It would have been cool to see this pair out on the road, but not today.
I was happily greeted by another beautiful sunrise from my Quality Inn in Creston, IA. Today I would be following the Burlington as far as Ottumwa, IA before calling it a day. As I mentioned earlier in this album, coal traffic tapers off pretty significantly on the Creston Subdivision especially at Pacific Junction, so after a few days of quite a few trains, I knew I probably wasnt going to come close to the 40 mark like I had been. BNSF has a pretty decent sized yard in Creston that does have a local job based out of it. Being a Sunday, however, I knew my chances were probably pretty slim of them working today. But, I knew Amtrak would be coming into town eastbound soon after I woke up. So, it was a quick breakfast and a short drive down to the Amtrak station. Sure enough, BNSFs local power was in the yard, shut down completely. Oh well, no Sunday run.
Taken just west of the Havelock yard
An old GP still showing its Santa Fe heritage
Power for the Adams Local rests in the Arita Stub Track at BNSF Hobson Yard. To the left, an exta LINGAL awaits more power in Departure 2 and the Outbound Havelock Zephyr sits in Departure 4.
Power for the Adams Local rests in the Arita Stub Track at BNSF Hobson Yard.
BNSF 2392 GP38-2
Returning back to Gibson.
BNSF 2392, EMD GP38-3R, fresh rebuilt unit at Gibson Yard in Omaha Nebraska
BNSF 2131 and 2392 sit idle in the fog at Gibson Yard in Omaha Nebraska