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Richard Hopfensperger's Collection
 
4/18/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Richard Hopfensperger
Dates:1/1/2000 - 1/1/2020
Album Info:Photos of the BNSF taken in various locations.
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Somewhere near Willams
Title:  Somewhere near Willams
Description:  Action near Williams on the trans-continental once owned by the AT&SF catches a BNSF shoving on the rear of a general manifest.
Photo Date:  3/20/2008  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 11:48:32 AM
Location:  Williams, AZ
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4890(C44-9W)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
BNSF 4890
Title:  BNSF 4890
Description:  BNSF 4890 shoves on the rear of a general manifest near Williams.
Photo Date:  3/20/2008  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 11:49:18 AM
Location:  Williams, AZ
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4890(C44-9W)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
BNSF 2005
Title:  BNSF 2005
Description:  Idle power in the yard at Medota, IL.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 9:05:11 AM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 2005(GP38-2) BNSF 2119(GP38AC)
Views:  142   Comments: 1
BNSF 2268
Title:  BNSF 2268
Description:  A BNSF crew arrived light in Mendota and startred to assemble a train at the elevator.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 9:12:33 AM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2268(GP38-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
BNSF 2268
Title:  BNSF 2268
Description:  A BNSF crew assembles a train at the elevator in Mendota, IL.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 9:20:14 AM
Location:  Mendota, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2268(GP38-2) BNSF 2041(GP38-3)
Views:  378   Comments: 1
BNSF 8555
Title:  BNSF 8555
Description:  Three BNSF units wait for their next assignment at the CP (Soo), former Milwaukee Road, yard in Portage, WI. Portage is a stop for the Empire Builder ran by Amtrak. Portage has been a hub for transit and trade since the early fur trading days and the original fur trading post still stands as a tourist attraction.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 9:47:28 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 8555(SD70ACe) BNSF 9365(SD70ACe) BNSF 9702(SD70MAC)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
BNSF 8555
Title:  BNSF 8555
Description:  BNSF units and a CP spreader wait for their next assignments at the CP (Soo), former Milwaukee Road (La Crosse and Milwaukee) yard at Portage ,WI.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 9:56:49 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 8555(SD70ACe)
Views:  273   Comments: 4
BNSF 9365
Title:  BNSF 9365
Description:  BNSF 9365 between assignments at the CP's former Milwaukee Road yard at Portage, WI.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:11:36 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9365(SD70ACe)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
BNSF 9702
Title:  BNSF 9702
Description:  BNSF 9702 between assignments for the CP at the former Milwaukee Road yard in Portage, WI.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:17:33 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  BNSF 9702(SD70MAC)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
BNSF 8555
Title:  BNSF 8555
Description:  BNSF 8555 waits between assignments at CP's yard in Portage, WI.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:08:02 AM
Location:  Portage, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8555(SD70ACe)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
BNSF 5344
Title:  BNSF 5344
Description:  A BNSF train at speed along the former CBQ right of way between the Mississippi River and Highway 133 as it leaves Cassville, WI.
Photo Date:  6/26/2014  Upload Date: 7/8/2014 7:44:10 AM
Location:  Cassville, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5344(C44-9W) NS 7713(ES40DC)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
BNSF 2696
Title:  BNSF 2696
Description:  BNSF unit in a small former DRI yard under the Centenial Bridge in Rock Island. The DRI (Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern) was jointly owned by the CBQ and Milwaukee Road starting in 1901 and operated as an independent shortline until being divided by CP and BN in 1995. The DRI did much of the transfer and industry switching in the Quad Cities during it's existence.
Photo Date:  6/27/2014  Upload Date: 7/9/2014 7:26:05 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2696(GP39-3)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
CCBX 58859
Title:  CCBX 58859
Description:  A view off Centennial Bridge looking generally west. The former DRI (now part of the CP system) yard lies between Highway 92 and the Mississippi River. The Crescent Bridge across the river can be seen thru the trees. A nice recreational trail runs atop the dike giving a nice view of the railroads on both sides of the river, not to mention the river itself.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 8:57:13 PM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
YKR 20261
Title:  YKR 20261
Description:  A nice looking unit idles the time away in a former DRI (Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern) in Rock Island. The yard occupies space under the Illinois side of Centennial Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 8:43:26 PM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2696(GP39-3)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
BNSF 2696
Title:  BNSF 2696
Description:  A view from Centennial Bridge towards the center of Rock Island shows a nice business district and green space along an old DRI (Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern) yard.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 8:49:40 PM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2696(GP39-3)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
BNSF 9326
Title:  BNSF 9326
Description:  Two BNSF units lead a train of tanks thru the former CBQ yard at Savanna, IL. The train has some help on the rear, and will be meeting a westbound for a rolling meet as it heads out of town.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:24:43 AM
Location:  Savanna, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  BNSF 9326(SD70ACe) BNSF 7458(ES44DC)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
BNSF 9326
Title:  BNSF 9326
Description:  BNSF tank train rounds the curve out of the fomer CBQ yard at Savanna, IL. The train is on it's way for a rolling meet with a west bound that is approaching the yard.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:33:53 AM
Location:  Savanna, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9326(SD70ACe) BNSF 7458(ES44DC)
Views:  231   Comments: 1
Former CB&Q yard.
Title:  Former CB&Q yard.
Description:  A tank train rolls along the main as the camera looks west into a former CBQ yard at Savanna.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/20/2014 1:38:19 PM
Location:  Savana, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   Comments: 0
BNSF 6000
Title:  BNSF 6000
Description:  BNSF 6000 pushes against the rear of a unit tank train as it exits the former CBQ yard at Savanna, IL. The train has a covered hopper at each end as buffers between the loco's and the tanks.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:38:05 AM
Location:  Savanna, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6000(ES44AC)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
BNSF 6000
Title:  BNSF 6000
Description:  BNSF 6000 shoves the rear of a unit tank train as the 6167 leads a west bound freight past on the adjacent track at Savanna, Il.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:43:01 AM
Location:  Savanna, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6000(ES44AC) BNSF 6167(ES44AC)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
BNSF 6167
Title:  BNSF 6167
Description:  BNSF 6167 leads a west bound general freight into the yard at Savanna, Il. The lead units have just passed a unit tank train rolling east on the line. The BNSF operates on former CBQ right of way in Savanna. The Milwaukee Road also called on Savanna. The CP uses the former Milwaukee Road facilities thru Savanna now.
Photo Date:  6/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:48:56 AM
Location:  Savanna, IL
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6167(ES44AC) BNSF 5781(ES44AC)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
BNSF 940027
Title:  BNSF 940027
Description:  A pair of snow plows at the 17th Street Yard in Superior, WI.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:36:02 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  167   Comments: 0
BNSF 9177
Title:  BNSF 9177
Description:  BNSF power at the Midwest Energy Resources Company coal trans-load facility in Superior. Coal is hauled to this facility, much of it from Powder River, and trans-loaded to Great Lakes ships to be brought down the chain of lakes to power plants of the Great lakes region.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2017 10:42:26 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9177(SD70ACe) BNSF 9213(SD70ACe)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
BNSF 9079
Title:  BNSF 9079
Description:  BNSF units with an unit train from the Powder River range at the MERC coal trans-load in Superior.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 10:57:47 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9079(SD70ACe) BNSF 6037(ES44AC)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
BNSF 9079
Title:  BNSF 9079
Description:  A pair of BNSF locomotives and their unit train of coal look small inside the confines of the MERC coal trans-load facility. Coal is brought in by rail and shipped out via Great Lakes ships.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 11:01:31 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9079(SD70ACe) BNSF 6037(ES44AC)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Train at MERC
Title:  Train at MERC
Description:  A look into the MERC coal trans-load facility in Superior from the water.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:00:38 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9079(SD70ACe) BNSF 6037(ES44AC)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
BNSF 9177
Title:  BNSF 9177
Description:  A BNSF train heading compass direction west at Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:12:39 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9177(SD70ACe) BNSF 9213(SD70ACe)
Views:  95   Comments: 2
BNSF 9177
Title:  BNSF 9177
Description:  A BNSF train moving right along through Carlton Junction. This train is heading west.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:22:49 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9177(SD70ACe) BNSF 9213(SD70ACe) BNSF 4028(C44-9W)
Views:  92   Comments: 1
BNSF 9213
Title:  BNSF 9213
Description:  Five units, including BNSF 9177 (out of frame, right) and an unidentified CSX unit head west through Carlton Junction. It is heading into some severe weather.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:28:03 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9213(SD70ACe) BNSF 4028(C44-9W) BNSF 6699(ES44C4)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
BNSF 8131
Title:  BNSF 8131
Description:  A BNSF train heading west at Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 8:51:50 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8131(ES44C4)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
BNSF 8131
Title:  BNSF 8131
Description:  A BNSF train speeds along through Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 8:53:49 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8131(ES44C4)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
BN 98177
Title:  BN 98177
Description:  One of many ballast cars in this unit train pulled by BNSF 8131 at Carlton Junction. The train is heading west.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 8:56:29 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
BNSF 6414
Title:  BNSF 6414
Description:  The 6414 is bringing up the rear on a west bound unit train of ballast hoppers at Carlton Junction. The trai was led by the 8131.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 8:58:25 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6414(ES44AC)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
BNSF 6414
Title:  BNSF 6414
Description:  Pushing on the rear of a west bound unit ballast car train at Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:01:32 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6414(ES44AC)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BNSF 1689
Title:  BNSF 1689
Description:  A pair of BNSF's former Green Machines is working hard, judging by the exhaust, as they pull a west bound at speed through Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:05:09 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1689(SD40-2)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
BNSF 1689
Title:  BNSF 1689
Description:  Two venerable old beauties pull a BNSF train through Carlton Junction heading west.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:08:16 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1689(SD40-2) BNSF 1663(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
BNSF 1663
Title:  BNSF 1663
Description:  A departing shot of two green SD40-2's heading a west bound manifest through Carlton Junction.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:10:36 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1663(SD40-2) BNSF 1689(SD40-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
A LooK at Carlton Junction
Title:  A LooK at Carlton Junction
Description:  Looking into Carlton Junction from the west on Highway 210.
Photo Date:  6/25/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2017 9:14:15 PM
Location:  Carlton Junction, MN
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
BNSF 2352
Title:  BNSF 2352
Description:  Looking into the BNSF 17th Street Yard facility from Winter Street on the north end of the yard.
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 10/29/2017 5:49:10 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Richard Hopfensperger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2352(GP38-2) BNSF 747(C44-9W)
Views:  212   Comments: 1


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