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Viewing Album:  Felida Multi-Meet 2014-05-03
 
By:B Campbell
Dates:5/3/2014 - 5/3/2014
Album Info:Arriving at the Felida crossing on a heavy rain day, temptation to call it a day and dry off in a warm house weighed heavy. Just to the north of the crossing, a BNSF rail runner idled. Finally a slow rumble to the south, but nothing appeared readily - instead a headlight peeked around the corner: a waiting north bound. What was to follow over the next 55 minutes was a first for me - a couple full fledged meets with multiple passes on just a pair of rails and the Felida swing-nose frog points.
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Amtrak 465 pulls through the rain
Title:  Amtrak 465 pulls through the rain
Description:  From the north, AMTK 465 slides quickly through the near rail into the southbound flashing yellow Vancouver north block, passing the railrunner truck on the far rail.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:15:14 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 465(F59PHI)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Amtrak 90252 tails behind in the rain headed for a pass
Title:  Amtrak 90252 tails behind in the rain headed for a pass
Description:  AMTK 90252 tailer on the southbound Amtrak, lead AMTK 465 prepares to now pass the northbound awaiting UP, which is confirmed to be sharing the rail with the BNSF railrunner truck. Rain fall harder.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:16:14 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 90252(NPCU)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
BNSF MOW Truck headed to meet UP 4262
Title:  BNSF MOW Truck headed to meet UP 4262
Description:  Railrunner 25108(?) soon starts up southbound headed toward a meet with UP4262, crossing the points to follow the freshly departed Amtrak.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:16:55 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4262(SD40-2)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
BNSF 4505 glides around a rainy curve
Title:  BNSF 4505 glides around a rainy curve
Description:  Before the UP can throttle up, a new sound is coming once again from the north as a triple set of lights appear with _another_ southbound, this one a BNSF freight.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:17:43 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4505(C44-9W)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
UP 4262 gets the go through driving rain
Title:  UP 4262 gets the go through driving rain
Description:  With the southbound BNSF settling to idle to the north on the near track in driving rain, the northbound UP trash train slides up the scale quickly launching toward the crossing on the far rail.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:18:16 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4262(SD40-2)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
BNSF 4505 and UP 4262 pass
Title:  BNSF 4505 and UP 4262 pass
Description:  The pass between northbound UP4262 trash train consist and BNSF4505 southbound stack train north of the Felida crossing. (apologies: image degraded by increasing rain and growing droplets on the lens... but I was too close to being a true foamer to care at this point.)
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:19:04 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4505(C44-9W) UP 4262(SD40-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
BNSF4505 waits in the rain
Title:  BNSF4505 waits in the rain
Description:  Somehow the rain gets harder, yet BNSF4505 just sits there. My first impression is hes waiting to see just how long an idiot camera jockey will stand in this down pour before giving up or drowning before giving me anything more than a very slow idle forward. Then more noise to the south...
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:19:48 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4505(C44-9W)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
BNSF 4826 pulls around the corner
Title:  BNSF 4826 pulls around the corner
Description:  Another northbound BNSF rounds the southern corner - but glides to a stop and soon also shuts down to idle. But the noise is actually increasing, not dropping, but both trains, filling the pair of tracks are at idle. What gives. Theres no where else for another...
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:20:19 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4826(C44-9W)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
BNSF 4826 and BNSF 8300 pass along the curve
Title:  BNSF 4826 and BNSF 8300 pass along the curve
Description:  Well, this drowning in the rain just become completely worth it. A northbound BNSF war bonnet scooting directly toward the filled rail makes a passing move toward the switches headed to his meet with the southbound BNSF waiting behind us. Incredible just how much rail action can be packed into two tracks.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:21:11 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4826(C44-9W) BNSF 8300(SD75I)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
BNSF 8300 changing lanes
Title:  BNSF 8300 changing lanes
Description:  Switching rails through the Felida swing nose frog turnout, the BNSF northbound mixed freight approaches the crossing.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:21:41 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8300(SD75I)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
BNSF 8300 leads BNSF 6830 to the crossing
Title:  BNSF 8300 leads BNSF 6830 to the crossing
Description:  Rain on the lens cant dampen the spirits as BNSF8300 war bonnet finishes the cross-over to the far northbound tracks rushing toward the Felida crossing and meeting up with BNSF 4505.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:22:30 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8300(SD75I) BNSF 6830(ES44C4)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
BNSF 4505 and BNSF 8300 meet
Title:  BNSF 4505 and BNSF 8300 meet
Description:  And the completion of the meet with northbound BNSF mixed freight passing southbound BNSF 4505 stack train as the rain continues to accumulate on the lens.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:23:17 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4505(C44-9W) BNSF 8300(SD75I)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
BNSF 4505 kicking up the power
Title:  BNSF 4505 kicking up the power
Description:  Having been fully assured the insane photographer is completely soaked and has no hope of drying out over the next day, southbound BNSF4505 leads her stack train south to the Felida crossing for the awaiting pass of the northbound freight.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:23:46 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4505(C44-9W)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
BNSF 4826 and BNSF 4505 pass
Title:  BNSF 4826 and BNSF 4505 pass
Description:  Southbound BNSF4505 leading stack train to a passing move of northbound BNSF 4826 waiting patiently on the distant side of the Felida crossing.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:24:27 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4826(C44-9W) BNSF 4505(C44-9W)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BNSF 4826 lighting up in the rain
Title:  BNSF 4826 lighting up in the rain
Description:  With the tailend of the southbound stack train disappearing into the rainy curve, BNSF 4826 gets a go and kicks her up on rain slick rails at the Felida crossing.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:24:58 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4826(C44-9W)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
BNSF 4826 and BNSF 4467
Title:  BNSF 4826 and BNSF 4467
Description:  BNSF 4826 with BNSF 4467 charge through the Felida crossing with a light northbound grain train empty. As the pusher finally passes the lens, little of it is visible through the heavy rain streaks - not even worth posting... time to pack it up and start drying off.
Photo Date:  5/3/2014  Upload Date: 5/29/2014 1:25:33 PM
Location:  Felida, WA
Author:  B Campbell
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4826(C44-9W) BNSF 4467(C44-9W)
Views:  142   Comments: 0

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