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BNSF ES44AC 6177flagAtherton MO Atherton

BNSF 6177 East moves a Herzog track maintenance train.

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©  Feb 26, 2022


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BNSF 6177 East moves a Herzog track maintenance train.



So can that Herzog train move under its own power?
@Kempy72
Yes, they can, but apparently they are typically pulled to where they're working by the host railroad, since the train is considered a specialty-work machine and may be exempt from railroad/union/government work rules controlling operations of locomotives by union engineers. If it were considered as a regular train, a union engineer or pilot for the territory involved would need to ride along, but when it is just a machine delivered to a location, apparently all that is required is a foreman of the maintenance-of-way department to be present.
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