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Think last year I made this trip on Jan 4. The Sun

is out until it gets ruined and New Years Day has

the lightest auto-traffic so a perfect time to go into

Everett. Pretty much what I hoped for at the Delta

Yard roundhouse tracks with maybe 40-50 locomotives

all over the place. Seems the perfect place to photograph

"EMD 4-axel" locomotives as Delta Yard hosts many

locals that need 4-axel power. So I get my first pictures

of BNSF 2089 GP-38 and BNSF 337 GP-60B. There were

a couple CSX units buried behind. Next up is the bridge

over the north end of Delta Yard where there is a loaded

coal train and a loaded oil train waiting for new crew to go

north. Around the "horn of Everett" is BNSF Bayside Yard

and 2 trains were awaiting crews to go north. 3rd in line

at the old Scott Paper Mill site is the 7-day job Garbage

Train. First time in photo history of Everett I caught a

northbound at this location so you know I'm happy about

it. BNSF Everett is a very busy place.



-- Edited by The Krink on Friday 2nd of January 2015 03:07:17 AM

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I fawwwkin KNEW PTI had full sized vans.

Thanks for the proof Krink.

 



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Those are the one's they pull in front of freight trains moving at track speed on the mainline running through BNSF yards killing BNSF guys.

Calvlin should note that any attempt to deadhead more than one crew in a minivan probably exceeds manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating.

On a cheerier note, drooping chains make Snippy sad.



-- Edited by Snippy on Friday 2nd of January 2015 06:22:05 AM

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Calvin wrote:

I fawwwkin KNEW PTI had full sized vans.

Thanks for the proof Krink.

 


 All ya had ta do wuz ask! We got 'em everywhere...



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All they did was peel of the Milepost...Renzenberger...Coach America...Express Shuttle sticker off and slap on a PTI one.

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Those vans blow. They are some rough riding sumbitches! It's like riding in a school bus. Don't sit in the back. Otherwise you will have a sore back.

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I like when the driver hangs his cigarette stench gross dirty jacket over the back of the seat so I can smell that all the way to Northtown...

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I can remember back when train crews dint have the need
for cab rides..ever. You got rescued by the next passing train.
Sometimes a clerk working the motor pool from Seattle
would be dispatched for the 100 mile drive to Skykomish or
Scenic to bring a crew back to Seattle and that would only
be if something bad happened on Stevens Pass. The BN
had no real "cab system" in place to pick-up train crews
when they went dead that I can remember. Like I say if
some train-crews on Stevens Pass needed rescuing..it would
be some BN crew hauler coming out of Seattle to get the crew.
Perhaps it a testament to BN's luck over Stevens Pass.
Today I surmize that pretty much all train crews divide their
working day into being shuttled to either the "start or finish"
of one's trip. I always wondered what its like to hop on a
strange train youve never seen before and bring it on home.
I mean this train could have a KCS lead unit or a NdeM Mexican
unit. So what goes through an engineers mind when boarding
a locomotive from a different railroad? (besides the condition
of the shitter)

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The Krink wrote:

 So what goes through an engineers mind when boarding
a locomotive from a different railroad? (besides the condition
of the shitter)


 Same pile of shit with a different paint job...



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The Krink wrote:

So what goes through an engineers mind when boarding
a locomotive from a different railroad? (besides the condition
of the shitter)


"I hope the cards are signed.  I hope those dumbasses left the paperwork.  I hope the shitter does not stink.  I hope the dyno's work.  I hope there are no air issues.  I hope they didn't spin on tu many handbrakes.  I hope this is the last move of the day."  Things like that are what run through our heads.



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I liked your answer Blackdog and I like Bucketheads
answer too. Railroading today is like a box of chocolates..
you never know what may on the point when you arrive..
for work.

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So maybe this is the right time to ask what foreign locos
you got to run for a shift or trip that stands out in your
memory banks.

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Another question I have for todays engineers is "an opinion"
on the locomotive controls being from a control stand or from
a "desk-top". Watched all the Swiss Railway Journies series on
TV and every locomotive had a desktop-throttle shaped very
much like a gear-shifter in a muscle car. So 20-years and
all new big HP 6-axel power have desktop controls..so all you
made the transition to the new today. So what happens when
you get called to dogcatch a train with a SD40-2 or GP38-2
or something similar? Is it a trip down memory lane or
"I'm not used to these things".

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I HATED Snippy's good buddy and close personal friend, Steve Lee, controls! HATED! Also, Krink, LAMCO, in one of the few things they got right, stayed with conventional control stands. But, this is just the musings of an old retired guy.

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I could always "feel" my train way better with the older units... this wasn't a huge deal once they nuked the cabooses... for comfort, there was no comparison....



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