BNSF Bayard Subdivision

[railohio]

Back in September I chased the BNSF's Bayard Subdivision east out of Council Bluffs, Iowa. This is the former Milwaukee Road mainline to Chicago, now a branch operated by BNSF six days a week. It was featured in Model Railroader years ago as a "Railroad You Can Model" back in Burlington Northern days. The day I chased it the train had three locomotives, thirty-six cars, and a caboose. It operates six days a week as a turn going east and west on subsequent days with Saturday being the day off.

[Trucklover]

Sweet Pics!! Thanks for sharing them with us :mrgreen:

[Jesso]

Wow! That is a cool train! And it proves my idea, model modern, because no matter how old, it is probably still running somewhere.

[nomad]

Great pictures. Nice to see a caboose on there.

Loren

[Ralph]

Nice Brian. I like rural railroad scenes. My favorite is the third one with all of the rolling hills and color in the background.
Ralph

[tetters]

I gotta admit...for a second there, I thought I was looking at MODEL!

[railohio]

Thanks again for the comments! I still have a roll of film from that chase to review and scan. This is only the second half of the chase!

I started out on the Tuesday morning scouring Council Bluffs looking for my prey. With a little luck and a little help (Shhh!) I found the train tied down at Madison Avenue waiting for a crew and a track warrant. I was there just after sunrise and ended up waiting about two hours for the crew to show up and get a track warrant. I chased it northeast for the balance of the morning as far as Portsmouth where I broke off and headed over to the Union Pacific mainline around Missouri Valley for the rest of the day.

[Brakie]

Rail,I really like that photo you took standing on the bridge.. Remains me of a Don Ball jr picture I saw in Trains years ago.