Some photos of my railfanning around the East Bay 2015

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It's the same one they use to build LRVs for North American customers; Siemens upgraded it to handle locomotive production a few years ago.
 
Great Photos itsed! Were the light engines going backwards? Or was that a FFED on the coupler?

Thanks! They are running forward. The FRED is placed on the front coupler for the conductor to easily grab when they reach the waiting train. The engines will stop at the rear of the set out cars, the conductor exits the front of the consist, grabs the FRED and attaches it to the rear of the waiting train.
 
This is not a mistake from the paintshop. Apparantly they have to wait to retire or renumber a different unit to call it "BNSF" 200, so for now, the BN lives!
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Too bad you tore the "BNSF" decal while you were painting and detailing this new engine for your home model railroad layout. :(
 
I’ve been chasing coyotes and raptors with my camera most of the summer and fall, but I still try to get trains when I have the chance!

A perfectly timed meet outside Stockton with the eastbound starting to move must as the westbound cleared the far swtich.
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The Meet by lennycarl08, on Flickr

The westbound
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BNSF 5347 West by lennycarl08, on Flickr


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BNSF 5347 Leaving Riverbank by lennycarl08, on Flickr


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Heading West by lennycarl08, on Flickr

The eastbound
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Heading East by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Waiting in the vineyard (these are 2 buck chuck type grapes)
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Waiting at Murphy Road by lennycarl08, on Flickr

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Vines and Freight by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Here’s what they were waiting on:

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Hi Rail at Murphy Road by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Caught the same train on the way home in the Sac River Delta
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Blasting Through Holt by lennycarl08, on Flickr

And then back on my home turf at Christie in Franklin Canyon
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Mile Post 1175 on the Stockton Sub by lennycarl08, on Flickr


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5347 in Franklin Canyon by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Eastbound UPS train
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Outbound by lennycarl08, on Flickr

A once shiny GP60M that used to blast over Tejon pass now relegated to yard duty at North Bay
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North Bay Work by lennycarl08, on Flickr
 
Apparently they share a number with an existing unit, so they have to number it under BN until they renumber the other unit.

The one I saw a photo of here, the "BN" was centered on the swoosh so they would need all four new letters when it gets converted. Probably a good thing so they will be matching.
 




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