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NS East End District |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern Vehicle Train 270 makes their way Westbound as they pass through Prescott, AL. with a pair of BNSF SD38P's for power. 270 runs from Birmingham to Lincoln, AL & back |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/7/2013 12:01:35 PM |
| Location: |
Prescott, AL |
| Author: |
Bradley Bates |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
274 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
NS East End District |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern Vehicle Train 270 makes their way Westbound as they pass through Brompton, AL. with a pair of BNSF SD38P's for power. 270 runs from Birmingham to Lincoln, AL & back to Birmingham |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/7/2013 9:16:57 PM |
| Location: |
Brompton, AL |
| Author: |
Bradley Bates |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
299 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Riverside, Al. on their way back to BNSF's East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these before on transfers & yard jobs on BNSF, but is my 1st time ever seeing these SD38Ps on a road train, theyre not equipped with ditch lights, so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, once the headend gets through the crossing they can get back to track speed, but if theres many road crossings together may as well stay at 30 MPH |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/7/2013 4:46:58 PM |
| Location: |
Riverside, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
493 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) smokes it up as they pass through Prescott, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with a rare pair of SD38Ps for power. Not long after the 270 passed this location the woods caught on fire, I wonder if sparks came from the exhaust stacks of 1557 & 1559 while they were under heavy load pulling this hill that set the woods on fire or was it just a careless smoker between one of the crew members on 270, or was it a careless smoker in a passing vehicle, you never know what happened, you be the Fire Chief Investigater as 270 passes by with the deturbo'd SD38P's in run 8 struggling up grade with smells of diesel & burning oil spewing from 1559, after these SD38P's 1557 & 1559 passed by this location the air was filled with a thick cloud of diesel, I'd bet the 1559 spewed out some sparks that set the woods on fire, it has been known to happen in the past. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 4:26:16 AM |
| Location: |
Prescott, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
443 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Prescott, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38P's for power. I've never caught these on a road train til this day, but have caught them more than once on transfer & yard jobs, these SD38P's are remote control equipped & aren't equipped with ditch lights, so 270 had to do 30 MPH through each crossing with the headend only then can get back up to track speed, but if there's multiple crossings back to back it's best to just stay at 30 MPH til there's a long stretch without crossings, these SD38P's were assigned to hump duties at Tennessee Yard in Memphis, Tn. & maybe other yards for many years |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 5:48:49 PM |
| Location: |
Prescott, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
329 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Brompton, Al. on their way back to East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/11/2013 2:36:11 AM |
| Location: |
Brompton, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings, also these SD38P's are equipped with Remote Control Equipment for yard service which are what these units were built for, for a long time these units were assigned to hump service within Tennessee Yard in Memphis & maybe other yards as well, BNSF must've had nothing to use for power on 270 this day so had to use these or nothing is the only reason I can come up with why they would use these units in road service non ditch light equipped, must've been aggrivating not being able to do track speed due to the 30 MPH rule with the headend through crossings with engines not equipped with ditch lights. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/7/2013 5:08:02 PM |
| Location: |
Leeds, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an utra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 3:54:03 AM |
| Location: |
Leeds, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
312 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District |
| Description: |
NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) has just completed their brake test & departs the Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant as they pass through Control Point Embry in Lincoln, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 4/8/2013 6:13:06 PM |
| Location: |
Lincoln, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
285 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 1559 |
| Description: |
BNSF 1559, 250 and 1555 sit at the BNSF yard |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/2013 Upload Date: 2/18/2015 8:48:02 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
Travis Payne |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 250(TEBC6) |
| Views: |
204 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer Job |
| Description: |
BNSF Eastbound Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passes through 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, AL. On their way to North Yard to Interchange with Norfolk Southern before heading back to East Thomas Yard. Shot from 1st Avenue Bridge |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2013 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 6:52:02 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
Bradley Bates |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
185 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer |
| Description: |
BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. near Control Point Block 2 on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with an SD38P leading an SD40-2 |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2013 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 5:19:20 PM |
| Location: |
North Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
436 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer |
| Description: |
BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 12th Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on NA #2 Main on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with an SD38P leading an SD40-2 |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/2013 Upload Date: 8/24/2013 5:46:38 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
344 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Transfer |
| Description: |
BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 delivering interchange to NS at North Yard in Birmingham, Al. Sometimes they return back light engines as they did on this day while other times they have interchange to bring back to East Thomas Yard & sometimes they run light engines to NS at North Yard & only bring back interchange from NS to BNSF |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/2013 Upload Date: 9/11/2013 11:23:12 AM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
537 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
East Thomas Yard |
| Description: |
At the yard throat-taken from the Arkadelphia Road overpass |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2013 Upload Date: 9/25/2013 9:15:23 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
Eric Rickert |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1559(SD38P) |
| Views: |
158 Comments: 0 |
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