by chuchubob
Railroad Forums
Moderator: David
ReadingAve wrote:Hey guys, this might be a dumb question but does anyone know why those BNSF units are still working in South Jersey? Are they awaiting a train that'll take them back to their home territory and in the meantime just helping out here?Usually when "foreign" units are seen on a railroad for any period of time, it is for repayment of horsepower hours. There were probably some NS units that worked on BNSF at some point that NS is now recovering the time for. Railroads will also use run-through units on priority trains but those usits usually head back to home rails on relatively short order.