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Pretty Fun Krink...
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Tom White on Trainodors, Recalling some of the fun times to be had in the BN Bellingham arena. He's not "Spot on" in his locations... yet pretty accurate of the occurrence. Ray Jenetski? And Who was the East Indian guy that was afraid of the Bellingham Yard in the dark? https://www.trainorders.com...
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Live railroad webcams of the BNSF
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Right now the east and west views at La Plata MO on the BNSF superspeedway between Chicago and Kansas City. I'm sure the Z-trains doing 70mph by this camera. I've been checking in about 7-8PM La Plata time and there is bunch of fast stacks and the WB Southwest Chief. I look at the stuff these trains are hau...
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HAWG in Trouble
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This story showed up. Wonder what we don't know about this. https://tinyurl.com/y86nmedh
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BNSF Everett 2017
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BNSF has changed the once sleepy BN town of Everett into a major terminal with many new tracks and and trains all day/night. Every train that goes to Canada needs a crew qualified to run to Canada. Every crew that goes east across Stevens Pass and the 2.2% needs a qualified crew. The rest of the crews toda...
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BNSF Shooting...
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http://www.heraldandnews.com/breaking/article_c586b532-c652-11e3-b61c-0019bb2963f4.html-- Edited by FMB on Thursday 17th of April 2014 02:51:03 PM
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Vancouver, WA
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2 Arrests as Anti-Oil Demonstrators Block Vancouver RailroadAuthorities have arrested two people who were among those blocking train tracks in Vancouver, Washington, to oppose oil trains and fossil fuels.Aug. 7, 2017, at 5:21 p.m. 2 Arrests as Anti-Oil Demonstrators Block Vancouver Railroa...
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Rocky Mountaineer Luxury passenger train
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So all of 2016 I never found the time to get a picture of the Rocky Mountaineer that runs every Saturday in the summer from Seattle to Vancouver BC. Same schedule for 2017 and a perfect time to pass through Everett WA and this time I was in position. First 3-pictures of the Rocky Mountaineer passing my old...
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(It Happened on BNSF) Amtrak
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Do you think that there's a derail there very near that home signal? Well, do ya?No one appears to have been injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed on Sunday afternoon in Steilacoom, near Chambers Bay, the Pierce County Sheriffs office is reporting.Photos posted on Twitter showed that th...
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BNSF Everett Wa 2016
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BNSF Everett went from being an important "Junction" to becoming an important "Hub". All kinds of new trackwork the last decade with the re-do of the ex-NP route to Lowell from SeaLine Jct. Then the addition the "Marsh Tracks" at Delta Yard to accomidate coal and oi...
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NO, You Can't Have It
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Train death on video: Pierce medical examiner battles with railroadThe freight train that killed Ronnie Stirgus earlier this year had a camera that captured his final moments on video.Now Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway officials accuse the Pierce County Medical Examiner of using an illeg...
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Glendive Diesel Shop layoffs
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Sounds like Uncle Warren's running outa free cash. Otherwise why lay off damn near half your mechanical forces? http://billingsgazette.com/business/bnsf-lays-off-workers-at-glendive-diesel-shop/article_4ccfee95-df55-5aa4-a5ef-019173322140.html This just came from a machinis...
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Maintenance of Way?
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EDGEMONT | Two BNSF Railway employees died after being struck by a train Tuesday morning in Edgemont, according to a representative of the company.The incident happened around 10:15 a.m., said a BNSF spokeswoman, who added that further details would be released as the company is able.http://rap...
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Uncle Warren's Latest Move
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Warren Buffett struck media gold with a 2012 investment in debt-laden Media General Inc. Now the famed investor may try to reprise that success by supporting a bid for Yahoo's internet assets.The Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman is backing a consortium that includes Quicken Loans Inc founder Dan G...
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2LARRCO lay off news!
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Surely our boyz in the cabs are protected. What with seniority being what it is, here we go again! http://abc7amarillo.com/news/nation-world/bnsf-furloughs-nearly-4600-employees-nationwide
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Phun Phact #26
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BNsf, AKA; 2LARRCO in bj.com parlance would like to share this: We are NOT going out of business! No. In fact we have a new market builder for our decli... A small dip in energy shipments. BNSF loves pizza because it helps keep the economy moving. Were happy to be a part of the process. Last year, BNSF move...
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Bad Sign of Slow Times
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[video=https://www.facebook.com/miottema/videos/1229330407096159/]
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Xmas cards from Bellingham WA
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Last year same sort of power sitting in front the ex-GN/BN depot on Christmas Day. This year the sun was out and made for better pictures.
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2LARRCO, etc.
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It's not just a railroad any more! http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/subs/sublinks.html P.S. Troll, this lynch works. Try it!
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Uncle Warren will call somebody soon!
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But you can bet it won't be Gus, as in Melonas. Not ol' gus because he's slipping, and takin' his eyes off the system while everything falls apart right around him! It may be time for Gus ta say "Bye-bye" and retire. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/07/sheriff-train-derails-in...
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90 cfm leakage??
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The International Association of Railway Operating Officers, Inc. (IAROO) and the Air Brake Association (ABA) held a joint session on Oct. 5, 2015 at Railway Interchange 2015 in Minneapolis, Minn., to discuss the BNSF 90 CFM pilot test waiver. Jeff Garrels, Director of Train Handling at BNSF expl...
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Collector Plates
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http://www.trainparty.com/products/thomas-friends-full-steam-ahead-party-dinner-plates-8-ct.html
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Grand Pool ??
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Guy's I very seldom post on BJ. But I scan through the posts almost daily. I've been retired for a few years now and have heard about something that has me a bit bewildered. Understand the Bastards at BNsf have devised another anal fornication to TY&E called " Grand Pool. " Seniority me...
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Rail Giant BNSF Accused of Telling Arbitrator: ‘Our Way or The Highway’
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Rail Giant BNSF Accused of Telling Arbitrator: Our Way or The HighwayBy Rick Schmitt on September 10, 2015 A run-of-the-mill employment dispute could become a major embarrassment for railroad giant BNSF over an allegation that a senior executive threatened to blackball an arbitrator fro...
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Gus (Melonas of course) took a teeny nap...
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...and what a mess! http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/freight-trains-collide-tacoma-no-injuries-reported/nnXgJ/
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Uh-oh...
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Wonder if Uncle Warren knows about this one... http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rail-cars-leaking-crude-after-oil-train-derails-in-montana/ Maybe somebody called Gus, and he fielded the call for Uncle...
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