Burlington Northern: Western Coal Connection (1970s) Part 1

[wildfire19861987]

3:58

Oklahoma Gas & Electric :P Those gondolas passed through my town (in Kansas) until about 1994 when they switched to the coalporters.

At first they ran down Santa Fe's Transcon from K.C. to Red Rock, OK with a mix of BN and SF engines. Then they changed the contract to joint UP/ATSF and started running them down the Topeka sub behind just SF engines at first, then UP engines. Now since the contract has changed, BNSF diesels once again pull them down the Transcon.

[derecco1]

GREAT STUFF! HEY WHERE DID YOU GET THESE BURLINGTON NORTHERN VIDEOS?

[skinnyshit8888]

Who'da think that this connection would become the countries busiest coal route today

[exenrontexas]

The predecessor to ENRON tried to build a coal slurry pipeline from the coal fields to the southern power plants. The railroads interfered with their crossing of the right of ways and Enron sued them and WON...$400 MILLION in a trial that lasted over a year. UP and several others paid for their crimes.

[railstoruin]

Hey there! Cool video! Thanks for the upload! I wanted to let you know that the video must have been made after 1980, because the animated route map in the film includes the lines of the Frisco Railroad, which was acquired by the BN in November of 1980. Just a little info I thought I'd throw in :)

[skinnyshit8888]

God damn, those SD40-2s and U30Cs are so...graceful.

[bkusek]

This video is pimptastic! Lots of good old green power. GO BN!! Santa Fe never should have happened to the BN, they should have let the SF die.

[junglejimc]

santa flush. Cascade Green FTW!

[BNSF9250]

@junglejimc BN and Santa Fe were great companys both

[Lightwolf333]

Old School

[veronicafan2000]

This probably was made in the early 1980's, as one can see that the BN map shown includes the Frisco.

[skinnyshit8888]

Isnt this the Powder river basin they're talking about here.

[AndrewNeilFalconer]

That has to be Wyoming's Powder River Basin that is being shown in the BN film.

[kidda71]

Orin Line is now three and four tracks wide, running joint BNSF and UPRR trains. Average weight of a DP four pack is around 20,000 ton. A lot of coal for the Midwest!!

[MakeChooChooGoNow]

Kickass video!

[RCdash9]

Interesting!

[seankolker]

ow this is sweet!  Anything BN like this is sweet.

[dagwort]

flashback city. old school is good school. just give it to me straight. take your drunken wandering-tilt-angles and new-millennium wisecrack flicker-flash editing back to mtv and sundance and go squat. reality is forever.

[SpecificationR]

old school GE, EMD, BN, and tons of info/footage..Thanks for sharing!