Western Railroad Discussion > A BNSF PSR freight over Java/Nimrod Trestle

This is an eastbound BNSF mixed freight on 5/24/2019 at 11:00am crossing the Nimrod or Java Trestle on the Hi Line. (I saw both names for the bridge.) It combines some mixed freight, mostly lumber products, with a few well cars of international stacks and a long cut of autoracks; a combo I haven't seen before on BNSF trains. I didn't catch the symbol over the scanner, though - does anyone have a guess at what it might have been? 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/19 22:04 by inCHI.

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Nice video...very clear and sharp. 
I enjoyed that very much.

Hopmere Hank

inCHI Wrote:
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> This is an eastbound BNSF mixed freight on
> 5/24/2019 at 11:00am crossing the Nimrod or Java
> Trestle on the Hi Line. (I saw both names for the
> bridge.)

It was Nimrod on GN. NP also had a station Nimrod, so the GN one became Java after the merger.

TAW

What kind of work is being done on the bridge?  Nice video!
RB

Four days later it was on the Chillicothe Sub in illinois on the V TACLPC1-22, so it took 6 days from Tacoma.  It possibly went into Galesburg Yard to set out the manifest cars.  Nice video!

mapboy

up833 Wrote:
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> What kind of work is being done on the bridge? 
> Nice video!
> RB
We were there in June of 2017 and they were working on the bridge at that time as well.

Nice video!

Thanks for that video.  Been years since I was there, I'd love to go back.

mapboy Wrote:
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> Four days later it was on the Chillicothe Sub in
> illinois on the V TACLPC1-22, so it took 6 days
> from Tacoma.  It possibly went into Galesburg
> Yard to set out the manifest cars.  Nice video!
>
> mapboy

That makes sense, the auto-racks made up the largest portion of the train so it probably carried the "V" symbol all the way.  By going in to Galesburg, not only could they set out the manifest cars (if that is what they did), that also put them in position to get on the Chillicothe Sub for the final lap to Logistics Park Chicago, which is south of Joliet, rather than having to use the CN (former EJ&E) trackage rights to get to Joliet.  That would be where the autos and international containers would be going.

 

Thanks for both the symbol and the additional info!

That is one extremely well done video - tack sharp, very gentle camera movement to follow the DP unit, and best of all, showing the whole train!  

Bob

Love the sound of true -9's. Ofcourse the wheel slipping 8100 on the rear! 

bobdavis Wrote:
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> That is one extremely well done video - tack
> sharp, very gentle camera movement to follow the
> DP unit, and best of all, showing the whole
> train!  
>
> Bob
Ditto!

SantaFeRuss

Yes .... Great video.  But being from the east, in what western state and near what town is this trestle?  I thought that BNSF was eschewing PSR.

Thanks for the comments! This location is close to Essex, Montana; it is about 3 miles down the road (south).

Or railroa east

Posted from Android

Nice job on the video, great resolution.

I was there just a few days before, on the 19th. Those might be my tire tracks.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/21/19 16:54 by TCnR.