Not quite what one usually expects to show up at the Roseville Locomotive shops on a Thursday evening. Only running unit is the UP GEVO shoving them in. That's a BNSF Tier 4 with the A1A trucks in between the 2 Dash9s
Port of Montreal 1002, MLW S-3 built in May 1951 as National Harbours Board D-2 (it still carries its old number in front): IMGP4221A_MLW_S-3_Ports_Canada_1002 by Mike VE2TRV posted Dec 2, 2016 at 5:23 AM Exporail, July 2009.
While driving up to Oklahoma on Wednesday I saw this old trooper behind a grain elevator in north Texas near Valley View off of I 35.
We've had crapy weather the last two days, but was able to catch this BNSF worm train lead by BNSF 8166 heading west to FtWorth coming through our little town: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Russ, you were North just up the road from me about 15mi when you came through. Great catch. That's a great elevator that would make a good model for sure. That BNSF line sees lots of use (we get about 12-15 trains a day average) so just North if there there are several good posts to get some wide open shots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Also got down to Carrollton yesterday and got an ok shot of the DGNO in their yard and the old Carrollton station just across the street. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Boxcab, I lived in Carrollton in the 70's and it was MP mainline there with a connection to Dallas and the MKT. I'm sure you're WAY more knowledgeable about the depots origins than I am. It was the DGNO office for a short time, and now is just a decoration. Now it's the BNSF mainline that runs just to the north and the tracks directly in front of it are DGNO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah, I guess they wanted to blow the exhaust away from the grain elevators. Don't like the extra flavor it would impart on the grain.
EMD 567 engines are also notorious for throwing oodles of sparks out the exhaust pipe (I once saw a photo of the exhaust of a GP7 inside a tunnel... pretty impressive ). I wonder what Alco-smoked grain tastes like?
