I had a nice surprise this morning when I caught up with the U-MBAVAW (Missile Base, WA to Vancouver, WA) and its pair of warbonnets. Ok, so these aren’t pure warbonnets thanks to the block lettered BNSF on the side, but the red, silver, and yellow still says Santa Fe all the way. With the sunny skies today the combination could not be beat!
This is an interesting ballast train. The cars all have a conveyor system underneath that feeds ballast towards a car that is used for distribution. The nice thing is it appears the employee dumping the ballast is inside the control booth on the distribution car and not out in the dust.
For the locals, it sounds like the power will be staying on the train while it is tied down on the NP side.
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