Western Railroad Discussion > Varnish on the Brookfield Sub

Thanks to a timely tip from a good bud west of here, I was able to catch this eastbound BNSF OCS at Palmyra Missouri this afternoon at about 1237 pm.  Word has it this consist is supposed to head west tomorrow on the transcon.

Regards,
Burlington John

1. BNSF 6428
2. Snoqualmie Pass
3. Stampede Pass

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4. Marias Pass
5. Stevens Pass
6. John S. Reed

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7. William Barstow Strong

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Sweet catch-appreciate your images and heads-up on BNSF OCS headed west.

Information I have is that it should be at Fort Madison around 1000.

Regards,
Burlington John
 

Nice catch at an unusual location.
What is wrong with that bridge? It looks like a 1950's car with peeling chrome on the bumpers.
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Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Nice catch at an unusual location.
> What is wrong with that bridge? It looks like a
> 1950's car with peeling chrome on the bumpers.
> Go

The bridge is mid-sixties vintage. Other than the Burlington Route sign being replaced by the BN one after the merger, very little has been done cosmetically to it....

Regards,
Burlington John
 

The train was parked at St. Louis Union Station for a couple of days on tracks 9 & 10. It departed yesterday evening.

MWPerkins
PV Puget Sound

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EMD2024 Wrote:
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> The train was parked at St. Louis Union Station
> for a couple of days on tracks 9 & 10. It
> departed yesterday evening.
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> MWPerkins
> PV Puget Sound
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> Posted from Android

It came east through Palmyra MO yesterday from Brookfield and points west. Highly doubtful that it came out of St. Louis. Went west this morning on the Santa Fe transcon this morning as evidenced on the Virtual Railfan webcam at La Plata (approx 1054) ....

Regard,
Burlington John ....

BN/BNSF never maintained the painted fascia on that bridge. It was always painted aluminum since being built by the CB&Q back in the late 1960’s.As the metal or gets torn off by the weather or wears off of the tie end’s , it doesn’t get replaced.

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