Western Railroad Discussion > Canadiens invade Fresno!

Caught this consist waiting for a BNSF crew yesterday afternoon.

Adam

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Headed where? Which direction?

Headed geographically north...to where, no idea. I just saw the CN noodle through the bushes and pulled over.

Adam

Nice catch Adam, and nice shot.

Wow, Nice catch! Preview of a CN-BNSF merger someday?

upbuddyboy Wrote:
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> Headed where? Which direction?


Grain train headed to Vancouver

Headed to Vancouver?

From where, then? Kansas? Seems like the long way around...

Ted in OR

Maybe they were headed to the Staples Center for the Kings-Sharks game.

BobE

HOLY COW that power stayed on all the way down, and nobody caught this train the entire way between Seattle and CA??!!?? This train southbound from Canada was symboled the G-VBTGUC and made it's way down to Guernsey,CA with a 100 car train of Canola Meal for the elevator in Guernsey. I imagine the northbound symbol would be the G-GUCVBT and it is empty heading back to Canada for eventual return to Saskatchewan for reloading. This train should make the trek to CA and back a few more times in the coming months before returning the cars to the regular Canadian export circuit. For those interested the origination for this train was Canora,SK in Canada. See http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2440859 for more info. The train was rumored to get additional BNSF power for the trip to CA but looking at these pictures it would appear that did not happen. Trace cars are CEFX 352140 and TILX 54274.

Happy Hunting, it would be great if someone got this train on the trip north.
A.J.