BNSF 4140, 9337 and 4571 With Mixed Freight Including Boeing Cars  Contributor's Pick!       
At Foothills Blvd. The 737 parts are moving from Wichita, KS to Renton, WA for final assembly. See: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1754990
Date: 9/11/2009 Location: Gillette, WY   Map Show Gillette on a rail map Views: 697 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: BNSF 4140(C44-9W) BNSF 9337(SD70ACe) BNSF 4571(C44-9W)    Author:  Marty Bernard
BNSF 4140, 9337 and 4571 With Mixed Freight Including Boeing Cars
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Gregg Bartley General Now, a neat shot of these would be when BNSF streetruns these through downtown Renton. Right past (or used to be anyway) the Melrose Cafe. If your timing was lucky enough, you could sit there with a sandwich and a beer and watch the train rumble through town right outside the window. The route to the Boeing plant from the north is now non-existent, since the bridge over I-405 was removed in order to facilitate widening the freeway. This, sadly enough, caused the demise of the Spirit of Washington dinner train, which ran from Renton to one of the wineries in Woodinville. Progress marches on... 9/15/2009 2:59:21 PM

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