Unit Train of BN Trinity 4750cf PS2-CS New Orleans 03-29-1995

On March 29, 1995, CSX handled a solid train of brand-new BN Trinity 4750cf PS2-CD 3-bay covered hoppers. They departed CSX Gentilly Yard early on that Wednesday morning westbound to either SP or UP. The UP-SP and BN-ATSF mergers were a year and a half away, so these were pure BN cars---until the BNSF holding company was formed six months later.

It was quite a sight given that BN routed much of its traffic to/from the Southeast through the Memphis-Birmingham X-Frisco gateway until the BNSF merger. After the merger, BNSF was given the former SP Texas-to-New Orleans route and the SP side of the Avondale yard on the west bank of the Mississippi River. In the first few months after the merger, BNSF handed its CSX transfer traffic to the NOPB as well as running trains to CSX on the Belt.

BN #471846 moves west from CSX Gentilly Yard along Almonaster Avenue with a solid train of new-built BN 4750cf PS2-CDs NOLA 03-29-1995

BN #471814 COTS Stencil detail west from CSX Gentilly Yard along Almonaster Avenue with a solid train of new-built BN 4750cf PS2-CDs NOLA 03-29-1995

BN #471814 moves west from CSX Gentilly Yard along Almonaster Avenue with a solid train of new-built BN 4750cf PS2-CDs NOLA 03-29-1995

BN #471815 moves west from CSX Gentilly Yard along Almonaster Avenue with a solid train of new-built BN 4750cf PS2-CDs NOLA 03-29-1995