Western Railroad Discussion > Seventy-eight minutes at Seward

Here’s a thread I put on the back burner a few years ago. And then I guess the pilot light sorta went out! I found it again while doing some file maintenance. Four years ago I visited friend & fellow TO member Tom Jurgens up there in Husker Nation territory. We had along a third local fan, Mr Richard Schmelling to make us a trio. We had loosely decided to head for the Seward, NE area. We got to town and right off the bat had ourselves quite an interlude. With Tom driving we spotted the train in image #1. There was no way to park on the highway overpass so Tom dropped us both off, drove down to ground level and circled back just below us. Richard & I got our shots, then the 2 of us old geezers tried to remember how scale down a steep embankment without an embarrassing stumble, drop & roll coming into play…

1. BNSF 5893 on a coal train at @ straight-up noon.

2. BNSF 9872 as the DP mated to the 5893 @1203.
Shots 1 & 2 taken of the NE hwy 15 overpass embankment.

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After that first train we thought we’d relocate to a safer location.

3. & 4. BNSF 9225 on a manifest @ 1244.

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5. & 6. BNSF 9945 on a coal train @ 1250.

7. BNSF 9098 as the DP for the 9945. I’m shooting over Tom’s shoulder @ 1254.
Shots 3-7 taken along an access road.

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8. & 9. BNSF 9132 on a coal empty @ 1302.

10. BNSF 9757 is the DP mated to the 9132 @ 1304

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11. Ten l-o-n-g minutes after the last DP I got antsy and shot this unique warning sign…

12. BNSF 5769 comes along with a coal empty @ 1315.

13. BNSF 9256 is the DP mated to the 5769 @ 1317.

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I have time for one more:

14. One more shot over Tom’s shoulder @ 1318.
Shots 8-14 taken at the 308th Rd crossing, ALL shots taken January 13, 2015 at Seward, NE.

Thanks for looking!
Willie the Wildcat
santafe199

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A NICE look at Seward, NE!

Larry

Interesting location. There's a number of highway overpasses that would work better with a photo-park at one end. And maybe some speed bumps. Wonder what the warning sign would look like for oncoming motorists?

King_Coal Wrote: > ... Wonder what the warning sign would look like ......

Although I generally despise the term, I think a dayglo green sign displaying a stick-person toting a camera. "DANGER: FOAM AHEAD" ...
< time-out to shoot a train >
... might do the trick... ;^)

Posted from Android (out on the GSR)

(edited later): Sorry I didn't finish the sentence, but the train showed up. So I had to drop the cell & grab the camera. And it seems I've lost a step or two...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/19 18:04 by santafe199.

Nice pictures. Looks like a pretty decent grade out there.

SantaFeRuss

Look like they had a dozer out there pushing the snow back in that cut. upkpfan

The climb is out of the Big Blue River valley to what is some nearly flat running to Aurora, NE.  Bet they're glad that they don't have to drag coal loads up that grade.

SantaFeRuss Wrote:
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> Nice pictures. Looks like a pretty decent grade
> out there.
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> SantaFeRuss

Thanks for posting!  You need a geezer filter!

twjurgens Wrote: > ... You need a geezer filter ...

We-elllllllll....... I'll take that under advisement...

Willie