BNSF locomotive in south Jersey

I had heard that a UP locomotive and a BNSF locomotive were in South Jersey last week, so I took a ride on the River LINE past Pavonia Yard on Saturday to see whether anything was visible.

I started out by wrong railing on PATCO because of MOW work just west of the Collingswood station.

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Once in Camden I walked over to Federal Street to get a legal photo of the River LINE:

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While there I saw a mural on the County Administration building that depicted, among other things, a ferry and a PRR steam engine, but the sun wasn't well positioned for photographing it.

On the way to the River LINE's 36th Street station I got my usual shot of power at Pavonia.

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There were more engines, but they were hidden behind MANY freight cars.

The BNSF engine was working with one NS and two CSX engines putting a long freight train together. The River LINE train was too close and moving too fast for me to get a decent photo.

On the way back from 36th Street I got another shot of the Pavonia power in case the first shot was less than marginal, and found that the stone company's SOO-looking GE had moved into view.

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Back at Rand TC, I walked over to Sixth & Federal to photograph the County building with the mural, since the sun was better located.

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The next northbound River LINE train came along then, so I boarded it on the chance that I'd get another opportunity for a shot of the BNSF engine. A pair of CSX Geeps waited just south of River Road for an opportunity to enter Pavonia Yard.

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The engines putting the freight train together had pushed farther south, where the yard track was farther from the NJT track, and I got my shots of the BNSF GE!

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When I returned southbound 15 minutes later they were again too close to photograph.

Bob

Cool! BNSF! Thanks Bob, as usual.

I saw that BNSF on the CSX River Line. Watched it with a few other members of the fourm (who I ran into out of nowhere) as it pulled its freight through Ridgefield Park arounfd 9:30 P.M. with a CSX unit behind it.

Good stuff...