BNSF at James for Monday, 2019
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The second unit is BNSF 991, a GE C44-9W, built in 1996.? Here are a couple of other photos of it in the Feather River Canyon.?? BNSF has had several variations of its orange paint scheme.? We see three of them on the units of this train.? Mike Tisdale
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 12:17:44 AM PST, RICHARD GREENWOOD <steam.richard@...> wrote:
Mike, Greetings What is the middle loco? Looks a bit odd from this angle. RSG
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BNSF 7513 is a GE ES44DC and BNSF 4011 is a GE C44-9W.? The C44s get 4400 HP from a 16 cylinder FDL engine, while the newer ES44s (GEVOs) have GE's newer Evolution Series engine and get the same HP from 12 cylinders. Chris Bates commented on this being rattlesnake and mountain lion country.?? Yes, it is.?? I think I saw a mountain lion from inside the car once, going into the bushes and we do see rattlesnakes from time to time.? Leave a rattlesnake alone and it won't bother you, it is when people blunder onto them that they strike in self defense.? Here is one we saw in Sacramento, near the American River a few years ago while watching trains.?? We saw it crossing the bike trail from up on the levee Two of us went down to get closer photos while the rest of the guys stayed up on the levee.? This is at Johnston in Sacramento, where the ex-SP Martinez Sub crosses the American River between Sacramento and Roseville, about 4 miles from my house. I guess the reason I'm not freaked out by snakes is, in part, that we've had a pet snake for years.? Daughter Elizabeth, then age 10, wanted this python at a reptile show, but Anne insisted we return it the next day. The python was a baby and would have grown a LOT bigger. She still has her corn snake that just celebrated 20 years being a member of the family on Christmas.? The corn snake is full sized here.?? Mike Tisdale
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 08:58:35 AM PST, RICHARD GREENWOOD <steam.richard@...> wrote:
And the other two units are? I see Fort Madison, Ia Amtrak station (depot) is up and running. R
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