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Good Riddance
Apr. 11th, 2022 10:45 amAround 7:30 PM as I was getting ready for bed last night, the "Big BN" through freight showed up, and from the discussions on the radio, it appeared that they were going to try and collect and remove the defective locomotive that kept us awake ringing its bell all night long some days ago.
( Not Simple )
According to Lisa, the BNSF crew got that locomotive connected and attempted to restart it, and in so doing caused the bell to start ringing again. It didn't wake me up, but Lisa said they sat there until around midnight fussing with it before finally leaving.
BNSF 502 is gone as of this morning, but most or all of the cars in Fernley yard appear to be untouched. I speculate that when they discovered that they had a broken-down locomotive they realized that they wouldn't have enough power to get their train over the Sierra Nevada, and that they had to leave the Fernley cars in the House Tracks while they made their way with the cars they already had. Presumably the broken locomotive will eventually end up in Stockton, where BNSF (ex-Santa Fe) should be able to do more to repair it.
It does seem to Lisa and me that nobody on the railroad has been talking to anyone else, given that the through-freight crew didn't understand the nature of the problem with the dead locomotive, and the dispatcher hadn't been told anything, either. Personally, we're just relieved that the flaky 502 is out of here.
( Not Simple )
According to Lisa, the BNSF crew got that locomotive connected and attempted to restart it, and in so doing caused the bell to start ringing again. It didn't wake me up, but Lisa said they sat there until around midnight fussing with it before finally leaving.
BNSF 502 is gone as of this morning, but most or all of the cars in Fernley yard appear to be untouched. I speculate that when they discovered that they had a broken-down locomotive they realized that they wouldn't have enough power to get their train over the Sierra Nevada, and that they had to leave the Fernley cars in the House Tracks while they made their way with the cars they already had. Presumably the broken locomotive will eventually end up in Stockton, where BNSF (ex-Santa Fe) should be able to do more to repair it.
It does seem to Lisa and me that nobody on the railroad has been talking to anyone else, given that the through-freight crew didn't understand the nature of the problem with the dead locomotive, and the dispatcher hadn't been told anything, either. Personally, we're just relieved that the flaky 502 is out of here.
