Western Railroad Discussion > O train on the Joint Line . .

. . a couple of grab shots of a southbound BNSF O train that snuck up on me by Monument, CO at 0810 hrs this a.m. headed ? Attn; ATCS is down : (
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/10 08:23 by 3rdswitch.

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That same train came through Steilacoom, Washington a week or so ago. Good looking operation but it's too bad BNSF doesn't have an F unit or some other kind of passenger unit to use for power. Those big freight units have a sort of "industrial" look that doesn't go with the lines of a passenger train. Kinda like a Ferrari towing a travel trailer...!

Pair of 60M's in Warbonnet would work.
JB

Glad you were up for this early bird - BNSF 7503 works for me! What, no coal loads holding up the special?!?

Going home to Topeka, nice shots!

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> . . a couple of grab shots of a southbound BNSF O
> train that snuck up on me by Monument, CO at 0810
> hrs this a.m. headed ? Attn; ATCS is down : (
> JB


Not surprising the ATCS is down with an OCS train on the road.
I don't think it's a coincidence.

Actually CO the train did sit a Palmer Lake for awhile waiting for an empty north.
JB

The ATCS has been down for a week or so on the Joint Line.

Pump

Looks like the same train that was in Whitefish MT last week. With the Mo Rver biz car and improperly pointed behind the engine, in first shot, looks like a d/h move back to Topeka.

Symbol: OGILTOP 13

first car appears to be the GERALD GRINSTEIN ex CBQ car

mkostecky Wrote:
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> 3rdswitch Wrote:
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> > . . a couple of grab shots of a southbound BNSF
> O
> > train that snuck up on me by Monument, CO at
> 0810
> > hrs this a.m. headed ? Attn; ATCS is down : (
> > JB
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> Not surprising the ATCS is down with an OCS train
> on the road.
> I don't think it's a coincidence.

Not like the POTHUS was coming



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/10 16:53 by WAF.

I did a little checking on the ATCS outage referenced here. I think the comments must be referencing the web page link (don't recall the web site). The provider of the actual feed to this site has replied to me that his server and radio have not shown any service interruptions this week. For those truly interested in ATCS I would encourage you to monitor ATCS feeds directly through the ATCS software and direct server links rather than through another web site link. As of this moment the ATCS Pikes Peak Sub is running fine.