Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF funeral train heads up TX

This afternoon I caught a HKCKTPL6-08A with more engines bound for Galveston passing Cleburne, the train is sitting crewless in Rio Vista right now, the train ahead of HKCKTPL6 a coal load busted a coupler sperated went into emergency right in front of me in town tied the main up for an hour. Overall had a good day today.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/20 12:40 by jayman.

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My only one and last time seeing this unit.

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Good catch. The symbol is H KCKTPL9 05A.

I had forgotten all about the "hydrogen" engine.  Did it ever work?  How many engines in that string today.?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/20 14:30 by tomstp.

Did you NOT chase this train for more photos?

I did at Rio Vista but he got tied down and crewless at Rio, after a coal load in front of him broke a coupler tied the main for a good while, plus my camera suddenly died on me.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/20 14:53 by jayman.

tomstp Wrote:
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> I had forgotten all about the "hydrogen" engine.
>  Did it ever work?  How many engines in that
> string today.?

No, but they had a gas trying to get it to work!

I dont know if it did, there was 9 dead in transit plus 4 lead engines up front total of 13.

It would please a fair number of engineers if the re-built 500 series  GE Dash 8"s were included in the funeral train.

TheButcherofBena Wrote:
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> It would please a fair number of engineers if the
> re-built 500 series  GE Dash 8"s were included in
> the funeral train.

Sad they cant even rebuild some of these units.

Same funeral train I caught last week I Topeks, KS. See link here-

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4986595,4986618#msg-4986618

Michael Fair
Royal Oak, MI

bath_wildcat Wrote:
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> Same funeral train I caught last week I Topeks,
> KS. See link here-
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> https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,
> 4986595,4986618#msg-4986618

Wonder if the 299 got left in Emporia I guess HKCKTPL picked that set up there, is it the only SD75I Fakebonnet left I think there is one SD75M warbonnet left?

TheButcherofBena Wrote:
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> It would please a fair number of engineers if the
> re-built 500 series  GE Dash 8"s were included in
> the funeral train.

Whats wrong with the rebuilt 500 class B40-8W units? This is not the first time I have read unfavorable posts about them.

SantaFeRuss

The 299 wouldn't pass an air test, it's now on the H KCKTPL8 06A.

SantaFeRuss Wrote:
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> Whats wrong with the rebuilt 500 class B40-8W
> units? This is not the first time I have read
> unfavorable posts about them.

Rough riding, slow loading, really bad lateral motion at higher speeds, desktop controls suck to switch with...

 

All the switch engines and the 2138 were ex Frisco.

Milw_E70 Wrote:
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> The 299 wouldn't pass an air test, it's now on the
> H KCKTPL8 06A.
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> SantaFeRuss Wrote:
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> > Whats wrong with the rebuilt 500 class B40-8W
> > units? This is not the first time I have read
> > unfavorable posts about them.
>
> Rough riding, slow loading, really bad lateral
> motion at higher speeds, desktop controls suck to
> switch with...
>

Got it! Thanks.

SantaFeRuss
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