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 #1550055  by Pensyfan19
 
Sorry for the low resolution but I see this train often on Virtual Railfan, consisting of a Dash 9 or a Gevo, a brown closed hopper, and a Budd passenger car. Does anyone know what this train is used for? (Could it be a mixed train perhaps? :wink: )
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 #1550283  by John_Perkowski
 
I saw it some months ago in Galesburg IL. It’s a fully automated track measurement car. No humans aboard unless there is a maintenance issue.
BNSF bought the car from someone else. It’s not even their own heritage fleet.
 #1555230  by John_Perkowski
 
BTW, on the 15th, that train was sitting on a departure track at Murray Yard, North Kansas City, MO, ready to run up to Lincoln NE and points beyond.