Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF meet in Dunsmuir Yard

A BNSF northbound holds the siding in Dunsmuir Yard while a southbound UP Z-Train rolls by on the main line.

Robert Morris
Dunsmuir, CA
Robert Morris Photography

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Great shot!  Highball the roll by!

Great composition 

Like that one , Bob!  Wonder why there are three crew on the train in the hole?

TC Lundgren

texchief1 Wrote:
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> Like that one , Bob!  Wonder why there are three
> crew on the train in the hole?
>
> TC Lundgren

They couldn't afford the $49.95 plus shipping and handling to get home! :)  (unit number joke)

Cool photos, but it looks like June rather than January.

Gerry

Great shot!

texchief1 Wrote:
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> Like that one , Bob!  Wonder why there are three
> crew on the train in the hole?
>
> TC Lundgren

One of them should be the engineer pilot. But I see the two on the left are trainmen judging by their holsters for their radios. The man on the far left is my ex wife's uncle.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/19/21 17:40 by GN599.

I don't recognize any of these guys for some reason, I only left BNSF 2.5 years ago. Trying to think who they are!

PT

GN599 Wrote:
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> texchief1 Wrote:
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> > Like that one , Bob!  Wonder why there are
> three
> > crew on the train in the hole?
> >
> > TC Lundgren
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> One of them should be the engineer pilot. But I
> see the two on the left are trainmen judging by
> their holsters for their radios. The man on the
> far left is my ex wife's uncle.

It appears that the "holster" on the man on the far left is the sun reflecting off of his glove. With his hand on his hip. Pretty hard to confirm. My initial thought was the same as yours, conductor, engineer and pilot.

Is this a UP train with BNSF power or a BNSF train? Does BNSF have trackage wrights through There?  If so, where do there wrights begin and end?