Burlington Bob
Well-Known Member
I was riding my new (to me) motorcycle yesterday when the crossing lights started flashing and the gates started lowering as I came around the curve before the BNSF crossing. There was a train consisting of two Union Pacific GE six axle units pulling a maroon smooth side passenger car lettered "Federal Railroad Administration" and below that "Safety Enforcement", IIRC headed towards Galesburg, IL. Didn't have enough time to grab my phone for a picture and it was getting late so it probably was too dark anyway.
To the best of my knowledge there haven't been any derailments or other problems that I know of. Also, this isn't an Amtrak route.
Was curious if anyone had any ideas as to what this was all about.
Since this area of track was updated to CTC from track warrant operation, I've had the opportunity to see trains following closely behind one another on several occasions. In the past, two trains had to be spaced much further apart to travel safely. Nice to see all of the upgrades that BNSF has done the last couple of years on the Beardstown Sub. It has eliminated the bottleneck the area between Beardstown and Bushnell had become when it was dark territory.
To the best of my knowledge there haven't been any derailments or other problems that I know of. Also, this isn't an Amtrak route.
Was curious if anyone had any ideas as to what this was all about.
Since this area of track was updated to CTC from track warrant operation, I've had the opportunity to see trains following closely behind one another on several occasions. In the past, two trains had to be spaced much further apart to travel safely. Nice to see all of the upgrades that BNSF has done the last couple of years on the Beardstown Sub. It has eliminated the bottleneck the area between Beardstown and Bushnell had become when it was dark territory.