At 7:41 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, then new BNSF 6581, 6583, 5136, 4009, 5604 and 5035 led a southbound manifest out of Caliente, CA. They were approaching Tunnel 1 in the Tehachapi mountains.
BNSF 6581 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly: it was built in 2013, serial number 61494.
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At 8:38 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Barstow, CA, BNSF 5261 was leading a 4+0 (5261, 4342, 4320, 5430) eastbound intermodal train onto the Needles Subdivision. Behind it a westbound 5+0 (BNSF 6836, 4014, NS 2583, 724wb, 960) manifest was heading in the other direction.
BNSF 5261 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly: it was built in 2002 serial number 53755.
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At 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Barstow, CA, near where East Tower once was, an eastbound BNSF Auto Racks (6778, 7501) started it's journey onto the Needles Subdivision.
BNSF 6778 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly: it was built in 2011 builder's number 60448.
This photo was shot with my Nikon F100 and my second to the last roll of Fuji Astia film.
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Warren Buffett's garbage railroad accounts for 1/3 of all rail NOx emissions while pretending to environment credentials.
And not mentioned in the article, BNSF is notoriously hostile to any passenger traffic on their line. BNSF was held criminally culpable for the deaths of Amtrak passengers that died when an Empire Builder derailed due to poor track maintenance.
And the deep irony is that the Great Northern mainline that BNSF uses for much of their transcontinental traffic not only is capable of being electrified, it *was* electrified until the 1950s.
Grain at Irvin
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 2:30 p.m., at Irvin, WA, in The Funnel a.k.a the BNSF Spokane Subdivision, was a westbound 2+2 grain train. Power on the train was 9274, 5166 + 7154, 6616.
BNSF 9274 is an EMD SD70ACe. Reportedly: it was built in 2008, serial number 20066862-145.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in The Funnel a.k.a the BNSF Spokane Subdivision, a 3+1 westbound BNSF coal train was near Algoma, Idaho. It had 5920, 8507, 9892 + 6876 for power.
BNSF 5920 is a GE ES44AC. Reportedly: it was built in 2006, serial number 56768.
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Stacks at the Lake
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in The Funnel a.k.a the BNSF Spokane Subdivision, a 4+0 eastbound BNSF intermodal train was about to cross Lake Pend Oreille, north of Sagel, Idaho, approaching Sandpoint. It had 8255, 4246, 4730 and 6503 for power.
BNSF 8255 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly: it was built in 2014, serial number 62329.
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