sure miss those old Canoes! Boxcab E50
Fortunately they are safe in Northern Illinois at the Illinois Railway Museum. This was taken in the Spring of 2006. I always liked this scheme and wished they had used it more often, but I'm sure it was a maintenance nightmare.
The executive units were donated to IRM cause of the small fuel tanks. Wasnt enough range for the buisness train.If they would ahve been E9's I bet they would have kept them. H1 on E0's discuss .....
Some classic footage... Burlington Northern Portrait of a Railroad - 3 parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzRIVVcV4rQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ub78vWY51M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5ALfmwgqU Burlington Northern Western Coal Connection - 2 parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ICc02OMZoY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHRKUHPLNU Burlington Northern Path of a Giant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG3U0hDyqfs
In September of 1980 a BN eastbound derailed at Snohomish, WA after the track was sabotaged when someone tampered with a section of rail on the former GN mainline. Hearing about it on the radio the next morning I drove up to see what had happened. I was very surprised to see the locals were being allowed to look over the wreckage close up as long as they stayed out the way. Luckily injuries were apparently very minor to the crew. It was suspected that the derailment was caused by a former employee with knowledge of track and operations as a section of rail was removed and gapped to give a green signal. I have not heard if anyone was ever caught. One of the locomotives involved was BN 6630, which at the time was my favorite F45 of the 46 BN had on the roster. It's cab was dinged up pretty bad but it would be repaired as would the other 4 units on the train. Power was 6436/6487/6630/6742/6499. At least that is how it appears to me. I've been told by others though that the 6487 was leading this train. But in looking at the first photo, the MU hose of the 6436 looks to be plugged into both sockets on the front. And the drop step is up. The photos of the 6487 show damage to the front handrails, and the drop step is down. So I think it was BN 6436, former GN SD45 406 that was in the lead. Any one else have opinions? Brian Ambrose Renton, WA
Those wreck photos- I remember hearing about this incident. But not whether they caught up with the bum. Where have the years gone? Boxcab E50
