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"New" BNSF GP60 168 showed up yesterday as local power in Bend, OR, on the Oregon Trunk Sub. It is ex-HLCX 7700, received it's red paint while on lease to the Vermont Railway, and was originally purchased by the Texas-Mexican Railway. Sister BNSF 169 (still in T-M green) was wrecked...
The train is crossing the site of the massive "Frazier Slide" from 2008. On the right is a slide fence and what appears to motion detectors on concrete barricades. The lights (which did not come on at night) are wired to a control box with a small radio antenna on it. I did not notice...
A southbound BNSF manifest crests Lava Butte Summit, 11 miles south of Bend, OR. A nice one-mile hike over the lave rock from the truck, mid-day, at 90 degrees!
Mr. Vain: "Is faded primer even a color?" That's not faded primer, it's faded CSX gray.
And after a week of seeing 100 or so BNSF H2-painted Dash-9's, this WAS a real treat. To each his own!
Passing through Cheney, WA, last week, we hoped we could locate this SD45. Not only did we find it, but it was parked in a clear spot (shot was taken from a "public" parking lot) and in beautiful light.
I give this shot a ten for two reasons: It is a great shot (lighting, snow on the mountain). And anyone who will risk their lives standing against the railing of the Hwy 97 bridge (on the non-sidewalk side) deserves a 10!
2 EMD ex-Oakway SD60's lead an eastbound manifest through the yards on the MRL at Missoula, MT, on July 4. Interestingly, we saw these two units on a NB in Bend, OR, on July 2 as we left town to start our week-long Montana vacation, and we see them here 2 days later.
A westbound Z train climbs into Sandpoint, ID, at Boyer West. My auto-focus choked after this shot, wasn't able to get shot of it splitting the signals!