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12/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: BNSF Railway
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD38PBuilt As:SOU 3099 (SD35)
Serial Number:30905Order No:7838
Frame Number:7838-39Built:1/1966
Notes:Ex-SOU
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 3099(SD35) BNSF 6265(SD38P) BN 6265(SD38P) BNSF 1805(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P) RILX 1559(SD38P)
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NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Title:  NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Description:  NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Brompton, Al. on their way back to East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power
Photo Date:  4/6/2013  Upload Date: 4/11/2013 2:36:11 AM
Location:  Brompton, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  412   Comments: 7
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Title:  NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Description:  NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings, also these SD38P's are equipped with Remote Control Equipment for yard service which are what these units were built for, for a long time these units were assigned to hump service within Tennessee Yard in Memphis & maybe other yards as well, BNSF must've had nothing to use for power on 270 this day so had to use these or nothing is the only reason I can come up with why they would use these units in road service non ditch light equipped, must've been aggrivating not being able to do track speed due to the 30 MPH rule with the headend through crossings with engines not equipped with ditch lights.
Photo Date:  4/6/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 5:08:02 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  375   Comments: 8
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Title:  NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Description:  NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) passing through Leeds, Al. as they duck under the Alabama Division Central of Georgia District AKA P Line with an utra rare pair of SD38Ps for power, Ive caught these SD38Ps more than once on transfer & yard jobs, but never on a road train til this day, these SD38Ps arent equipped with ditch lights so the 270 had to run 30 MPH over each crossing with the headend only, then can get back up to track speed, but if there are numerous crossings not far apart may as well just stay at 30 MPH til theres a long strecth of no crossings
Photo Date:  4/6/2013  Upload Date: 4/8/2013 3:54:03 AM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  345   Comments: 11
NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Title:  NS'S Alabama Division Birmingham East End District
Description:  NS Westbound Vehicle Train 270 ( Birmingham to Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant ) has just completed their brake test & departs the Lincoln, Al. Honda Plant as they pass through Control Point Embry in Lincoln, Al. on their way back to BNSFs East Thomas Yard with an ultra rare pair of SD38Ps for power
Photo Date:  4/6/2013  Upload Date: 4/8/2013 6:13:06 PM
Location:  Lincoln, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  307   Comments: 2
BNSF 1559
Title:  BNSF 1559
Description:  BNSF 1559, 250 and 1555 sit at the BNSF yard
Photo Date:  6/17/2013  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 8:48:02 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Travis Payne
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 250(TEBC6)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer Job
Title:  BNSF Transfer Job
Description:  BNSF Eastbound Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passes through 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, AL. On their way to North Yard to Interchange with Norfolk Southern before heading back to East Thomas Yard. Shot from 1st Avenue Bridge
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 6:52:02 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bradley Bates
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. near Control Point Block 2 on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with an SD38P leading an SD40-2
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 5:19:20 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Tr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 4
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 12th Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on NA #2 Main on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with an SD38P leading an SD40-2
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 5:46:38 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 delivering interchange to NS at North Yard in Birmingham, Al. Sometimes they return back light engines as they did on this day while other times they have interchange to bring back to East Thomas Yard & sometimes they run light engines to NS at North Yard & only bring back interchange from NS to BNSF
Photo Date:  9/10/2013  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 11:23:12 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1596(SD40-2)
Views:  551   Comments: 4
East Thomas Yard
Title:  East Thomas Yard
Description:  At the yard throat-taken from the Arkadelphia Road overpass
Photo Date:  9/23/2013  Upload Date: 9/25/2013 9:15:23 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Eric Rickert
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Relco Shop
Title:  Relco Shop
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/5/2017  Upload Date: 8/10/2017 1:56:07 PM
Location:  Albia, IA
Author:  Sam Brodersen
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RE 1289(SW1200) BNSF 51(TEBC6) LLPX 172(SW1500) RLCX 1200(SW10) BNSF 1559(SD38P)
Views:  1679   Comments: 0
JTPX 1262
Title:  JTPX 1262
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/5/2017  Upload Date: 8/10/2017 1:32:27 PM
Location:  Albia, IA
Author:  Sam Brodersen
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  JTPX 1262(SW10) RLCX 1200(SW10) BNSF 51(TEBC6) BNSF 1559(SD38P) BNSF 1557(SD38P)
Views:  1487   Comments: 2


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