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Viewing Album:  BNSF Transfer
 
By:William H. Davis Jr.
Dates:4/12/2011 - 4/12/2011
Album Info:Photos taken of the BNSF Transfer to NS North Yard & Norris Yard & CSXT Boyles Yard, at one time the BNSF Transfer took the interchange all the way to Norris Yard in Irondale, Al. but that was changed several years ago & now use North Yard at 32nd Street Interlocking to interchange, NS AB06 job brings the BNSF cut to North Yard from Norris Yard & BNSF brings the NS cut to North Yard from East Thomas Yard, sometimes bringing NS power used as pool power on BNSF, the BNSF Transfer to CSXT also does the same thing when CSXT pool power comes in on a BNSF train the BNSF Transfer to CSXT will bring CSXT power back to them at Boyles Yard
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BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with CSXT at Boyles Yard in Tarrant City, Al. with SD38P 1557 in charge
Photo Date:  5/12/2014  Upload Date: 5/16/2014 6:17:18 AM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1557(SD38P) BNSF 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  453   Comments: 9
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 stopped at Richard Arrington Blvd waiting on a signal to proceed on to North Yard to interchange with NS at North Yard
Photo Date:  5/20/2014  Upload Date: 5/21/2014 12:41:20 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2329(GP38-2) BNSF 2813(GP39M)
Views:  481   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 has delivered interchange to NS at North Yard in Birmingham, Al. & gets ready to head back to East Thomas Yard with a GP40X 3036 leading the way
Photo Date:  7/3/2014  Upload Date: 7/7/2014 5:26:27 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3124(GP50)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. on their way to North Yard to interchange with NS with a pair of SD40-2s still in Santa Fe paint in charge
Photo Date:  7/25/2014  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 7:53:08 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1751(SD40-2) BNSF 1871(SD40-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 4
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with a pair of SD40-2s in charge still in Santa Fe paint
Photo Date:  7/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 11:16:47 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1751(SD40-2) BNSF 1871(SD40-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through Control Point 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard with a pair of SD40-2s in charge still in Santa Fe paint
Photo Date:  7/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 10:38:53 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1751(SD40-2) BNSF 1871(SD40-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 has just interchanged with NS at North Yard in Birmingham, Al. & heads back to East Thomas Yard with interchange from NS with a GP39-3 leading a GP38-2
Photo Date:  8/12/2014  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 12:12:35 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2687(GP39-3) BNSF 2105(GP38-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 7th Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on NA #3 Main as 74Z sits on NA #1 Main awaiting a fresh crew, the BNSF Transfer has the pair of blue & white Smurf GP38-2s while the 74Z has the Lackawanna Heritage SD70ACe leading, right place, right time, double whammy
Photo Date:  8/16/2014  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 10:04:29 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2048(GP38-2) BNSF 2046(GP38-2) NS 1074(SD70ACe)
Views:  337   Comments: 8
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with CSXT at Boyles Yard in Tarrant City, Al. with GP39M 2885 leading the way still in the BN White Face Scheme
Photo Date:  8/20/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 10:32:35 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  223   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 stopped at 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, Al. awaiting a signal to proceed on to North Yard to interchange with NS & return back to East Thomas Yard
Photo Date:  9/2/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 6:37:42 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8938(SD70MAC) BNSF 8577(SD70ACe)
Views:  334   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BuR104 passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. about to interchange with NS at North Yard & return back to East Thomas Yard with SD40-2 1751 still in Santa Fe paint leading SD38P 1557 still in BN White Face paint in charge of this days Y-BIR104
Photo Date:  9/14/2014  Upload Date: 9/15/2014 5:27:15 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1751(SD40-2) BNSF 1557(SD38P)
Views:  412   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard before returning back to East Thomas Yard with GP38-2 2105 leading the way
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 10:50:10 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2105(GP38-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through Control Point Block 2 in North Birmingham, Al. with snoot nosed SD40-2 1871 leading the way after interchanging with NS at North Yard in Birmingham, Al. & is seen here returning back to East Thomas Yard with interchange from NS
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/11/2014 6:53:06 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1871(SD40-2)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through 12th Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard before returning back to East Thomas Yard with a pair of blue & white GP38-2s lettered for BNSF, nicknamed Smurfs for their blue & white paint scheme, the 2048 is a former MKT/EMDX GP40 rebuilt to GP38-2 specifications & the 2046 is a former Penn Central/Conrail/GMTX GP38-2
Photo Date:  1/4/2015  Upload Date: 1/6/2015 3:45:05 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2048(GP38-2) BNSF 2046(GP38-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 8
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR103 doing some street running in North Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard before returning back to East Thomas Yard with a pair of blue & white GP38-2's lettered for BNSF, not many of these are around & especially in teams paired up, these have been assigned to Birmingham for quite a while but sometimes get split up & assigned to other parts of the BNSF System. The 2048 is a former MKT/EMDX GP40 rebuilt to GP38-2 specifications & the 2046 is a former Penn Central/Conrail/GMTX GP38-2 & are nicknamed Smurfs for their blue & white paint scheme
Photo Date:  2/8/2015  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 10:11:23 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2048(GP38-2) BNSF 2046(GP38-2)
Views:  335   Comments: 4
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR103 passing through 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, Al. with a pair of blue & white GP38-2s in charge nicknamed Smurfs for their blue & white paint scheme, the 2048 is a former MKT/EMDX GP40 rebuilt to GP38-2 specifications & the 2046 is a former Penn Central/Conrail/GMTX GP38-2
Photo Date:  3/7/2015  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 7:50:26 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2048(GP38-2) BNSF 2046(GP38-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through Control Point 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard before heading back to East Thomas Yard
Photo Date:  4/24/2015  Upload Date: 4/26/2015 8:47:22 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2105(GP38-2) BNSF 2965(GP39V)
Views:  291   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through North Birmingham, Al. on their way to interchange with CSXT at Boyles Yard with a pair of blue GP38-2s with the BNSF lettering nicknamed Smurfs for their blue & white paint scheme, the 2046 is a former Penn Central/Conrail/GMTX GP38-2 while the 2048 is a former MKT ( Katy )/EMDX GP40 that was rebuilt to GP38-2 specifications, these particular units have been assigned to the Birmingham, Al. area for a few years now, sometimes teamed up & other times seperated & teamed with other BNSF units
Photo Date:  5/9/2015  Upload Date: 5/9/2015 7:49:10 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2046(GP38-2) BNSF 2048(GP38-2)
Views:  368   Comments: 3
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR103 passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. delivering interchange to NS at North Yard then return back to East Thomas Yard with GP39-2 2780 leading still in Santa Fe paint
Photo Date:  5/9/2015  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 8:27:42 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2780(GP39-2) BNSF 2852(GP39-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through Control Point Block 2 in North Birmingham, Al. on their way back to East Thomas Yard after interchanging with NS at North Yard with GP39-2 2780 leading the way still in Santa Fe paint
Photo Date:  5/14/2015  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 8:52:03 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2780(GP39-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 2
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running in North Birmingham , Al. headed to North Yard to interchange with NS then turn back to East Thomas Yard with GP38-2 2341 leading GP39E 2762
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 3:11:44 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2341(GP38-2) BNSF 2762(GP39E)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 passing through CP Block 2 in North Birmingham, Al. with recently repainted GP39E 2762 leading the way headed back to East Thomas Yard after interchanging with NS at North Yard
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 3:04:25 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2762(GP39E) BNSF 2341(GP38-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 doing some street running as they pass through North Birmingham, Al. on their way back to East Thomas Yard after interchanging with NS at North Yard with a pair of SD40-2s in charge both still in Santa Fe paint, a combination that is very rare to catch these days, if I remember correctly my last catch of a complete Santa Fe consist was in 2008 6 years ago
Photo Date:  7/25/2015  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 8:40:16 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1871(SD40-2) BNSF 1751(SD40-2)
Views:  376   Comments: 6
BNSF Transfer
Title:  BNSF Transfer
Description:  BNSF Transfer Job Y-BIR104 departing East Thomas Yard on their way to interchange with NS at North Yard
Photo Date:  7/9/2013  Upload Date: 7/10/2013 8:58:24 PM
Location:  North Birmingham, AL
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2090(GP38-2) BNSF 2780(GP39-2)
Views:  494   Comments: 8
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:  455   Comments: 4

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