Berea 3/17/2007

[Rich K]

Woke up to cold, wind, and snow, but the weather cleared nicely and today turned out to be a good railfanning day after all.

Here'e a couple shots from today's activities.

[TRNBUF]

How often do the NS tie up with some BNSF locomotives around there?  That is kind of cool to see.

Nice shots by the way and it really looks coooooold!!!!

~Mike

[Rich K]

Actually we see NS locomotives leading BNSF power a lot around here.  From what I understand, the BNSF locos don't have cab signal equipment on them, and this particular part of the NS trackage requires it.    The BNSF powered coal trains stop at the siding  just west of CP 194 in Berea and an NS locomotive with cab signal equipment onboard is sent to tie on to the front of the train and lead it.  Scenes like the one in this pic are rather common to us, but still cool to see!

Here's another example from late February this year.

Rich K