BNSF Railway (BNSF) 5487 - GE C44-9W

East Bound CSX

Eastbound intermodal near Omaha (date approximate)

Eastbound intermodal near Omaha (date approximate)

BNSF 5487 heads east in the afternoon

BNSF 5487 heads east in the afternoon

BNSF 5487 heads west in the early afternoon

Eastbound grain train on the near track and DPU on a westbound oil train on the main.

Eastbound Q at CP 421.

BNSF 5487

BNSF 7270 leads a westbound stack train into Rochelle and is about to meet an eastbound intermodal.

BNSF 7270 leads a westbound stack train into Rochelle, seen here at Steam Plant Rd. south of town.

Lead unit of three on an eastbound loaded covered hopper grain train

BNSF 5487 - BNSF 7726 on deck for the turn-about while BNSF 4895 at third of three hauls out on the mainline with southbound mixed freight in a poorly exposed sun-and-shadow shot of the confusion lying just north of the 39th Street over-pass; the new two-and-a-half mile long by-pass lane is in the foreground between the concrete barriers.

BNSF 5487 with toes approaching the carrousel ride at the new turn-table in Vancouver, WA... and I have yet to catch it in action.

BNSF 6688 on point with a three-way mixed freight going south while BNSF 7726 and BNSF 5487 nudge toward the turn-table in a pretty good demonstration why pumpkin power in the Pacific Northwest was probably a good livery - stands out in the hazy, drippy weather.

BNSF 5499 middle of three southbound mixed freight on the main line while BNSF 5487 is nose to the turn-table deck on the new turn-style spur from the maintenance and service area.

BNSF 4895 nose-to-the-load rushes a mixed freight south on the main lines past the service-and-turn-table area just north of 39th Street over-pass.

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BNSF 7291 and 5487 are the rear DPU's on a northbound (eastbound) stack train decending into the "Trench" on the Alameda Corridor at Compton, CA.

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Hottest of the hot ex Santa Fe train 199 Rips Wb at about 65 Mph.

BNSF 981 leads the way through the Newton yard.

BNSF 5487 enters double-track as it legds its train through the tight horseshoe curve at Caliente.

Having met UP 4349 at the north end of Bealville siding (extended to include old Allard siding), BNSF 4487 heads into Tunnel No.2.