Hello all, just letting you know there is a typo in the intro to the video, I said the gas local is identified as BNSF L-MON809. It is not, in truth the Night Gas Local is identified as L-MON821. I have not recorded the Night Gas in a while so my brain defaulted to the morning gas train symbol when editing.
Hey, I cant speak for all, but I can tell you personally it took me several years of research when I was younger to find out what these were for. Yes, the first car is indeed a buffer car. It is required that all trains carrying hazardous tank cars such as this train that carries Gasoline and Diesel have at least one car between the locomotives and the hazardous cars. Most of the time there are specific cars utilized as buffer cars and are not to be used as anything but. From what I have been told these cars are normally filled with sand, or some other material.
Ha, shoulda recorded it today or like a month ago, I shot it today with a MAC duo, and shot both the day and night gas a month ago with a H2 and Executive, also in Superior there's a trestle about one mile east. Great video. (I'll be covering both the day and night gas in a hour ish long video soon)
Indeed, I caught the MAC Duo on Wednesday night. Also saw it with the executive unit back in May. Yes, the trestle east of Superior is a very nice spot, I knew there was going to be a eastbound passing in Superior so I wanted to catch both with a shot of the station sign on the M-O-W shop. I will make sure and watch your video when it comes out.
