Western Railroad Discussion > Sunday in Sandpoint, Idaho

This past Sunday, I saw two BNSF eastbound trains waiting to cross the Sandpoint Bay Railroad Bridge.  Soon after I set up my drone, two other BNSF hotshots (many Amazon containers) passed eastbound over the bridge.  Followed soon by a westbound; seemed like rush hour.  A second bridge and track has been added; however, heavy maintenance work needs to be completed before the area bottleneck is resolved.  The video is an overhead view of the approach from the South.  The final photo is the adjacent and very busy US-95 highway bridge. 

    

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Amazon is usually a Q' so not a hotshot. And the second train looks like the Sandpoint local.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/23 03:03 by goduckies.

GREAT video !!!!    Arlen

Nice video. Thank you for putting it together.

Beautiful spot. Definitely a Q train with lots of empty containers (usually 60-70%). Q trains are throttle restricted and programmed for 1 hpt.

PCBill

goduckies Wrote:
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> Amazon is usually a Q' so not a hotshot. And the
> second train looks like the Sandpoint local.
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> Posted from Android

I don't know what this specific train is, but Amazon containers have been showing up on the ZCHCSSE and ZSSECHC trains.

On the Northern Transcon there are two ways to differentiate a Z from a Q: as mentioned already-Q's are 1 hpt and Z's are 2.5 hpt. Z's always have some TOFC while Q's rarely have any TOFC.

PCBill

Awesome video.

Very enjoyable video!