BNSF Lives (Sort of)
Apr. 3rd, 2022 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeA couple of days ago, another freshly-painted ex-Santa Fe BNSF locomotive appeared under its own power to start switching cars in Fernley's two-track yard.
Here's BNSF 526 moving cars around, some of which they will take with them to customers they serve in the area before heading to Sparks for the night.
They moved inoperable 502 from one track to another before pulling cars out of the other track and heading toward Sparks.
As part of the shifting of cars, several of the cement tank cars were pushed further down the tracks, where they were no longer accessible by road. Later in the day, a truck showed up from the people who have been unloading those tanks. They drove a pickup truck as far down as they could before (as far as I can tell) determining that they were not going to be able to get a cement road tank in there to unload more from the rail tanker, after which they left. I suspect that someone had some not-nice words with a BNSF service representative about this cement mess.
This afternoon, a BNSF through freight had to stop on the main in Fernley when the dispatcher told them to check their train for overheated axles. As the conductor prepared to get off the train to walk the train, I heard the crew say over the radio that it was too bad they didn't have any work to do at Fernley since they'd had to stop here anyway.
I have no idea how long this defective locomotive will stay here getting in the way of operations. BNSF needs to get it somewhere that it can be repaired.
Here's BNSF 526 moving cars around, some of which they will take with them to customers they serve in the area before heading to Sparks for the night.
They moved inoperable 502 from one track to another before pulling cars out of the other track and heading toward Sparks.
As part of the shifting of cars, several of the cement tank cars were pushed further down the tracks, where they were no longer accessible by road. Later in the day, a truck showed up from the people who have been unloading those tanks. They drove a pickup truck as far down as they could before (as far as I can tell) determining that they were not going to be able to get a cement road tank in there to unload more from the rail tanker, after which they left. I suspect that someone had some not-nice words with a BNSF service representative about this cement mess.
This afternoon, a BNSF through freight had to stop on the main in Fernley when the dispatcher told them to check their train for overheated axles. As the conductor prepared to get off the train to walk the train, I heard the crew say over the radio that it was too bad they didn't have any work to do at Fernley since they'd had to stop here anyway.
I have no idea how long this defective locomotive will stay here getting in the way of operations. BNSF needs to get it somewhere that it can be repaired.
