What little research I did, BNSF 8021(ES44C4) is a Tier 4 loco (cleaner emissions that other diesels). The front and rear axles on each truck are powered. And if it is a followup photo from yesterday, these would be pusher units at the rear of the train, no crew on board.
If they were Southern Pacific engines and taken a long time ago, there would be a good possibility that I could have been the rider on the motorcycle in the background chasing the train.
@777margo@yaorenliu@steggiesaurus@sangwann@spanner@janeandcharlie@maggie2@ribbet9@byrdlip@epcello@kathiecb@loweygrace@gaylewood@cathieg Thank you all for your kind comments. I really love trains too and love photographing them. I did not notice the motorcyclist until I put the photo on the computer. There is a small road that runs next to the tracks. It made me laugh that it looked like he was racing the train (although who knows, he may have been...could have even have been @byrdlip ). Also thank you for all that great info. It was very interesting. These engines were at the at the beginning of yesterday's shot. There was an engineer, but I do also see them a lot at the end of the trains. @byrdlip. Thanks again!! :)
January 14th, 2018
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What little research I did, BNSF 8021(ES44C4) is a Tier 4 loco (cleaner emissions that other diesels). The front and rear axles on each truck are powered. And if it is a followup photo from yesterday, these would be pusher units at the rear of the train, no crew on board.
If they were Southern Pacific engines and taken a long time ago, there would be a good possibility that I could have been the rider on the motorcycle in the background chasing the train.