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 #94818  by MetraBNSF
 
205 is on BNSF and ran an express to LaGrange through Fairview this evening.

It was an interesting afternoon rush on BNSF as the following happened:

Train 1251 ran 5 minutes late because the control car was removed from that train. The last control car to be on that particular train was 799. 816, a trailer was the rear of that train. Control car 812 is positioned 7 cars back. This is a 10-car train, but ran with 9 cars. Some kind of switch will need to be made in Aurora before tomorrow morning.

3 other outbound express trains ran left handed once they started making their intermediate stops. Each of these trains ran on time and there were no unusual conditions that are known.

 #96052  by metraRI
 
205 probably won't stay on BNSF for long, just as 408 was also on BNSF in September for some random reason.

 #108709  by AmtrakFan
 
205 was on the BNSF today

 #117347  by metraRI
 
408 and a freshly rebuilt 154 were double headed on RI train #419 today.

 #118002  by AmtrakFan
 
MetraF40C607 wrote:I feel the absolute same way. Just let us have our F40PHs and 211 and i'll be happy.
Well if BNSF could get rite of the MP36ers and the Winneabeagos I am fine. Oh Yes I want the E9's back :-D :wink: .

 #124414  by metraRI
 
185 was yet again on SWS. I passed it while it was in the 179th Street Yard. Hopefully it will run again tomorrow when I actually have a chance of getting a pic.

 #124803  by metraRI
 
Figures that I go out to SWS tonight trying to get a pic of 185..and its not there. 116 ran in its place. :wink:

 #125107  by metra 613
 
180 was on UP-W train 516 Saturday night.

 #125444  by MetraBNSF
 
metraRI wrote:Figures that I go out to SWS tonight trying to get a pic of 185..and its not there. 116 ran in its place. :wink:
185 was on BNSF over the weekend. The train I was on this morning had it.
 #126706  by MetraBNSF
 
In case anybody is keeping track, MP36 #407 was on BNSF yesterday afternoon on train #1269 and this morning on train #1220. Also, F40PHM-2 #205 hasn't been seen on BNSF in about a week.

Late edit: 205 was pulling my train (#1259) today. She's got a nice horn and fast.

 #128429  by burlington nothern 9903
 
For anyone who wants to know 185 is again parked in the SWS yard on wendsday night it is on the first track closest to the street i think its southwest highway. But its kind of weird seeing a winabago in the SWS yard .

Maybe some day they will decide to put an mp36 on a SWS train HUH WILL THAT BE THE DAY OR WHAT

 #128432  by metraRI
 
Seeing an MP36 on SWS would be nice..hint hint 14th Street. I will try to see 185 tomorrow, hopefully they don't change it on me again. If I didn't have school tomorrow, I would have gone to see it on the 7:32am train at 153rd Street.

 #128442  by MetraBNSF
 
Lately 183 and 184 have been running BNSF. Both of them are double headed with an F40PHM-2. 183 is leading on one train, 184 is trailing on another. I wonder if this explains why 185 has been on HC and SWS. Its nice to see a F40PHM-2 on those lines from time to time, but an MP36 would be really cool. That's one thing I kinda like about HC and SWS being serviced at 14th St.

Has anybody seen 198 in service on MILW yet?

 #128718  by metraRI
 
14th Street once again replaced 185 with an F40 on SWS. 182 this time. Next time 185 runs on SWS, I'm going to have to go out in the morning. 182, 119, 117, and 116 took control of SWS trains tonight.
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