BNSF Officers Special in Seattle

[Stan Lytle]

Saw the BNSF business train at Balmer this afternoon. About 14 cars, had all the usual passes, towns, and rivers. People were busy washing windows and doing repairs. I don't think the power had been so clean since it left Erie. Noticed the Rollins Pass had some wrinkles in the roof, like it might have been in a derailment in previous years. The train was parked in front of the yard office.

 

[Trackside]

I believe it came into town over Stevens Pass empty on the 16th. I have no info on when its suppose to leave Seattle and to where. Perhaps a RR'er can school us...

 

[ES44AC]

It will be heading east tomorrow(Sat)

 

[ES44AC]

O SEKWHI9 (7216 & 7328) departs Seattle around 0730 and is headed to Whitefish, MT.

 

[Stan Lytle]

Bummer. The light will be all wrong leaving Seattle, but it will be great over Stevens.

 

[douglasm]

Really looked nifty coming through Rock Island about noon time....

 

[KristopherJ]

Photo 1: Bridge east of Goldbar.
Photo 2: Rear of the train.
Photo 3: Meeting 1007 at Bearing.

-KristopherJ

 

[KristopherJ]

Lighting was not good at West Portal, so I shot video instead. Then I stopped at East Winton to get a nice wedge shot.

-KristopherJ

 

[Trackside]

Nice catch! I'm glad someone caught it!

 

[markgillings]

I wondered what they would do with the #7 meet. How long did Amtrak wait?

 

[KristopherJ]

I wondered what they would do with the #7 meet. How long did Amtrak wait?

Mark,
It was a rolling meet at Bearing. The eastbound morning Z held the main at Goldbar. While I was waiting along the river for my first shot, I heard the DS tell the crew they could have breakfast at Goldbar.

A westbound stack train was at Berne for just over 2 hours waiting. It then met the Z at Scenic.

-KristopherJ