April 30, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Looking for a locomotive? BNSF Railway has a railyard full of them lined up, stored row after row in Galveston.
However, TRA understands that the dozens and dozens of well-worn road engines north of Harborside Drive near 37th Street on the island are being sold to be scrapped.
The familiar orange and yellow locomotives being put out to pasture are being replaced by newer more fuel efficient engines. Many railroads have been culling their stock of locomotives with more efficient use of what is called PSR, Precision Scheduled Railroading, which involves running longer trains to set destinations at specific times.
According to the BNSF Railway Co., there’s nothing to worry about and the train engines will be gone eventually.
The Galveston County Daily News reported in their February 19, 2020 newspaper that "some of these are going to be sold, while others will be stored there while we are evaluating what will be done with them,” BNSF Railway Company spokeswoman Jeanelle Davis said. In a text message, Galveston Port Director Rodger Rees told the Daily News his understanding was that the engines were on rail company property waiting to be sold for scrap. “BNSF said we should see them starting to leave soon,” Rees said. BNSF owns large tracts of land near the Port of Galveston, including the area where the locomotives are being stored for the time being, according to Galveston County Central Appraisal District Records. Port officials have talked about using some of the rail company’s land as storage space for cargo as the port prepares to build a new cruise terminal at Pier 10.
https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_99f10107-b16e-513d-a3a9-d0abe902ff3a.html
Looking for a locomotive? BNSF Railway has a railyard full of them lined up, stored row after row in Galveston.
However, TRA understands that the dozens and dozens of well-worn road engines north of Harborside Drive near 37th Street on the island are being sold to be scrapped.
The familiar orange and yellow locomotives being put out to pasture are being replaced by newer more fuel efficient engines. Many railroads have been culling their stock of locomotives with more efficient use of what is called PSR, Precision Scheduled Railroading, which involves running longer trains to set destinations at specific times.
According to the BNSF Railway Co., there’s nothing to worry about and the train engines will be gone eventually.
The Galveston County Daily News reported in their February 19, 2020 newspaper that "some of these are going to be sold, while others will be stored there while we are evaluating what will be done with them,” BNSF Railway Company spokeswoman Jeanelle Davis said. In a text message, Galveston Port Director Rodger Rees told the Daily News his understanding was that the engines were on rail company property waiting to be sold for scrap. “BNSF said we should see them starting to leave soon,” Rees said. BNSF owns large tracts of land near the Port of Galveston, including the area where the locomotives are being stored for the time being, according to Galveston County Central Appraisal District Records. Port officials have talked about using some of the rail company’s land as storage space for cargo as the port prepares to build a new cruise terminal at Pier 10.
https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_99f10107-b16e-513d-a3a9-d0abe902ff3a.html