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Re: At 6am pt this morning there was two eastbound Empire Builders in Montana
Author: Caged too much 2009
Date: 09-01-2024 - 14:39
FUD Wrote:
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> What's a "spare" engine or anything else? Amtrak
> doesn't understand the question.
>
> Back in ancient days, Cal Amtrak would borrow or
> rent (not sure how the deal works) a BNSF freight
> engine when a then-newish F59PH coughed its last
> in Bakersfield. Happened several times. With the
> freight engine on the point the train was limited
> to 70 instead of 79. Interesting that on one
> occasion the freight motor was on both my morning
> train (with bus to Sacramento), and the evening
> train returning home. Was told the evening thing
> was not that the F59 was still broken (was
> replaced with a working one in Oakland), but that
> they had to return it to BNSF the same day. So we
> were a little late both ways...
I once went to Fullerton just to see the Southwest Chief (Westbound) with a green/cream color scheme BNSF engine on the point, added in New Mexico.
Foaming is a disease!
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> What's a "spare" engine or anything else? Amtrak
> doesn't understand the question.
>
> Back in ancient days, Cal Amtrak would borrow or
> rent (not sure how the deal works) a BNSF freight
> engine when a then-newish F59PH coughed its last
> in Bakersfield. Happened several times. With the
> freight engine on the point the train was limited
> to 70 instead of 79. Interesting that on one
> occasion the freight motor was on both my morning
> train (with bus to Sacramento), and the evening
> train returning home. Was told the evening thing
> was not that the F59 was still broken (was
> replaced with a working one in Oakland), but that
> they had to return it to BNSF the same day. So we
> were a little late both ways...
I once went to Fullerton just to see the Southwest Chief (Westbound) with a green/cream color scheme BNSF engine on the point, added in New Mexico.
Foaming is a disease!
