Burlington Northern Equipment Roster
The Burlington Northern Railroad utilized 18 miles of Joppa Sub trackage to gain access to Metropolis, IL and points south across the Ohio River. The interlocking plants of Neilson Junction and West Vienna Junction therefore saw numerous BN coal trains, and daily locals from Centralia to Metropolis, IL. This allows the inclusion of some BN power and coal trains to simulate this traffic. BN ran 4-5 coal trains daily through this corridor, along with some general merchandise (Centralia-Metropolis local ) and even some TOFC trains...called "Expeditors". The Joppa Sub will feature a couple of BN trains, powered by Atlas GP40's and the typical BN GE-powered coal trains...U30C's and C30-7's. The Caboose fleet will be Atlas Extended Vision caboose models with MOLOCO details added...to power one 40 car unit coal train and one or two Centralia IL-Paducah KY Local freights. These trains will be computer controlled.
Today, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe still utilize the trackage rights agreement, as both roads still haul coal down through these interlocking plants.