Wednesday, May 14, 2014

4449-844 Doubleheader: Sixth Freight Train

IMG_6312 BNSF Freight Train at Peninsula Jct on May 12, 2007
Freight Train with BNSF Motive Power

At about 1:00, this general freight train with BNSF motive power and a CSX pool unit came from the North and continued south into the tunnel.

IMG_6312 BNSF C44-9W #5387 at Peninsula Jct May 12, 2007
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5387

BNSF #5387 is a General Electric Dash 9-44CW, also called a C44-9W, that was built in October, 2000. It wears the second version of BNSF's orange & green "Heritage" paint scheme.

IMG_6312 CSX C40-8W #7904 at Peninsula Jct May 12, 2007
CSX Dash 8-40CW #7904

CSX #7904 is a General Electric Dash 8-40CW, also called a C40-8W. I don't know the history of this visitor from the east coast, but it would have been built for CSX in the early 1990s.

IMG_6312 BNSF C44-9W #769 at Peninsula Jct May 12, 2007
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #769

BNSF #769 is a General Electric Dash 9-44CW, also called a C44-9W, that was built in September, 1997. Though it wears the Warbonnet colors of BNSF's predecessor Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, it was delivered as a BNSF locomotive with BNSF lettering on the sides.

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