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Viewing Album: Railfanning the Southern Transcon: Barstow-Needles
By:
Lucas Connor
Dates:
12/19/2021 - 12/27/2022
Album Info:
The BNSF Southern Transcon is the primary Los Angeles-Chicago rail corridor for freight. Trains leaving Los Angeles traverse Cajon Pass to Barstow, where the line turns east. Trains from Oakland, Stockton, Sacramento, and Bakersfield, climb Tehachapi Pass to Mojave, where BNSF's Mojave Sub runs east to Barstow, connecting with the Cajon Sub from Victorville. From Barstow, the tracks wind east, passing through Dagget, before reaching Needles. Union Pacific's Cima Sub leaves the Transcon at Dagget, and runs north to Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Ogden. Pictures in this album include BNSF trains from Victorville to Needles via Barstow and UP trains from Barstow to Daggett, and along the Cima Sub to the Nevada border south of Las Vegas.
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Title:
BNSF 6731 WB
Description:
BNSF 6731 is on the point of a westbound Z-train as it makes its way towards Barstow. the ES44C4 is accompanied by "Fakebonnet" Dash 9 751, and ES44AC 6189. The units were built in 2011, 1997, and 2007 respectively. Taken from Interstate 40 eastbound near Daggett
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
6/2/2022 12:18:58 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6731(ES44C4)
BNSF 751(C44-9W)
BNSF 6189(ES44AC)
Views:
83
Comments:
0
Title:
Fakebonnet and Swoosh
Description:
BNSF 751 and 6189 are the trailing units on a westbound stack train as it passes the tail end of an ethanol train eastbound. 751 wears the famed Warbonnet scheme of BNSFs predecessor Santa Fe. This unit never operated under Santa Fe, however, having been built in 1997, two years after the Santa Fe-Burlington Northern merger. Units such as this Dash-9 are known by railfans as "Fakebonnets" for this reason.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
6/4/2022 1:55:16 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 751(C44-9W)
BNSF 6189(ES44AC)
Views:
73
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF & NS Westbound
Description:
BNSF 5788 leads NS 7615 on a westbound stack train east of Dagget. 5788 is an ES44AC, built by GE in 2005. 7615 is one of 220 ES44DCs owned by Norfolk Southern. These units were originally constructed as ES40DCs, the successor to the C40-9. These units were built exclusively for NS. In the mid 2010s, these units were upgraded to 4400 horsepower, essentially making them ES44DCs.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/5/2022 10:15:51 AM
Location:
Daggett, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Track,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 5788(ES44AC)
NS 7615(ES44DC)
Views:
84
Comments:
0
Title:
Westbound GEs
Description:
Four GEs lead a westbound stack train towards Daggett. NS 7615, the second unit on the train, is an ES44DC, rebuilt from an ES40DC. BNSF 3264 is an ES44C4, an ES44AC on A1A trucks, as is 7004.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/7/2022 10:09:22 AM
Location:
Daggett, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
NS 7615(ES44DC)
BNSF 3264(ES44C4)
BNSF 7004(ES44C4)
Views:
143
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6834
Description:
BNSF 6834 and 7222, on the point of a westbound stack train, race another west to Barstow. 6834 was built by GE as an ES44C4, similar in almost every way to an ES44AC, but with A1A trucks instead of the standard 6-axle trucks. 7222 was built in 2009 as a stock ES44DC. The third unit, 8000, is another ES44C4.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/6/2022 10:16:15 AM
Location:
Daggett, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6834(ES44C4)
BNSF 7222(ES44DC)
BNSF 8000(ES44C4)
Views:
104
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF Westbound
Description:
5 BNSF units lead a westbound stack train along the Southern Transcon near Dagget. The five units, from left to right, are ES44C4 6834, ES44DC 7222, ES44C4 8000, ES44C4 4225, and SD70ACe 9231.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/13/2022 10:08:10 AM
Location:
Daggett, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6834(ES44C4)
BNSF 7222(ES44DC)
BNSF 8000(ES44C4)
BNSF 4225(ES44C4)
BNSF 9231(SD70ACe)
Views:
102
Comments:
0
Title:
ATSF 1460
Description:
Santa Fe 1460 rests at the Barstow Amtrak Station. The old engine is part of the collection of the Western America Railroad Museum, located in Barstow. 1460 was built in 1943 by Baldwin as a VO-1000, one of 59 the railroad would own, and was numbered 2200. After the successful converion of Santa Fe F-units to hood-unit roadswitchers, a similar approach was undertaken with 2200. The engine was gutted of internal components, and a GP7-style long hood was constructed to house the 567 prime mover. The unit was completed in late 1970, and was renumbered 2450. 38 years and a merger later, BNSF 1460 was retired, and was stored in Topeka, Kansas, before coming to Barstow.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/5/2022 10:14:04 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Station
Locomotives:
ATSF 1460(SWBLW)
UP 9950(SD40-2)
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
ARZC 58
Description:
Arizona & California Railroad 58 sits in the winter sun at the Barstow Amtrak station. The business car is part of the collection of the Western America Railroad Museum, located in the old Harvey House depot. The ARZC operates between Cadiz, California, and Matthie, Arizona, with trackage rights to Phoenix. This former ATSF route serves as the primary route for California-Phoenix trains, allowing eastbound trains to bypass the BNSF Phoenix Sub through Williams.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/10/2022 8:25:34 PM
Location:
Daggett, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
106
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 9950
Description:
Union Pacific 9950 is an SD40-2 currently on display at the Western America Railroad Museum at the Barstow Harvey House Depot. 9950 was built by EMD in 1980 for Missouri Pacific as their 3320. When UP bought the MP in 1982 and fully merged in early 1997, the unit was repainted into UP colors and was renumbered to 4320. The unit served with UP for another 7 years, before being donated to the museum on March 6, 2004. Behind the locomotive on the right is Santa Fe FP45 95, in Warbonnet colors, and on the left is former Santa Fe SD40 5007 (lettered as GN 6307).
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/3/2022 2:01:54 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Station
Locomotives:
UP 9950(SD40-2)
ATSF 95(FP45)
GN 6307(SD40)
Views:
305
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6307
Description:
SD40 6307 rests in the parking lot at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow. 6307 was originally Santa Fe 1707, built by EMD in 1966. The unit was renumbered not long after to ATSF 5007. In the early 1980s, Santa Fe rebuilt and repainted the locomotive, giving it the designation SD40u. The unit would keep its number, however, until the BNSF merger, whne it would be renumbered 6307. The unit oerated with BNSF for over 10 years, finally being sidelined in 2009. In order to clear room in the roster for new ES44ACs from GE, BNSF 6307 officially became GN 6307, and was stripped of Santa Fe markings. The unit was stored at Barstow with an uncertain future for 10 years, before finally being donated to the museum in 2019, where it now resides with fellow SD40 Unioon Pacific 9950.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/11/2022 10:08:03 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Station
Locomotives:
BNSF 6307(SD40u)
GN 6307(SD40)
UP 9950(SD40-2)
Views:
359
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF Distributed Power
Description:
Four BNSF widecabs thunder through Barstow on a westbound intermodal. The four DPUs; 6403, 7432, 4641, and 7356, are an ES44AC, an ES44DC, a C44-9W, and another ES44DC respectively.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/3/2022 2:00:18 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 6403(ES44AC)
BNSF 7432(ES44DC)
BNSF 4641(C44-9W)
BNSF 7356(ES44DC)
Views:
88
Comments:
0
Title:
DTTX 795375
Description:
DTTX 795375 on BNSF WB Intermodal at Barstow
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
8/15/2022 12:03:32 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
49
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 4115
Description:
BNSF 4115 waits for clearance to enter BNSFs ex-Santa Fe Barstow Yard. BNSFs Southern Transcon is triple-tracked in this area, and all three mains are occupied. 4415s westbound stack train occupies track one, a westbound manifest is stopped further back on track two, and a westbound piggyback intermodal will pass both on track three.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/2/2022 12:04:55 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Track
Locomotives:
BNSF 4115(C44-9W)
BNSF 6020(ES44AC)
Views:
81
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 6020
Description:
BNSF 6020 is the second unit on a westbound stack train stopped on track 3 east of Barstow Yard. The train is waiting for another stack train to pass on track 1.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/4/2022 10:23:38 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Track
Locomotives:
BNSF 6020(ES44AC)
BNSF 4115(C44-9W)
BNSF 7198(ES44C4)
Views:
119
Comments:
0
Title:
DTTX 744311
Description:
DTTX 744311 on BNSF WB Intermodal at Barstow
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
3/31/2022 10:02:41 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
BNSF 7198(ES44C4)
Views:
51
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 9023
Description:
BNSF 9023 pokes itself out from behind a stack train parked at the entrance to Barstow Yard. 9023 is an SD70ACe, built in 2013 by EMD. Today, it is second unit on a westbound piggyback intermodal. The gray well car in the foreground is lettered for the Arkansas & Oklahoma Railroad, a shortline railroad located in eastern Oklahoma.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/2/2022 12:06:10 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 9023(SD70ACe)
Views:
101
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 8502
Description:
BNSF 8502 is obscured by a stack train, both headed east on the BNSF Southern Transcon east of Barstow. 8502 is the second unit on the train, the lead engine being NS 1156, another SD70ACE. This train was filmed in Dagget by Youtuber Big Boss Railfanner. Be sure to check out their video of the train here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U855PDnwt_E
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/2/2022 12:07:13 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 8502(SD70ACe)
BNSF 4611(C44-9W)
Views:
106
Comments:
0
Title:
Norfolk Southern 1156
Description:
NS 1156 hides behind a stack train east of Barstow. 1156 is an SD70ACe, built in late 2014 by EMD, and is the first unit on a westbound manifest freight crawling down track two on the triple-track Southern Transcon. Behind the 1156 is BNSF 8502, another SD70ACe.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/2/2022 12:08:09 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
NS 1156(SD70ACe)
BNSF 8502(SD70ACe)
Views:
112
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF Westbound Intermodal
Description:
BNSF 7332 and 4705, an ES44DC and C44-9W respectively, lead a hot westbound intermodal through the east end of Barstow Yard. The train was given priority over several other trains, and was movingfast enough we barely had time to set up the cameras.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
1/4/2022 10:20:35 AM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
A.Connor
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:
BNSF 7332(ES44DC)
BNSF 4705(C44-9W)
Views:
96
Comments:
0
Title:
NS AC Motors Westbound
Description:
Norfolk Southern units lead a BNSF Z-train west between Ludlow and Newberry Springs. The train is led by 4125 and 4257, both AC44C6Ms. Thse units were originally built by GE as C40-9Ws in the mid 1990s, before being rebuilt to 4400 horsepower in the mid 2000s, effectively making them C44-9Ws. These units were again rebuilt in the late 2010s with AC traction motors. The 4125 was rebuilt by NS at Juniata, while the 4257 was rebuilt by GE in Fort Worth.
Photo Date:
12/20/2021
Upload Date:
2/26/2022 8:51:27 PM
Location:
Ludlow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
NS 4125(AC44C6M)
NS 4257(AC44C6M)
Views:
106
Comments:
0
Title:
BNSF 692
Description:
BNSF 692 former ATSF warbonnet C44-9W switching at Barstow, CA
Photo Date:
12/27/2022
Upload Date:
4/26/2024 11:55:05 PM
Location:
Barstow, CA
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
BNSF 692(C44-9W)
Views:
20
Comments:
0
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