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By:Eric Bitton
Dates:8/19/2010 - 11/14/2011
Album Info:BNSF, CP Rail, UP, and CN Trains on the Hinckley Subdivision
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BNSF 9868 North
Title:  BNSF 9868 North
Description:  Was Not Expecting This At All!!!!!! I never thought I would see these units again with the same train but BNSF 9868 North is the only mainline train of the day
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/14/2011 5:33:20 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9868(SD70MAC) BNSF 9904(SD70MAC)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
BNSF 7502 South at sunrise
Title:  BNSF 7502 South at sunrise
Description:  This SB is going slow through Brook Park on a chilly morning which would warm up into the 40s. A ES44DC leads a 6 unit consist. which includes #8012 and a SD70ACe
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/10/2012 6:48:33 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7502(ES44DC) BNSF 613(C44-9W) BNSF 8012(SD40-2) BNSF 1619(SD40-2) BNSF 9719(SD70MAC) BNSF 9271(SD70ACe)
Views:  2339   Comments: 3
MNS 3405
Title:  MNS 3405
Description:  WHAT A SURPRISE BY THE HINCKLEY LOCAL!!!!!! This is the first time I ever seen a hopper from the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern. This was so cool, I got some extra shots of it after we were done trainwatching for the day
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 11/14/2011 6:16:39 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP 6590 North
Title:  UP 6590 North
Description:  A nice surprise came to Hinckley, work was going on in Askov, so this UP/CN Potash Train with a AC4400CW and a SD9043MAC up front
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/10/2012 6:51:15 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6590(AC44CW) UP 8153(SD9043MAC)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
UP 8153
Title:  UP 8153
Description:  Nice to see a SD9043MAC on the Hinckley Sub. This is my first one over the Hinckley Sub., but CN should start putting there own power on these trains
Photo Date:  11/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/10/2012 6:51:57 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8153(SD9043MAC) UP 6590(AC44CW)
Views:  235   Comments: 1
BNSF 9774 South
Title:  BNSF 9774 South
Description:  Still off in the distance, BNSF 9774 South is coming into Brook Park with an empty coal train. A pair of Executive SD70MACs are leading with a H2 SD70MAC as DPU
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 10:21:06 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
BNSF 9774 South with BNSF 8864 as DPU
Title:  BNSF 9774 South with BNSF 8864 as DPU
Description:  BNSF 9774 South is just about to leave town, but I get one last shot of BNSF SD70MAC #8864 as it is about to roll out of town
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 10:37:38 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
BNSF 8864
Title:  BNSF 8864
Description:  A H2 SD70MAC is pushing hard on this empty coal train, I wasn't expecting it, but I wasn't expecting 3 MACs to be on this coal train.
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:49:45 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8864(SD70MAC)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
BNSF 9774 South
Title:  BNSF 9774 South
Description:  What a great way to catch a coal train, a pair of Executives are pulling a 110 car empty coal train with a third one as DPU
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:48:44 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Best Shot Of The Day
Title:  Best Shot Of The Day
Description:  A pair of very nice looking Executive SD70MACs leading a Wyoming bound 110 car empty coal train with SD70MAC #8864 as DPU. I nearly froze my hands to get these shot.
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:45:29 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
BNSF 8864 DPU
Title:  BNSF 8864 DPU
Description:  Nice relief from all the GEVOs and Dash 9s, a trio of SD70MACs, with #9774 and #9453 up front, #8864 pushes hard at rear. Does anyone agree with me that it's a relief to see MACs on a coal train instead of GEVOs and Dash 9s
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:50:20 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8864(SD70MAC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Empties
Title:  Empties
Description:  Here's a shot of some of the empty hoppers on BNSF 9774 South. With 2 SD70MACs in the Executive Scheme with a SD70MAC in the H2 paint as DPU
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 10:35:38 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
BNSF 9774
Title:  BNSF 9774
Description:  Finally after over a month, I get my first train at Brook Park. BNSF 9534 North met this train in Nickerson. I waited for about an hour. We see the train off in the distance
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:42:33 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Sight for sore eyes
Title:  Sight for sore eyes
Description:  This is quite cool, a pair of Executive MACs leads a 110 car empty coal tain with another MAC at the rear as DPU. I can't remember the last time I seen two Executive MACs together
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 9:45:00 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
BNSF 9774
Title:  BNSF 9774
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC #9774 is a BN Ordered, BNSF Delivered while BNSF SD70MAC #9453 is an original BN SD70MAC that now has a BNSF Circle Logo. But both have lost their BN logos.
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 10:35:12 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
BNSF 9774 South
Title:  BNSF 9774 South
Description:  The coal power is just about to round the curve into Brook Park at about 40 MPH. It's nice to see a pair of Executive MACs together on a snowless Minnesota December day. With now 8 days till Christmas, will there be snow?
Photo Date:  12/16/2011  Upload Date: 12/17/2011 10:21:38 PM
Location:  Brook Park, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9774(SD70MAC) BNSF 9453(SD70MAC)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
BNSF 1113
Title:  BNSF 1113
Description:  Here's a shot of Dash 9 #1113 on BNSF 4591 North, there is another taconite train behind this one
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 10:12:28 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4591(C44-9W) BNSF 1113(C44-9W) BNSF 5098(C44-9W)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
BNSF 4591 North
Title:  BNSF 4591 North
Description:  Train 1 of the day I had to use manuel setting because of the darkness of the morning, but a trio of Dash 9s leads a 79 car empty taconite train. A pair of H2s have a H1 Dash 9 splitting them. Nice to see a H1 Dash 9 on taconite trains
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 10:12:07 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4591(C44-9W) BNSF 1113(C44-9W) BNSF 5098(C44-9W)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
BNSF 5098
Title:  BNSF 5098
Description:  Here's a bad shot of BNSF #5098, a trio of Dash 9s lead this empty 79 car taconite train, BNSF 6270 North is behind this one
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 10:13:26 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4591(C44-9W) BNSF 1113(C44-9W) BNSF 5098(C44-9W)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
BNSF 6270 North
Title:  BNSF 6270 North
Description:  A pair of GEVOs leads this 160 car empty taconite train, I didn't get a good coming shot, but I got video of this train and I will try to find a good coming shot from it
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 10:22:03 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6270(ES44AC) BNSF 6438(ES44AC)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
BNSF 6438
Title:  BNSF 6438
Description:  Here's a shot of BNSF 6438, my hands were freezing and I didn't get any good shots, but I did get video of this train and it was pretty good. BNSF 4591 and BNSF 6270 North were the only two mainline trains today
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 10:22:24 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6270(ES44AC) BNSF 6438(ES44AC)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
BNSF 1525 Nose Shot
Title:  BNSF 1525 Nose Shot
Description:  Today is my first trainwatching trip of 2012 and also today is my birthday, so to get a treat, I see the usual, the Hinckley Local came into town and interchanged to the SCXY, they took 46 cars back to Northtown. Here we see them back up by my church, they stopped and I got this shot
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:14:56 PM
Location:  Hinckley, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1525(GP28M)
Views:  415   Comments: 2
BNSF 6365 North
Title:  BNSF 6365 North
Description:  After hearing the Hinckley Local would meet a NB at Grasston, we went to Henriette and not knowing the bad sun angle, a pair of GEVOs and a SD70MAC leads a empty taconite. The last time I got a shot of a loaded SB taconite train on the Hinckley Sub was 10-22-2010
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:15:38 PM
Location:  Henriette, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6365(ES44AC) BNSF 9864(SD70MAC) BNSF 6208(ES44AC)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
BNSF 6365 North
Title:  BNSF 6365 North
Description:  Here's a close up shot of BNSF ES44AC #6365, this is the leader of the only mainline train of the day. Not the best birthday surprise, but oh well
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:16:03 PM
Location:  Henriette, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6365(ES44AC) BNSF 9864(SD70MAC) BNSF 6208(ES44AC)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
BNSF 9864
Title:  BNSF 9864
Description:  Here's a not so good shot of BNSF SD70MAC #9864 on this NB Taconite Train in Henriette
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:16:38 PM
Location:  Henriette, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6365(ES44AC) BNSF 9864(SD70MAC) BNSF 6208(ES44AC)
Views:  291   Comments: 0


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