BNSF Railway (BNSF) 4977 - GE C44-9W

Passing MP 66 coming out of Yardley Yard.

BNSF locomotives 8055 and 4977, and KCSM locomotive 4750, pull a westbound manifest under the Main Street footbridge at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri, on Saturday morning, 14 April 2018.

Roster Shot-

Lite power heads to Peoria

Usually this line is populated with large amounts of CSX power with a sprinkling of UP but today this train was headed up by two BNSF engines with a Norfolk Southern sandwiched between them.

On the Timberlake Power Station branch.

Having left coal hoppers at Timberlake Power Station, the locos return light power to Collinwood Engine House.

Taking the spur from Timberlake Power Station branch towards Cleveland at Willoughby.

heading south approaching Mt Vernen st crossing

heading south as sussie local works the yard ( Halloween colors in summer )

The only available engine for autorack train Q277-24 was the GE C44-9W which had no working air conditioning, therefore the door was being kept open. Also it was low on oil, so this long train was not moving very fast at all. The CSX crew did not seem very happy. The train is seen here at Broadford crossing over from Track 2 to 1.

BNSF 4756 @ 4977

BNSF 4756 @ 4977

BNSF Line

The first BNSF of the day right at sunrise leading a full set of autoracks

DPU oil load

CSX using BNSF Power

BNSF WB Manifest Corman Bridge.

BNSF WB Manifest, Corman Bridge Corman,Montana.

BNSF WB On Marias Pass.

BNSF Omaha, NE to Council Bluffs, IA roadswitcher R-NEB4121-11I negotiates Restricted Limits on the wye connecting the BNSF Creston Subdivision with the BNSF Council Bluffs Subdivision. In charge today are BNSF C44-9W 4977, BNSF SD70MAC 9891, and BNSF SD40-2 1719.

BNSF Omaha, NE to Council Bluffs, IA roadswitcher R-NEB4121-11I negotiates Restricted Limits on the wye connecting the BNSF Creston Subdivision with the BNSF Council Bluffs Subdivision. In charge today are BNSF C44-9W 4977, BNSF SD70MAC 9891, and BNSF SD40-2 1719.

Bringing up the rear in the trio of BNSF units is BNSF 4977.

This trio of BNSF units glide along the Joliet Union Station platform, its lead engine shining in the afternoon sun.

The last train on our Little Falls Trip, it was GE dominence up there with only 3 EMDs in total, Dash 9s #4639 and #4977 lead a stack train through town

The U-PADBAR (Paducah,Ky-Barstow,Ca) Military train passes thru Litchfield, IL. on 7-24-10.

BNSF 4977 and others sitting in the Dodge City, KS, yard.

BNSF #4977 is sitting in the yard in Dodge City, KS.

BNSF #4977 is one of four units sitting in the yard in Dodge City, KS.