Bnsf Railway Line

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  1. jackmiller1234567890

    jackmiller1234567890 Well-Known Member

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    About

    The BNSF Railway Line is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the eponymous freight railroad in Chicago and its western suburbs. In 2010, the BNSF Railway Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of the 11 Metra lines. While Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colours, the BNSF line's colour on Metra timetables is in Burlington Northern Cascade Green. In July 2017, the public timetable (published October 9, 2016) showed 47 trains leaving Chicago each weekday, of which 31 run to Aurora. Of the 16 trains that do not reach Aurora, 5 terminate at Route 59, 1 at Naperville, 1 at Downers Grove-Main Street, 5 at Downers Grove-Fairview Avenue, 3 at Westmont, and 1 at Brookfield. The public timetable also showed 47 trains arriving in Chicago each weekday, of which 29 start in Aurora. Of the 18 trains that do not start in Aurora, 6 starts at Lisle, 1 at Downers Grove-Main Street, 7 at Downers Grove-Fairview Avenue, 1 at Highlands, and 3 at Brookfield.

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    Rolling stock
    Metra

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    EMD F40PHM-2

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    EMD F40PH

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    Rail cars include coaches from Budd, Morrison-Knudsen/Amerail, and Nippon Sharyo.

    BNSF (based on the video below and what I could make out)
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    C44-9W

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    ES44DC

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    ES44C4

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    GP38-2

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    GP39E

    Video



    Links
    https://www.thedieselshop.us/BNSF.HTML
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNSF_Railway_(Metra)
     
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  2. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Excellent idea and if you are wondering to how DTG will make Metra coaches it's a reskin of Caltrain F40PH-2CAT & Nippon sharyo Rochelle Illinois coaches.
     
  3. Blartthaniel42

    Blartthaniel42 Well-Known Member

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    The only thing left in the way of this route now would be the Metra licensing.
     
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  4. metro north railfan 224

    metro north railfan 224 Active Member

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    Yes now that the global BNSF licensing issue has been resolved
     

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