A BNSF Local Switching at the Port of Oakland Featuring: A B40-8WR!

Yesterday, I made a trip out to the Port of Oakland in hopes of finding one of BNSF's locals from Richmond working the yard and that's just what I found! Ex-ATSF B40-8WR #512 was the power for the L-RIC-1071-21 and I got to watch them switch at the BNSF OIG yard for about an hour. Once done switching their cars, 512 was parked a pair of gevos were fired up to take 6 outbound cars back to Richmond. I was hoping to catch the train one last time, but an unfortunate event forced me to head home before I could film that. Overall, it was a fun trip and I hope to go back out again soon!

[@daylightman8459]

I once saw four GP30’s and a hopper car in a Burlington Northern paint scheme not too long ago while on a drive to San Francisco. It was very surprising!

[@Railfan9743]

Nice catch!

[@pacificzonerailfan]

Nice!

[@Train101]

Thank you!! :D

[@thesierrastandard7281]

Awesome video! I hope to go out there someday. Too bad the B40 didn't have an RS3L :_(

[@Train101]

It's super cool out there! Just gotta watch out for some of the crazy truckers :/. And I know! I wish it had an RS3L. There is one in Richmond that has one too, but they still took 512 which was kinda disappointing

[@West_Cascade_Rail]

Those dash 8s sure are cool! Great view too.

[@Train101]

They are!! Thanks!! The view is great for sure!

[@calpeninsularailfan]

Lovely catches! Is it busy around here?

[@Train101]

Thanks!! It's not super busy, but it is entertaining to watch them do their switching

[@pederreiff]

what does the R stand for