Awesome catch and great shot, Drew! Glad you got out to catch this.
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Weird how the BNSF lended power but scattered in within the consist, interesting photo
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Andrew,
Originally the lashup was the 2 UP's plus the BNSF Warbonnet on the lead, and the other 2 UP's as the DP's on the rear. However the train encountered power problems between Clovis and Belen, so the BNSF added a unit to the front and rear consists to get a good DP link and get the train over the road. When the train was unloaded, they used the Western Fuels SD40-2's to pull 2 separate cuts around the loop since the arm and pulley system on the loadout can't handle more then 52 cars. So after the train arrived, they got all of the inbound BNSF/UP power together and took it to Gallup for servicing while the Western Fuels guys unloaded the train in 2 cuts with their SD40-2's. For the outbound empty shown above, the crew decided to use an EOTD on the rear and just ran the 7 unit consist, as it was put together after dropping off the loaded train the day before, on the head end.
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