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Viewing Album:  2006 Western Trips
 
By:Jacob Kempf
Dates:7/15/2006 - 8/5/2006
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WB Intermodal
Title:  WB Intermodal
Description:  A westbound BNSF intermodal train races through the New Mexico desert, seen from a moving car on the interstate. Note the CSX D8 trailing.
Photo Date:  7/13/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:27:15 PM
Location:  Prewitt, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5017(C44-9W)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  A rather interesting lashup heads east through Gallup, New Mexico on a nice morning.
Photo Date:  7/14/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:29:22 PM
Location:  Gallup, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5081(C44-9W) NS 8333(C40-8W) CRIX 5979(SD60) BNSF 4042(C44-9W)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
Cumbres & Toltec 484
Title:  Cumbres & Toltec 484
Description:  Cumbres & Toltec 484 moves around at Osiers, Colorado.
Photo Date:  7/15/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:39:20 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
Cubres & Toltec 487
Title:  Cubres & Toltec 487
Description:  Cumbres & Toltec steamer number 487 sits at the station in Chama waiting to depart.
Photo Date:  7/15/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:32:06 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 487(2-8-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
CTS Excursion
Title:  CTS Excursion
Description:  Cumbres & Toltec 484 leads an excursion outside Chama, New Mexico, seen from the shoulder of Highway 17.
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:41:35 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 2
CTS Excursion
Title:  CTS Excursion
Description:  Just about to cross Rt. 17 again, the excursion heads up the grade of Cumbres Pass.
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:47:40 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
CTS Excursion
Title:  CTS Excursion
Description:  484 leads the excursion over the border into Colorado.
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:45:33 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
CTS Excursion
Title:  CTS Excursion
Description:  After cresting the grade, the train passes through some remote territory. We ended the chase here and headed for our next stop.
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:49:56 PM
Location:  Cumbres Pass, CO
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
CTS Excursion
Title:  CTS Excursion
Description:  Here, the excursion is about to cross Highway 17,
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:43:05 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CTS 484(2-8-2)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  A stack train pauses at Encino, New Mexico for a westbound.
Photo Date:  7/19/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:52:18 PM
Location:  Encino, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Southwestern Railroad units
Title:  Southwestern Railroad units
Description:  Two units move from the yard toward downtown.
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:57:55 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SW 9964(GP40) SW 677(GP40)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
Southwestern Railroad units
Title:  Southwestern Railroad units
Description:  A pair of Southerwestern Railroad units sit in the yard at Carlsbad, NM.
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:54:31 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SW 3819(SD40-2)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Switchers
Title:  Switchers
Description:  A pair of Southwestern Railroad switchers sit in the yard.
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2011 8:56:02 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  220   Comments: 0
CAT D10T
Title:  CAT D10T
Description:  A Cat bulldozer sits on a flat car in Laurel yard.
Photo Date:  7/27/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:36:12 AM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  209   Comments: 0
MRL Crane
Title:  MRL Crane
Description:  This MRL crane was parked on a siding in Big Timber.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:41:36 AM
Location:  Big Timber, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  328   Comments: 0
BNSF H-KCKPAS
Title:  BNSF H-KCKPAS
Description:  H-KCKPAS waits for helpers to come down off Mullan Pass before heading west.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:44:29 AM
Location:  Tobin, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7660(ES44DC) CSX 24(AC44CW)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
BNSF H-PASKCK
Title:  BNSF H-PASKCK
Description:  BNSF train H-PASKCK heads east through Quebec, MT on a gorgeous morning.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:37:34 AM
Location:  Quebec, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 817(C40-8W) NS 6096(SD40-2)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
WB Coal
Title:  WB Coal
Description:  A rather interesting lashup heads up a coal train through Austin.
Photo Date:  7/28/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:49:35 PM
Location:  Austin, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9748(SD70MAC) BNSF 4320(C44-9W) EMDX 9009(SD60) BNSF 9214(SD60M)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
EB Grain
Title:  EB Grain
Description:  Grain empties head east at Lothair with a warbonnet leading.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:51:10 AM
Location:  Lothair, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 766(C44-9W) BNSF 4775(C44-9W)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
EB Intermodal
Title:  EB Intermodal
Description:  Four GEs handle an intermodal train headed east. Lashups during our trip this year were quite dynamic. You never knew what the next train would have.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:46:57 AM
Location:  Lothair, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4561(C44-9W)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
MOW Train
Title:  MOW Train
Description:  A single ex-Santa Fe bluebonnet holds a MOW train in a siding in Shelby yard.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:55:07 AM
Location:  Shelby, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6302(SD40u)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
WB Stacks
Title:  WB Stacks
Description:  After meeting the eastbound Empire Builder, the stack train is back on the move, seen at speed through Shelby.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 1:04:33 PM
Location:  Shelby, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8029(SD40-2) BNSF 6905(SD40-2) FURX 7258(SD40-2)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
WB Stacks
Title:  WB Stacks
Description:  Continuing our chase, we catch up to the stacker outside Ethridge.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 1:07:37 PM
Location:  Ethridge, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8029(SD40-2) BNSF 6905(SD40-2) FURX 7258(SD40-2)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
WB Stacks
Title:  WB Stacks
Description:  Three SD40-2s wait at Lothair for the eastbound Empire Builder.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:52:55 AM
Location:  Lothair, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8029(SD40-2) BNSF 6905(SD40-2) FURX 7258(SD40-2)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
WB Stacks
Title:  WB Stacks
Description:  One of my first shots of a new BNSF GEVO is seen here in Lothair, leading a stack train west.
Photo Date:  7/29/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:49:03 AM
Location:  Lothair, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7790(ES44DC)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
EB Freight
Title:  EB Freight
Description:  What is this, the Middle Division? Four NS SD70 variants lead a BNSF D9 east on a manifest
Photo Date:  7/30/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:57:23 AM
Location:  Bison, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2586(SD70M) NS 2573(SD70) NS 2503(SD70)
Views:  821   Comments: 0
BNSF 6818
Title:  BNSF 6818
Description:  BNSF 6818 sits in Essex Yard.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:15:12 PM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6818(SD40-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
BNSF 8050
Title:  BNSF 8050
Description:  BNSF 8050 idles in the yard in Essex.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:17:40 PM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8050(SD40-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  Here, the train is seen curving around at Marias.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 11:09:54 AM
Location:  Marias, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 536(B40-8W) KCS 675(SD40-3) CRIX 6315(SD45T-2)
Views:  838   Comments: 1
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  The stack train is seen once again at a wide spot at Bison. We tried to get this train again at Bison East, but he was moving too fast.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:09:57 PM
Location:  Bison, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 526(B40-8W) KCS 675(SD40-3) CRIX 6315(SD45T-2)
Views:  699   Comments: 1
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  Probably one of the best lashups I ever saw in Montana heads east over the Java East trestle in great morning light.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 11:05:34 AM
Location:  Java East, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 526(B40-8W) KCS 675(SD40-3) CRIX 6315(SD45T-2)
Views:  1183   Comments: 4
EB Stacks
Title:  EB Stacks
Description:  A BNSF stack train hits some of the first rays of light at the summit of the Continental Divide.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 10:59:26 AM
Location:  Summit, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4537(C44-9W) FURX 7210(SD40-2) FURX 7272(SD40-2)
Views:  838   Comments: 2
Helpers
Title:  Helpers
Description:  After Amtrak, BNSF shut the line down for maintenance, so we went around and shot the helpers sets. Here's one in Essex.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:12:18 PM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7878(SD40-2) BNSF 6830(SD40-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
EB Grain
Title:  EB Grain
Description:  Three GEs take grain empties east through Paradise.
Photo Date:  8/1/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:19:44 PM
Location:  Paradise, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5095(C44-9W) BNSF 917(C40-8W)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
EB Intermodal
Title:  EB Intermodal
Description:  A pair of SD40-2s take pigs east over Mullan Pass as the fog begins to clear.
Photo Date:  8/2/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:22:10 PM
Location:  Mullan Pass, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6343(SD40-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
WB Coal
Title:  WB Coal
Description:  Three SD60Ms and EMD 3 take coal loads up Mullan Pass.
Photo Date:  8/2/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:42:46 PM
Location:  Tobin, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9285(SD60M) EMDX 3(SD60) BNSF 9206(SD60M)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
WB Grain
Title:  WB Grain
Description:  A pair of consecutive and thoroughly washed Dash-9s lead a grain train west.
Photo Date:  8/2/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:59:01 PM
Location:  Mullan Pass, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4926(C44-9W) BNSF 4927(C44-9W)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
MRL LM
Title:  MRL LM
Description:  A pair of rather new SD70ACes leads LM through the west portal of Mullan Tunnel.
Photo Date:  8/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:27:55 PM
Location:  Mullan Pass, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 4306(SD70ACe) MRL 4301(SD70ACe)
Views:  683   Comments: 1
MRL ML
Title:  MRL ML
Description:  MRL 327 leads ML through Bradley, MT. This shot is taken from a closed bridge down from the main road.
Photo Date:  8/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:26:05 PM
Location:  Bradley, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 327(SD45-2) MRL 4304(SD70ACe)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
WB Freight
Title:  WB Freight
Description:  Five SD40 variants lead a manifest out of Mullan Tunnel
Photo Date:  8/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:54:53 PM
Location:  Mullan Pass, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6399(SD40-2) BNSF 7014(SD40-2)
Views:  660   Comments: 1
EB Grain
Title:  EB Grain
Description:  Grain empties climb the west slope of Bozeman Pass with a brand new GEVO on the point.
Photo Date:  8/4/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:30:06 PM
Location:  Bozeman Pass, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7777(ES44DC) BNSF 4389(C44-9W)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
WB Coal
Title:  WB Coal
Description:  One of two demonstrator SD70M-2s is on the point of a parked coal train outside Townsend, MT.
Photo Date:  8/4/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:45:06 PM
Location:  Townsend, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 140(SD70M-2)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
WB Grain
Title:  WB Grain
Description:  Grain loads wait to enter Laurel Yard.
Photo Date:  8/4/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 1:01:03 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1065(C44-9W)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
EB Coal
Title:  EB Coal
Description:  A trio of Green and Cream SD70MACs take a coal train east through Pompey's Pillar.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:40:49 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9415(SD70MAC)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Laurel Yard
Title:  Laurel Yard
Description:  From right to left: MRL Yard job switches cars, a westbound manifest waits to depart and power from a rail train sits.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:32:50 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5166(C44-9W)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
WB Coal
Title:  WB Coal
Description:  A BNSF D9 leads three Oakway SD60s through Lodgegrass, just outside Crow Agency.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:47:23 PM
Location:  Crow Agency, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4460(C44-9W)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
WB Freight
Title:  WB Freight
Description:  A BNSF manifest waits to depart Laurel Yard.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:56:58 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5166(C44-9W)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Westbounds
Title:  Westbounds
Description:  On the right, a westbound manifest waits to depart while a rail train sits.
Photo Date:  8/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2011 12:36:42 PM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Jacob Kempf
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5166(C44-9W)
Views:  253   Comments: 0

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