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Hobson
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CB&Q - BN - BNSF Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Located in Nebraska's state capitol of Lincoln, BNSF's Hobson Yard is the central hub of the four major routes in Nebraska. Hobson Yard originally was a major stop on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR (The "Q"). Under the Burlington Northern major expansions continued. Since the 1970 merger that created predesessor Burlington Northern out of the CB&Q,GN, NP, SP&S, the expanded yard facilities have been tailored to accommodate high coal traffic. There is a locomotive repair and maintenance facility, two main line fueling and servicing racks and a a yard for flat switching cars. With the merging of Burlington Northern with Santa Fe, Hobson's role has not diminished. Day and night the yard, measuring three miles long by a half-mile wide, hosts loaded BNSF coal trains that need to be serviced and relieved by new crews. Hobson Yard is the convergence point of four major lines. The four major routes entering Lincoln are:
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HALL TOWER / East Entrance HOBSON YARD
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BN 6164 - an hi-nosed upgraded SD9, leads the Sunday morning delivery of tank cars from Omaha to the Hobson Yard in Lincoln, Nebraska. The old Hall Switch Tower is just behind the units to the right. 2/1/97 - T. Greuter Photo |
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| "I used to go to work with my Uncle, "Peter Orr" at the Hall switch tower (at Lincoln, NE) when I was a small boy... I used to get the opportunity to "thro the switch". Having one foot on the counter, and both hands gripping the release mechanism, it was a task for a boy at age 8." - Gene Doudney |
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BN 9682 - an SD70 Mac, waits with empy coal hoppers as emergency crews replace a broken switch motor. Old interlocking Hall Tower standing to the right, is now demolished. 3/15/97, Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN mixed units - roll through the east entrance at Hobson Yard, Lincoln, Nebraska, 4/15/96 - T. Greuter Photo · |
HOBSON YARD Engine
Facilities
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BNSF Deadline - at Hobson Yard, Lincoln, Nebraska. Notice the shipment of two aircraft fuselages behind the stored units. 2002 - T. Greuter Photo · |
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 BN 9200 - the first of BN's "Big Bombers", an SD60 M, refuelling at the pumps in BN's Hobson Yard. The BN had played around with the roomier, safer "super cabs" on the system on and off for many years, but with the 60 M, they became standard issue on the newest locos. BN chose this new paint scheme for the wider cab. 7/1/95, Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo · |
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West Entrance HOBSON YARD
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BNSF 9175 - recieves a little attention from a fuel crew while KCS 2039 - waits for the clear signal to head west from BNSF's Hobson Yard, Lincoln, Nebraska. 10/28/01 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BNSF
9878 & 8838
- with a mile of empties exit the yard and head out west on the Ravenna
line for the Wyoming coal fields. West mouth of Hobson Yard, Nebraska
3/17/01 - T. Greuter Photo
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