I am without camera today at work since I figured I’d spend my lunch break at the doctor’s office, but apparently Kaiser doesn’t want to deal with me until tomorrow. I decided to go trackside and see what I could find. I figured since I was without camera, that I would probably either a) see a bunch of trains, or b) see trains with unusual power. I got both.
I started off down at the depot, where Amtrak 506 was pulling in right as I arrived… instead of being led by a NPCU, today it had AMTK 158 on the point with AMTK 470 pushing.
Earlier today on RailroadForums, someone commented how garbage trains seem to have a bunch of ex-BN geeps, quite often not yet repainted. What did I find down at 8th street today? A garbage empty with four green ex-BN units (3 geeps, 1 SD40-2).
Back at the center, the ASENP pulled down (my favorite auto train filled with lumber) to reveal an SD70M followed by two standard-cab C40-8s.
I decided to see what might be up at the shops, as I drove north I missed a southbound garbage load with four units that I saw from a distance. At the shops there wasn’t much power sitting around, just a couple of Dash 9s. I went up to 39th street where the H-EVEBAR sat in two parts… this afternoon’s train will have a BNSF H2 Dash 9, UP Dash 9, BNSF H2 Dash 9 on the head end and a pair of H2 Dash 9s for the DPUs.
And back to work I go, pictureless.
