Four axle engines on priority intermodal trains on Santa Fe? ATSF was a pro on using four axles on its high speed trains, but now BNSF all but uses four axles for local freights.
I honestly don't know what BNSF is thinking by giving up a decent back-up route for high-priority trains in the event of a derailment like the one that happened a few weeks ago. Maintaining Raton Pass and having maybe 1-2 trains operate to/from Denver (it's the shorter route) seems a lot more cost-effective than putting a "parking plan" in place for days on end to have trains sit around.
2:57 nice catch of two trains passing each other at a crossing! 7:21 nice catch of an F45 that was sold to Morrison-Knudsen! I'm surprised it was on an ATSF train!
I already posted a video on the Carrizozo district with semaphores taken during the same period I will be putting more SP material of the same vintage on YT as time permits me to edit it.
I really enjoy this it s nice to be able to capture things before they are gone for good
Nice video. I just stumbled on it. I’m a retired locomotive engineer out of the San Francisco Bay Area
Boy do I miss seeing trains on the Raton sub.
This is really cool, freezing in fact. Good work on the intro from the sound effects department. Sets the scene. Nice to see all that Red and Silver.
Thanks for sharing the video, this brought back old memories of rail fanning the Santa Fe back in the early 90's.
Four axle engines on priority intermodal trains on Santa Fe? ATSF was a pro on using four axles on its high speed trains, but now BNSF all but uses four axles for local freights.
Everything was so much better in the 90s.. trains were more interesting, airlines were more interesting ...
Trains were louder and would shake everything, planes were more noisy and dirty.
That's my kind of video! I saw many B40-8Ws that I see on Galesburg-Chicago local but most are orange now. Thanks for this one!
The last great days of Raton Pass Railroading
I honestly don't know what BNSF is thinking by giving up a decent back-up route for high-priority trains in the event of a derailment like the one that happened a few weeks ago. Maintaining Raton Pass and having maybe 1-2 trains operate to/from Denver (it's the shorter route) seems a lot more cost-effective than putting a "parking plan" in place for days on end to have trains sit around.
NSHammerhead the route is maintained at Class 4 and operates as a back up route.
Much like Tennessee Pass, Raton features a 3% hill which can cause runaways if engineers are not careful during the decent.
Awesome Catch!
Nice Catch!
Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome!
2:57 nice catch of two trains passing each other at a crossing!
7:21 nice catch of an F45 that was sold to Morrison-Knudsen! I'm surprised it was on an ATSF train!
Was this filmed in Arizona?
Love the vido except the snow!!
I wish there were videos like this of the Phoenix sub
Southern Arizona Railfan See my "Peavine" and Arizona & California videos.
Nice!
Great stuff!!!!!!!
Does anyone have videos like this but with southern pacific
I already posted a video on the Carrizozo district with semaphores taken during the same period I will be putting more SP material of the same vintage on YT as time permits me to edit it.
The merger killed the Raton Pass
BN old Amarillo/Denver Line was the bypass for Raton Pass
@@stephenheath8465 I know. BNSF has the Amarillo to Pueblo traffic on directional traffic. The old BN line runs NB traffic via Trinidad
A Suburb Video!