| Community Response |
Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
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» BNSF Railway (more..)
» EMD SD70ACe (more..) |
» BNSF Creston Sub
» Plattsmouth, Nebraska, USA (more..)
» March 06, 2020 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» BNSF 9236 (more..)
» BNSF CBTMOTM015 (more..) |
» Craig Williams (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| These 2x2x2 unusual coal trains on the BNSF are a product of where the trains must go. These trains go to the CP at Ottumwa and on the CP they must transverse the 1.8% Rutledge Hill to get out of Ottumwa and east towards their destination at Fruitland, IA. CP was having to triple the hill with the old BNSF power arrangement, so now I believe Mid-America pays for more power on these trains so they make better transit times. Up til recently this unique trains were one of the few trains that had mid-train DP units. Now BNSF has gone to the stupidity of combining coal trains that put DP units in the middle. Here an Ottumwa load has just crossed into Iowa and over the Missouri River as they make their way east on the Creston Sub. |
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