BNSF Railway (BNSF) 9947 - EMD SD70MAC

Built February 2008.

Built June 1998.

After waiting patiently, 5016 starts again towards Murray at 1735.

Another mix rolls north at 1732.

A tank train from the Fort Scott Sub gets priority over a mix from Argentine and a coal empty on the Bluff track at 1711.

DPU

The coke train pauses while setting out a bad order while the Finley Turn waits for their signal by the Amtrak station.

H-NTWKCK Gets The OK To Leave First As It Passes A St. Paul Coal Load

Pe|haps the rarest of big BNSF+road units to come through central Oregon are the SD70MAC's and SD70ACe's. I've probably only seen a dozen SD70MAC's over the years, and only photographed maybe four.

BNSF 9947, EMD SD70MAC, DPU remote shoves a Wisconsin Public Service coal load across the Missouri River bridge at Plattsmouth Nebraska

Six locomotives lead a long train of empties between two searchlight signals east of Jamestown.

Two trains pullout of the yard side by side. On the right is a yard job, with a mainline train on the left.

A Glendive Helper will shove all the way to Fryburg (ND) before cutting off.

The Amsterdam Load heads south towards KCPL La Cygne as KCS Train C-KCAM 26 at MP 60.

Heading past the East Industrial Road Crossing was KCS Train C-KCAM 16 headed for the KCPL La Cygne, KS Power Plant.

An empty coal train cruises past the Terry Badlands and alongside the Yellowstone River as it continues west through eastern Montana.

Loads meet, heading east and west, on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. The westbound has an engine down and is barely moving as the 9947 East rolls by.