An Afternoon of Sweet Lashups on the BNSF at Prairie du Chien 7/26/2008

[masonclan]

NOW that was a leslie RS3L on the last train

[JeremiahTrane]

Very nice catches, I need to get back there for a day and RR fan, hopefully on a day I go I hit it good

[Jamersonde]

That's a lot of short hopper cars on the first train!

[blueloud32]

loved that first horn... what type was that?

[HighIronofWisconsin]

I think it was some kind of Leslie. S-3K most likely.

[blueloud32]

nice!.

[BNSF6127]

If you pause the vid, you can see the horn up top -a Nathan K3. Although I agree it sounds almost identical to an S3-K. Also, the leader doesn't seem to have reflective stripes?

[verastaki]

Why did they put SD40-2's away? Those are good engines. They seem to work and work. They last a long time.

[moonwalker5058]

Grrrrrrrrrrreat horn on the first train!

[MattBNSF1991]

did you ever know what was the story with the SD40-2's?

sad that most are gone right now.

[HighIronofWisconsin]

Nope, I don't know.

[BNSF6127]

The extra SD40-2's on the train were headed for lease on NS and soon became HLCX units.

[fullglottalstop]

Much of the SD40-2 fleet is stored or retired, but some were renumbered and/or reclassifed as SD39-2s. As I understand it, all FURX units have been returned to the lessor as well.

[Trainman11185]

cool video

[WoelkerVideo]

Very great video!

5 ★★★★★

[pjtesar101]

cool you can almost see my house in the first video if the trees were not blocking it but it was burnt down but you could still see some of it...

[pjtesar101]

that was 7 days after my house fire by pizza hut did you see it?

[HighIronofWisconsin]

No, I did not. Sorry.

[pjtesar101]

thats fine

5/5

[dski24]

Great Vid..nice action

[MattBNSF1991]

great!,

yeah i got lucky too, when i first arrived in prarie du chien I got an Oakway and a SD40-2

incredible 3rd train!! sheesh

[BNSF2184]

oh yeah I saw BNSF 8014 and the SOO line the next day at Galesburg on the M-GALNSI.

[BNSF2184]

555 needs a new horn.

[masonclan]

@BNSF2184 don't say that the Leslie RS3L is one of the best horns ever made and only a few RS3Ls sound like that, and i was lucky to even catch a train with that horn and it is in my video called 4 trains in 20 minutes

[BNSF2184]

@masonclan

???? I didnt follow up on any of that

[masonclan]

@BNSF2184 you said bnsf 555 needed a new horn

[HighIronofWisconsin]

@masonclan I agree with him. The horn may be an RS3L, but it is in very poor shape.

[BNSF2184]

@masonclan

It does, it sounds awful. IDK if its a RS3L RS3K M3 M5 or RS5T, when a horn sounds bad, its time for a replacement. I like the RS3K, but there are several nasty ass ones out there that need to go.

[streetcarbrad]

Great video!

[DYP1420]

Sweet Video. Around 40 trains per day and occassionally an Amtrak Detour.

[gangbanginfolife09]

great vid! the last train has the coolest lashup ever bro!!

[Trainmasterkreks]

AWESOME VID Andy cool power on some of those trains