What better way to start the weekend than a Peaceful transfer of power.... Motive power, from Lake yard in Portland to Vancouver Yard in Washington across the Columbia River.
From back in October of 2014 in Rosenberg, Texas. The BNSF local waits on a siding for another train to go by in the other direction.
After a peaceful transfer of power over at Yoho's, it's time to take over the reins of )our kind of) power: IMGP4083A_CPR_4-4-0_CPR_144_Cab by Mike VE2TRV posted Jan 21, 2017 at 4:13 AM Cab view of CPR 144, a 4-4-0 built by CPR in their own shops way back in 1886. It is me or that rag hanging up in the upper left is way too clean to be authentic? Now which one of those things makes the coffee (and where's the cup holder)?
I caught power for the daily D795 gathering cars to take westward from Hanover to Hagerstown at their Center St facility in Hanover, PA. 20170117_080912 by Adam Henry, on Flickr
Crossing the Brazos River on the BNSF during a rain shower last June. The river was above flood stage at the time. The bridge on the left is on the parallel track built by the local power company to get coal hauled in by the Union Pacific from their tracks that come down from Houston to Arcola. The BNSF had refused to give them track rights as they had a monopoly on the coal shipments at that time. The UP trains only used the line for about a year before BNSF renegotiated and dropped their shipping rates considerably. The new deal more than offset the cost of building the new line. The BNSF has since built their own connection to the new line and uses it regularly giving them the flexibility to bring coal and empties in and out of the power plant by a second route. The old UP connection is still there, as insurance to keep the BNSF rates down. The UP connection would need some maintenance before trains could use it again. Looks like a broken weld. https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4981366,-95.4669991,584m/data=!3m1!1e3
Taken yesterday in Columbia, SC, venerable high hood GP-38-2 NS 5066 of SOU heritage built in 1973 switches Andrews Yard. I wish I could get our family vehicles to last even half as long.
I'm guessing that the plow lacks the draft gear designed for impacts and in the case of the Harsco unit, it'd be seriously damaged if a rolling 120 Ton railcar were to come down upon it. Plus, both of these plow units have glass and a lot of hydraulic or pneumatic gear and lines that could be damaged by impact.
BNSF 7044 southbound at Dallas Jct 1/21/17 with a long string of cement two bays pulling hard. BNSF 5466 pushing in the rear of the above cement train. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As was stated, MOW equipment is not humpable generally. And these units have low hanging flangers and such that would be damaged by the retarders after the hump.
Thought y'all might enjoy this video from today. Love the old school Thrall grain hoppers. You could do a whole weathering clinic using this train alone. It's BNSF 7452 from the above picture. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Nice work Hemi! Taking time exposures is a challenge even in good weather. I can imagine what it's like with frozen fingers. What kind of camera do you shoot with? I use a Nikon D5100 which has been superseded by improved models many times over, but I still love it as much as when I bought it in late 2011. It's my first digital camera -- I stuck with film for a very long time.
