"Trainload" of Photos

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Brad I did get your info about the UP 6936. It went to my other e-mail address.

[Brad]

After tonights sunset petered out, I decided to head down to the tracks and shoot some after dark long exposure shots.  

As I was pulling up a coal train was rolling by... It was not quite dark enough yet, but I shot the DPU on he end just to see:


So then the sky was right, but no train:


And I waited:


And waited:


It was dark... I wasted an hour.... so I left!

[Brad]

Saturday 8/9/2008

I spent a few hours railroading this weekend... Didn't see much.

#1 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:


#2 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:


#3 - BNSF 5653 East in Downtown Omaha:



#5 - Apparently the Special is already being formed in Council bluffs for next week:


#6 - More stuff at the Heritage Shops in Council Bluffs:


#7 - What is this Car on the Speical:


Sunday 8/10/2008

#8 - Union Pacific 656 Parked in Omaha:


#9 - Union Pacific 5991 waiting for a fresh crew in Omaha:


#10 - Union Pacific 5991 from the Otherside with Downtown Omaha in the background:

[Coyote]

#8  is uber cool!

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Good shots Brad.

[Brad]

Tonight I grabbed my bicycle and old camera and rolled downtown.  I can really see a difference between the photos I shot Saturday and the Photos from tonight.   However I did not feel like lugging all that weight around on the bike!

First off when I arrived I missed an EB UPRR coal heading across the river, however I found BNSF 8717 waiting for the UP to pass so it could move on the the UP and over the river via the UP bridge.

#1 EB - BNSF 8717


#2 EB - BNSF 8717


To my surprise, I see WB BNSF 6132 sitting on the BNSF waiting for the EB BNSF 8717, or so I thought...

#3 WB - BNSF 6132


While waiting for EB BNSF 8717 to clear, I hear EB UPRR 6249 rolling in.  Trying to peak between the cars of EB BNSF 8717, I am surprised when I see this, HLCX 6249

#4 HLCX 6249 on EB UPRR 6249


and then another suprise when BNSF 8717 finally clears.... It has a Caboose on the end?!?!

#5 BN Cabosse 12539 on the rear of BNSF 8717


#6 which lead to a cool shot with BN Caboose 12539 and HLCX 6249


Now EB BNSF 8171 is finally clear I can get a good look at EB UPRR 4742

#7 EB - UPRR 4742


#8 EB - UPRR 4742


#9 EB - UPRR 4742, with the Bill Clinton Locomotive 4242 ;)


#10 I hear what I thought was WB BNSF 6132 heading towards me, however it is WB BNSF 9744


#11 more WB - BNSF 9744


#12 SD70MAC 9277 on WB BNSF 9744


#13 ES44AC 6126 on WB BNSF 9744


WB is no more than gone when I hear another WB BNSF and again assumed it was WB BNSF 6132, and again I was wrong and WB BNSF 6020 comes towards me.

#14 WB - BNSF 6020


I never did see WB BNSF 6132 move.

I left for a while and rode my bicycle around downtown and came back for find Omaha's own OMAX rolling in, EB UPRR 6638 rolling in to town full of Coal

#15 WB - UPRR 6638


#16 WB - UPRR 6638



Well that all for tonight!

[Brad]

Quick one from Lunch.  

UP 7273 Eastbound in Downtown Omaha, Did not see the 4141 anywhere:

[Brad]

North Downtown Omaha

Our new ballpark and home of the college world series will be right behind this locomotive





Here is on from Sunday... Busy, Busy, Busy - 2 East Bound UP's and a West Bound BNSF:

[Brad]

Memorial Day Action in Omaha

1.  KSC 4006 and 4620 parked in Omaha - interesting placement.


2.  BNSF 2837 Backing out of Gibson Yard Caboose First


3.  BNSF 2837 Still Backing


4.  BNSF 2837 Stopped


5.  BNSF 2837 Pulling forward getting ready to cross on to the UP and over the River in to Council Bluffs


6.  BNSF 2837, the caboose heading towards Iowa


As soon as the BNSF cleared, a UP Coal came around the corner

7.  EB - UP 5925


8.  EB - UP 5925


9.  DPU unit on the UP 5925

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Here some photos of the UP 1982 west coming through Blair.



That's all for now.

[Brad]

While looking for the UP1982 and UP1988 today, I came across This Suprise, WB CSX 4809 on the BNSF main Line???



Also, before WB CSX 4809 rolled in, EB Amtrak 114 was in the station:

[Stargazer]

EB Amtrak 114 was in the station

Right on time as usual, I see.  :)

[Brad]

9:30?  I don't even know anymore.... what is that 3.5 hours late?

[Brad]

There Here!

UP1982 and UP1988 rolled in to Downtown Omaha Just after 15:00 hours

here are two quick ones:




Wonder what the turn around on them is?

[TechnicalDisaster]

History Question:

Did Omaha ever have a RoundHouse in and around 1936, near 42nd street?

[ShawJ]

There Here!

UP1982 and UP1988 rolled in to Downtown Omaha Just after 15:00 hours

here are two quick ones:

Train with FNC and Woodmen in the clouds in the background. Nice!

[Brad]

History Question:

Did Omaha ever have a RoundHouse in and around 1936, near 42nd street?

42nd and what?

[TechnicalDisaster]

History Question:

Did Omaha ever have a RoundHouse in and around 1936, near 42nd street?

42nd and what?

Don't know.  Thats all the info I have.

[Allan_Love_Jr]

UP 1988 rolling down Blair Hill.

Rolling into East Kennard.

Heading into Arlington.

And not but least. UP 1982 as the DPU Unit.

[UNOstudent]

History Question:

Did Omaha ever have a RoundHouse in and around 1936, near 42nd street?

Here is a small section of a 1955 aerial photo. It shows 42nd street going north and south over the railroad tracks. The street with the curve east of 42nd is A Street before Interstate 80 took over that land.

[Brad]

Interesting.  I never knew about that Roundhouse!

[Allan_Love_Jr]

It is hard to believe that I80 isn't there.

[Brad]

Two of my favorite Union Pacific Heritage Locomotives were in town over the weekend.  

UP placed these locomotives in a half way decent location for shooting Sunday afternoon...

The UP1989, The Denver and Rio Grande Western


The UP1995, The Chicago and Northwestern


The two together


CN 6127 sitting in North Council Bluffs:


EB UP 8033:



Finally down at Orapolis and Buccaneer Bay:

[Coyote]

Nice collection there Brad. That Rio Grande is cool.

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Nice catch Brad. They can take the UP 1982 back south now. I have seen enough of it. UP please. Take it back down south.

[Brad]

Nice catch Brad. They can take the UP 1982 back south now. I have seen enough of it. UP please. Take it back down south.

I was hoping to get some nice sunny photos of it before it left.

[Brad]

Few from Saturday

1.  Canadian National backing down in to Gibson Yard:


2.   EB UP5808


3.  DPU on the EB UP5808


4.  EB UP7699


5.  EB UP7699


6.  EB UP8347


7.  EB UP8347


8.  DPU EB UP8347

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Awesome stuff Brad.

[OmahaChef]

You must have left not long after that.  I was just approaching the bridge by foot when the K-Line unit train went by.  Nice pics!

[Coyote]

 Nice! That CN is sweet - how often does a CN come around?

[Brad]

Tom,
I was not there long when it rolled up, we must have just missed each other.  I know what you look like so I would have said hi.

Mark,
I am not quite sure how often it makes the trip across the river to Omaha.  May be once a day or several times a week?  CN has track in North Downtown/Carter Lake that it serves.  Its "Main line" ends just about south of Broadway in Council Bluffs.  If the Swing Bridge still worked they would use that because that is there track.

[Brad]

One quick one from yesterday just north of town by Honey Creek, IA:

[Brad]

Saturday 11/1/2008
1. EB UP7263 a GE C44AC followed by UP7160 also a GE C44AC


2. DPU on the EB UP7263, UP6863 a GE C44AC


3. Up next, EB UP7129 a GE C44AC followed by UP6641 a GE C44ACCTE


4.  DPU on the EB UP4129, UP7104 a GE C44AC


5.  Next a CN local backed up out of Gibson Yard with a EOT car:


6.  Another shot of the EOT car:


7.  CN locomotive 6127 pushing:


8.  Another shot of 6127:


9.  CN 6127 heading off the BNSF on to the UP and heading over to Council Bluffs:


10. Up next UP4882 a GM SD70M, followed by UP4766 also a GM SD70M:


11.  While that train was passing, a BNSF train backed up out of Gibson Yard:


12.  BNSF 6716


13.  BNSF 6716


Monday 11-3-2008 out by 180th and Dodge
14.  EB UP5126 a GM SD70M, followed by UP5065 also a GM SD70M

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Brad are those two Santa Fe units still in Omaha?

[Brad]

I am sure.  Those or ones just like it are always here...

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Thanks Brad.
There are two SD40-2's out running between Gibson and Council Bluffs over the Creston Sub.
BNSF 6839,BNSF 7020.

[Brad]

I did not have much luck AGAIN with the 4141!  After the healpful phone calls from Allan, the posts on railroadforums from Todd, and the emails from Brian, I headed out to Fremont.  I got there just before dark and set up where I thought a crew change was going to be made, however they changed crews about a 1/2 mile down the line.  So I froze my arse off for this lame shot:

1.  ISO 3200, F4.0, 1/80, AWB


2.  While waiting, I do like this shot of the Stacker before the 4141


3.  Talk about wind... Notice the waves in the bars as they come down and the blur from the camera shake... The Cold Front came about an hour too early...

[Coyote]

Still nice none-the-less. ISO 3200?  8)  
I hate the daylight hours Nov-Mar.

[Brad]

Thanks Mark! - I hate the non daylightsavings too...

I bet Allan posts his soon too.

[Allan_Love_Jr]

Thanks Mark! - I hate the non daylightsavings too...

I bet Allan posts his soon too.

Brad I really like that night shot. That looks good.