Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF Hi-Wide Move - Heads up Needles-Barstow-Mojave Sub

BNSF is moving some hi-wide loads from the Port of Houston to Boron, CA, as a special train.  Here is it passing through CP Maine at Parks, AZ, this morning.  At 3pm it was stopped at Berry, just east of Kingman, AZ.   As of a few hours ago, I had not seen it pass the Kingman railcam.
Lead unit is BNSF 5082.  Symbol is J-GUPBOR1-05A (re-symbolled from J-PTNBOR1-26A at Gallup, NM.)

Ted Ferkenhoff
Flagstaff, AZ



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/26 04:22 by tferk.

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Interesting use of the bulkheads but I guess, an idler flat is an idler flat.

So makes me wonder, these transformers headed for one or more of the large solar farms in the Mojave Desert region? Or for use at the physical mine at Boron?

~ Mr. MRL

Made it to Barstow California East Railcam at 5:36am & the Station one at 5:41am but somewhat blocked by a train.

Tim Hanesworth
Santa Rosa, CA

Train actually looks good. The flats are used in this case for braking purposes to bring down the TOB, tons per operative brake, which has maximums in the timetable and special instructions.
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/26 06:28 by 3rdswitch.

Nice catch Ted!

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