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Owner: BNSF Railway
Old Name: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Type: Covered Hopper

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BNSF 7090-BNSF 498654
Title:  BNSF 7090-BNSF 498654
Description:  In an oddity, this full-length consist (empty presumed) was running north ("up hill") with a single pusher. The tracks through this area are the lowest grade down to Vancouver/sealevel, but with the usual traffic, would hardly ever (never?) be used for an empty load (still having large sections of single-track main line)... but with the China tariffs and marked reduction in exports, the tracks sometimes sit empty for an hour or more at a time. In the past, most south loaded consists would run several per hour at a minimum. Long way to say, "Yes, those are ditch lights and he's a single one a mile of covered hoppers going uphill without any mid-consist power and a single pusher back far outside of town in this shot.
Photo Date:  6/9/2019  Upload Date: 7/1/2019 5:43:17 PM
Location:  Connell, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  BNSF 7090(ES44C4)
Views:  42   Comments: 0


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