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Viewing Album:  BNSF Takeover? A day on the NS Chicago Line: 3/29/2022
 
By:Jacob Werling
Dates:3/29/2022 - 3/29/2022
Album Info:I ended up randomly getting the day off work today, so I decided to head up to the Chicago Line to spend my free time. While it was pretty slow compared to most full days I have spent up there, I did nab some pretty nice trains. Enjoy!
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AMTK 118
Title:  AMTK 118
Description:  I ended up getting the day off of work randomly this morning, so I decided to spend my day up on the NS Chicago Line between Waterloo, IN and Edgerton, IN. I went up as soon as I knew I had the day off, and I didnt have to wait long at my first stop in Waterloo before AMTK 49 rolled in for its station stop in town.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/12/2022 8:33:07 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  AMTK 118(P42DC)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
DOTX 221
Title:  DOTX 221
Description:  The FRA "Office of Safety" business car brings up the rear of the Lake Shore Limited in a tuscon red liverly, similar to the PRR.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/12/2022 8:38:42 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  204   Comments: 0
NS 9624
Title:  NS 9624
Description:  As passengers embark/disembark from Amtrak, NS 20Q creeps around on the other track eastbound with a NS pair and a UP GEVO on the front.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:19:59 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 9624(C44-9W)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
UP 2609
Title:  UP 2609
Description:  Roster shot of the UP GEVO
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:21:45 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  UP 2609(ET44AH)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
BNSF 4289
Title:  BNSF 4289
Description:  Up next was NS 22K, which I decided to shoot a bit further east of town by Dekalb County Agri. The pair of BNSF GEs looked quite nice in the morning light.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:24:00 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4289(ES44C4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
BNSF 6744
Title:  BNSF 6744
Description:  Following right behind NS 22K was NS 206 with another pair of BNSF units. I moved into Butler for this one and got the train splitting the eastbound facing trilights that guard the diamond with the NS Huntington District.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:26:32 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  69   Comments: 0
NS 4470
Title:  NS 4470
Description:  I decided I wanted a shot of a train passing the grain elevator in Edgerton so I moved further east into Ohio where I grabbed NS 21G rolling west through town. NS 21G most days was an evening train, but I believe it has a new call time out of Toledo as it has been running in the mornings for quite some time now.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:29:37 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4470(AC44C6M)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
BNSF 4741
Title:  BNSF 4741
Description:  A BNSF C44-9W in the H2 scheme falls in second on NS 21G.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:31:33 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4741(C44-9W)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
BNSF 8393
Title:  BNSF 8393
Description:  Back in Butler, I got another "usually evening" move in NS 25N, which featured a solo BNSF GE on the front. After the full introduction of PSR, NS flopped some of the intermodal traffic symbols to different terminals. NS 25/26N come from the UP now whereas NS 22/23K come from BNSF. Despite it being a train bound for UP tracks, a BNSF unit found its way on the front.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:35:28 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8393(ES44C4)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
NS 4029
Title:  NS 4029
Description:  Next is NS 26E rounding the corner across State Road 1 with a colorful array of power. Of course, the wrong unit leads.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:39:40 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4029(AC44C6M)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
NS 8100 (Nickel Plate Heritage Unit!)
Title:  NS 8100 (Nickel Plate Heritage Unit!)
Description:  NS 8100 trails 2nd on NS 26E scrunched between the rebuild GE and a BNSF H2 ES44DC.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:41:24 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 8100(ES44AC)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BNSF 7665
Title:  BNSF 7665
Description:  In all honesty this would have been the preferred leader.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:48:58 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7665(ES44DC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
NS 1109
Title:  NS 1109
Description:  After NS 26E cleared CP 359, NS 181 got the light to come down on the Huntington District. I successfully grabbed the train passing the trilights that guard the south side of the diamond. This is the first time Ive been brave enough to shoot a train coming by these signals as the guy who lives across the tracks from where this was taken is not very fond of railfans and will run them off. I timed my moves just right and got what I was looking for.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:57:32 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 1109(SD70ACe)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
BNSF 6876
Title:  BNSF 6876
Description:  Yet another BNSF GE trails on NS 181. The saying is really living up to its name today "Buy Norfolk Southern First"!
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 7:59:49 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6876(ES44C4)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
NS 7129
Title:  NS 7129
Description:  NS B43 receives a light at CP 358 after NS 181 clears and continues west with a single GP60 and 3 hopper cars for Waterloo in tow.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:11:42 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7129(GP60)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
NS 4380
Title:  NS 4380
Description:  I wanted to go back to State Line to grab a couple trains, but unfortunately I got pinned down before I could get there and ended up getting stopped halfway to grab a westbound manifest and NS 20E. I had to shoot shadow side too unfortunately because the manifest was clearly going to get to my location first and would have eclipsed NS 20E.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:15:37 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4380(AC44C6M)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
NS 8083
Title:  NS 8083
Description:  Minutes later, NS 20E thunders east with a GEVO/ACe combo.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:21:02 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 8083(ES44AC)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
NS 1175
Title:  NS 1175
Description:  After the two trains passed I made it down to State Line where I sat for a much longer time than I thought I was going to before NS 24M showed up, absolutely hauling by the original NYC State Line Marker.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:24:16 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 1175(SD70ACe)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
NS 1090
Title:  NS 1090
Description:  Unfortunately the next train caught me napping and I didnt get set up quite the way I would have liked, but at least I was able to grab some shots. NS 20W rocking east through MP 355.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:26:35 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 1090(SD70ACe)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
NS 7599
Title:  NS 7599
Description:  Back on the Indiana Side of the state line, NS 15N begins rolling west again after stopping for the intermodal traffic that went by earlier.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:29:19 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 7599(ES44DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
BNSF 4262
Title:  BNSF 4262
Description:  A BNSF GEVO trails 2nd on NS 15N
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:31:28 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4262(ES44C4)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
BNSF 5484
Title:  BNSF 5484
Description:  An H2 Dash 9 trails 3rd on NS 15N
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:33:30 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5484(C44-9W)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
BNSF 7545
Title:  BNSF 7545
Description:  Stepped back over into Ohio to grab the DPU on NS 15N, which also featured another BNSF unit as the 1st of 2 units working hard from the middle.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:36:44 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7545(ES44DC)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
NS 9438
Title:  NS 9438
Description:  A NS Dash 9 serves as the second DP unit.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:38:52 PM
Location:  Edgerton, OH
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 9438(C44-9W)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
NS 7129
Title:  NS 7129
Description:  After NS 15N went by things got pretty quiet, but finally a crack on the scanner told me that NS B43 was returning heading back to Bryan. It was a pretty short day for the local, but at least it meant it wouldnt be coming back completely backlit like it usually does. I decided since it was a nose forward GP60 I was going to walk down to the trilights to get a better shot than I would from the side like I did with NS 206 in the morning. If I wouldve known it had no cars with it I wouldnt have tried something that daring or special, but Im happy with it anyway!
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:42:52 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 7129(GP60)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
UP 2756
Title:  UP 2756
Description:  It was quite a wait before the next train came. I spent some time reading in the library, but eventually more traffic showed up, this time in the form of a tanker train. NS 66R rolls east through Butler with a UP/CN GEVO combo.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:47:50 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  UP 2756(ES44AC-H)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CN 2830
Title:  CN 2830
Description:  CN 2830 trails 2nd on NS 66R.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:50:17 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  CN 2830(ES44AC)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
NS 4321
Title:  NS 4321
Description:  NS 188 begins to roll north again on the Huntington District after stopping shy of the State Road 1 crossing to wait on NS 66R crossing ahead.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:54:19 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4321(AC44C6M)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
NS 8118
Title:  NS 8118
Description:  NS 21Z rolls west across State Road 1 with a pair of NS GEs leading the way.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 8:57:59 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 8118(ES44AC)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
NS 4196
Title:  NS 4196
Description:  NS 4196 leads NS 16G east through Butler.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:01:37 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4196(AC44C6M)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
NS 6934
Title:  NS 6934
Description:  After NS 16G passed I heard NS L96 key up Detroit Dispatch saying they were ready to head back to Fort Wayne. I was hoping for SD40Es. The long hood forward SD60E just didnt cut it for me so I got a quick "out the window" shot and went back north to the Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:06:19 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 6934(SD60E)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
BNSF 3820
Title:  BNSF 3820
Description:  Another BNSF leader, this time on NS 205, rolls underneath the CR 76 overpass on the west side of Butler.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:11:22 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 3820(ET44C4)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
NS 4327
Title:  NS 4327
Description:  NS 18M comes east underneath the overpass not too long after NS 205. For some reason the camera did not want to focus on this train very well.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:13:06 PM
Location:  Butler, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4327(AC44C6M)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
NS 1069 (Virginian Heritage Unit!)
Title:  NS 1069 (Virginian Heritage Unit!)
Description:  Reports were coming out of Elkhart that NS 1069 was leading NS 143 south. I was a bit skeptical of that because I saw no trains take the connection at CP 412 on ATCS, but there were plenty of eastbounds, so I decided to roll back into Waterloo and wait. Sure enough, my suspicions were right and NS 1069 came rocketing by on eastbound NS 310.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:16:51 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 1069(SD70ACe)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
BNSF 6033
Title:  BNSF 6033
Description:  NS 23K is next with yet another pair of BNSF GEVOs rolling west through Waterloo
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:21:40 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6033(ES44AC)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
NS 8177
Title:  NS 8177
Description:  Right behind NS 23K was NS 67E with a NS/BNSF combo, passing the very bent "Amtrak Waterloo" platform sign.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:23:48 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8177(ES44AC)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
BNSF 7772
Title:  BNSF 7772
Description:  BNSF 7772 trails 2nd of 2 on NS 67E.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:25:04 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7772(ES44DC)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
NS 4084
Title:  NS 4084
Description:  To close the day I had a four pack of eastbound trains that I grabbed coming between the passenger station and the freight depot. First off was NS 861 with!a pair of NS GEs.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:28:55 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  NS 4084(AC44C6M)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
BNSF 9162
Title:  BNSF 9162
Description:  Next up was NS S80, another coal drag, but a DETX bound train so you know what that would have leading. You guessed it, more BNSFs. At least this time the leader was an EMD!
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:31:21 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9162(SD70ACe)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
BNSF 8448
Title:  BNSF 8448
Description:  My first CP train of the day also had a BNSF SD70ACe leader. I prefer CP leaders on CP trains but Ill definitely take two BNSF ACe leaders back to back! Wiodsor Ontario bound autoracks symboled as CP 234 race east through Waterloo. CP 234 is the old CP 244. CP recently underwent a completely systemwide train symbol change. Why you ask? I wish I knew myself.
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:34:18 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8448(SD70ACe)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
CP 8136
Title:  CP 8136
Description:  CP 130 (the old CP 140) closes out my day with a pair of CP GEs up front. A total of 28 trains passed the camera today. While it wasnt the busiest Ive ever seen the Chicago Line, the number of BNSF leaders and trailers was mind boggling; a total of 7 had BNSFs leading and 5 more had BNSFs trailing which brought up a total of 12 trains with at least 1 BNSF unit in the consist. Just under half! Orange is my favorite color so I have no complaints! A fun day on the busy mainline!
Photo Date:  3/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 9:39:19 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
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Locomotives:  CP 8136(AC4400CWM)
Views:  96   Comments: 0

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