Western Railroad Discussion > Flagging the interlocker at Milano, TX-BNSF-UP

BNSF SD70ACe 9206 and IC(CN) SD70 1038 are at the interlocker at Milano, TX on the BNSF Galveston Sub and UP Austin Sub. The BNSF has a red due to UP being in the interlocker circuit and must flag through the interlocker because the UP is swapping lead and 2nd unit and will be there a while. To flag through the conductor has to push a reset button(if you look closely you can see the BNSF conductor's safety vest at the reset box. He will push a reset and then the BNSF will go into the circuit past the signal,but will not cross the interlocker itself. After 5 minutes the BNSF conductor will check UP looking both ways and if it is safe to proceed he then can go through the interlocker and leave. This is a unit loaded oil train and the hopper in the picture is a buffer car. If you go back to Nov. 24 postings, you will see this same train on November 22 on a posting by santafe199-Lance. The date of my photo is Nov. 23, 2014 at 5:18pm. Milano is about 44 miles south of Temple, TX.



Thanks for looking.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

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Great explanation of the flagging process. Also nice to see that IC engine!