Overview
Introduction I have seen a plethera of workshop guys make BNSF and UP trains with unrealistic motive power setups and train symbols. I am here to fix that. Some knowledge comes from experience while some comes from rule books and guides. let’s get started.
BNSF motive power setups
- Mainline BNSF trains are usually powered by GE Products such as the C44-9W, ES44C4-AC-DC, and the ET44C4, although on occasion some newer EMD power such as the SD70Mac and the SD70ACE will substitute.
- Anything older then a SD60M are usually in the trailing position on consists and are usually shut off. These units are used in yard/hump services, locals, road switchers, and others.
- Units that were in strict coal train service (SD70Mac and SD70ACE) have been shuffled around the system due to the down turn in coal. Add these to your trains sparingly.
- If you have any units older then a SD60M in your consist make sure that they are not running. (EXCEPTION: On some rare occasions some older units have been seen running while getting deadheaded to other locations for use. If you plan to do that then the choice to make those units run or not are up to you)
- SD70Macs are getting rebuilt into SD70Maces
UP Motive Power Setups
- The UP runs with EMD and GE products including the SD70M, ES44AC-DC, AC44CW, C44-9W and the ET44AC.
- Anything older then a SD60M are usually in the trailing position on consists and are usually shut off. These units are used in yard/hump services, locals, road switchers, and others.
BNSF Train Symbols and Destinations (1/3)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Symbols
Example:
Q – DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNATION
CHC – STARTING LOCATION
SEH – ENDING LOCATION
9 – SECTION NUMBERS/PRIORTY
08 – DAY OF THE MONTH
A Amtrak
B Bare Table Intermodal
C Loaded Unit Coal
D Light Engines
E Empty Unit Coal
F Foreign Railroad Detour
G Loaded Unit Grain
H High Priority Merchandise
I Deadhead Crew Move
J High/wide Dimensional
K Helper Service
L Local Train
M Regular Merchandise
N Hours Of Service Relief
O Officer Special
P Premium Service Intermodal
Q Guaranteed Service Intermodal
R Road Switcher
S Intermodal Stacks
T Transfer Service
U Unspecified Unit Train
V Vehicle Manifest
W Work Train
X Empty Unit Grain
Y Yard Job (regularly scheduled)
Z Priority UPS – LTL Intermodal
GENERAL:
1 1st section
2 2nd section
3 Unscheduled train
4 HAZMAT train
5 Unscheduled train
7 Electric Brake or Distributed Power
8 Critical Arrival 2nd Section
9 Critical Arrival 1st Section
GRAIN:
6 Beans
7 Wheat
8 Corn
9 Shuttle Train
DOUBLE STACKS:
2 2nd Section
3 Cosco or Extra Section
4 NYK or Hanjin
5 Maersk
6 K Line or Sealand
7 OOCL
8 Hyundai
INTERMODAL:
2 2nd Section Primary
3 Extra
4 3rd Section Primary
5 2nd Section Hot
6 1st Section Hot
7 3rd Section Critical
8 2nd Section Critical
9 1st Section Critical
VEHICLE:
3 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
MANIFEST:
2 2nd Section
3 Extra
5 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
ABE Aberdeen, SD
ABA Alberta, MN
ABI Abilene, KS
ABN Albina, OR
ABQ Albuquerque, NM
ALA Albia, IA
ALG Algoa, TX
ALL Allouez Ore Dock, WI
ALN Alliance, NE
ALO Altus, OK
ALT Alliance, TX
ALW Allouez, WI
AMA Amarillo, TX
AMO Amory, MS
ARK Arkansas City, KS
ASH Ashland, NE
ATG Atlanta, GA (NS)
AUB Auburn, WA
AUG Augusta, KS
AUI Aurora, IL
AVC Avondale, CO
AVD Avard, OK
AVN Alvin, TX
AVO Avondale, LA
BAI Barstow, IL
BAK Bakersfield, CA
BAR Barstow, CA
BAY Bayard, IA
BCY Boise City, OK
BEA Beardstown, IL
BEL Belen, NM
BEN Berea, ND
BEO Bend, OR
BEW Bellingham, WA
BIE Bieber, CA
BIL Billings, MT (MRL)
BIR Birmingham, AL
BJA Bridge Jct, AR
BKL Brooklyn, OR
BLV Bellville, TX
BLY Blytheville, AR
BMK Bismarck, ND
BMN Becker, MN
BNT Beaumont, TX
BOL Boligee, AL
BON Bonners Ferry, ID
BOR Boron, CA
BOX Box, TX
BOY Boylston, WI
BPA Bedford Park, IL TOFC
BRA Brainerd, MN
BRC Belt Railway of Chicago
BRE Breckenridge, MN
BRF Brookfield, MO
BRM Broeker, MN
BRU Brush, CO
BRV Brownsville, BC
BUN Bundy Jct, MO
BUR Burlington, IA
BUS Bushnell, IL
BWW Brownwood, TX
BWY Bill, WY
CAK Clark, OK
CAS Casper, WY
CAT Conton, SD
CAX Carrollton, MO
CBL Council Bluffs, IA
CCD Concordia, KS
CCM Clay City, MN
CDZ Cadiz, CA
CEI Centralia, IL
CEW Centralia, WA
CFM Columbia Falls, MT
CHA Chaffee, MO
CHC Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard)
CHE Cheyenne, WY
CHH Chillicothe, IL
CHI Chicago, IL (Corwith)
CLB Cleburne, TX
CLF Clarkfield, MN
CLM Columbus, MS
CLO Clovis, NM
CMT Colstrip, MT
CNI Canadian National Interchange
CNR Conrad, OK
CON Connell, WA
COU Courtland, KS
CPS Corpus Christi, TX (UP)
CRI Creston, IA
CRK Crookston, MN
CRL Carlsbad, NM
CSL Cass Lake, MN
CSN Casselton, ND
CSP Colorado Springs, CO
CSX CSX Transportation
CTI Chariton, IA
CTR Center, TX
CTS Cactus, WA
CUB Cuba, MO
CVE Cleveland, TX
CWY Conway, PA (NS)
DAL Dallas, TX
DAM Daytons Bluff, MN
DAV Davis, OK
DDC Dodge City, KS
DEM Deming, NM
DEN Denver, CO
DHT Dalhart, TX
DIC Dickinson, ND
DIL Dilworth, MN
DMO Des Moines, IA
DMS Dumas, TX
DON Donie, TX
DRA Drayton, ND
DUL Duluth, MN
DYT Dayton, TX (UP)
EAP Eagle Pass, TX
EDG Edgemont, SD
EDR El Dorado, KS
ELK Elkhart, IN (NS)
ELL Ellensburg, WA
ELL Ellinor, KS
ELP El Paso, TX
ELT Elmendorf, TX
EME Emery, SD
EMP Emporia, KS
ENI Enid, OK
EOL Eola, IL
EPE East Peoria, IL
ERV Earlville, IL
ESL East St. Louis, IL (TRRA)
ESX Essex, MT
ETT Etter, TX
EVE Everett, WA
FAR Fargo, ND
FMR Ft. Morgan, CO
FON Fontana, CA
FOR Forsyth, MT
FRE Fremont, NE
FRS Fresno, CA
FSC Ft. Scott, KS
FSO Ft. Sill, OK
FTH Ft. Hood, TX
FTL Ft. Lewis, WA
FTM Ft. Madison, IA
FTN Ft. Sumner, NM
FTW Ft. Worth, TX
FTX Friona, TX
FUN Funk, NE
GAL Galesburg, IL
GAR Garretson, SD
GAT Galveston, TX
GAW Gateway, OR
GCI Grantiy City, IL
GCM Granite City, IL (GWWR)
GDN Garden City, KS
GEE Geneva, UT (UP)
GEY Geyser, MT
GFD Grand Forks, ND
GIL Gillette, WY
GJC Grand Junction, CO (UP)
GLE Glendive, MT
GLS Glascow, MT
GNT Gainesville, TX
GOL Golden, CO
GRE Greenfield, IA
GRF Great Falls, MT
GRW Greybull, WY
GSD Grebner, SD
GUC Guernsey, CA
GUE Guernsey, WY
GUN Gunn, MN
GUP Gallup, NM
HAI Hamburg, IA
HAS Hastings, NE
HAU Hauser, ID
HBP Harrisburg, PA (NS)
HEL Helena, MT (MRL)
HER Hereford, TX
HET Hettinger, ND
HFM Hanley Falls, MN
HIN Hinckley, MN
HOL Holbrook, AZ
HOU Houston, TX
HOX Hoxie, AR
HUD Hudson, CO
HUN Huntley, MT
HUT Hutchison, KS
HVR Havre, MT
HWM Holloway, MN
HYD Hauser Yard, ID
IHB IHB RR (McCook, IL)
INB Interbay, WA
INF International Falls, MN
IRB Irving, TX
JAI Jacksonville, IL
JAM Jamestown, ND
JAN Jansen, CO
JOL Joliet, IL
JON Jonesboro, AR
JSD Jefferson, SD
JSP Jasper, TX
KAI Kaiser, CA
KAL Kalama, WA
KAR Karen, TX
KCK Kansas City, KS (Argentine Yard)
KCM Kansas City, MO (Murray Yard)
KED Keddie, CA
KEE Keewatin, MN
KEL Kelker, CO
KEN Kent, WA
KEO Keokuk, IA
KFA Kettle Falls, WA
KFR Kiefer, OK
KIN Kings Park, CA
KLF Klamath Falls, OR
KLL Kelly Lake, MN
KTX Kerr, TX (UP)
LAC Los Angeles, CA
LAH Los Angeles Harbor, CA
LAJ La Junta, CO
LAL Lafayette, LA
LAO Lawton, OK
LAR Laredo, TX
LAU Laurel, MT
LAW La Crosse, WI
LBJ Long Beach, CA (J Pier)
LBM Long Beach, CA (Maersk)
LCH Lake Charles, LA
LDR Chicago, IL (NS Landers Yard)
LGB Long Beach, CA
LGV Longview, TX
LIN Lincoln, NE
LMR Lamar, CO
LMT Limitar, NM
LMY Lamy, NM
LND Linden, AL
LON Longmont, CO
LOR Lorne, MN
LUB Lubbock, TX
LVJ Longview Jct, WA
LVW Longview, WA
LYD Lake Yard, OR
MAD Madison, IL
MAG Magnolia, AL
MAM Madison, MN
MAN Mandan, ND
MAO Madill, OK
MAR Martin Lake Jct, TX
MAX Maxon, IA
MCI McCook, IL
MCN McCook, NE
MEM Memphis, TN
MEN Mendota, IL
MII Mitchell, IL
MIN Minot, ND
MIS Missoula, MT (MRL)
MIT Mitchell, SD
MLN Moline, IL
MLV Mulvane, KS
MMO Marceline, MO
MND Maynard, MN
MOB Mobile, AL
MOD Modesto Empire Jct, CA
MOJ Mojave, CA
MOO Moorhead, MN
MQA Minnequa, CO
MRS Morris, MN
MTE Mellette, SD
MTI Mountain Iron, MN (DMIR)
MUR Murdock, MN
MYK Mykawa, TX
NAL New Albany, MS
NAP Napier, MO
NBY North Bay, CA
NCA Newcastle, WY
NEE Needles, CA
NEW Newton, KS
NOG Northgate, ND
NOY Noyes, MN
NPT Northport, NE
NPV Naperville, IL
NRK New Rockford, ND
NSA Norfolk Southern (Ashland Ave, IL)
NSI Norfolk Southern Interchange
NSL N. St. Louis, MO
NTW Northtown, MN
NWE New Westminster, BC
NWG New Gulf, TX
NWO New Orleans, LA
NYC New York, NY
OKC Oklahoma City, OK
OMA Omaha, NE
OTT Ottawa, KS
PAD Paducah, KY
PAJ Pacific Jct, IA
PAS Pasco, WA
PAT Palmerton, TX
PBA Pine Bluff, AR (UP)
PEA Pearland, TX
PED Pedernal, NM
PEI Peoria, IL
PEN Pensacola, FL
PHX Phoenix, AZ
PIP Pipestone, MT (MRL)
PIT Pittsburg, CA
PKR Parker, SD
PLX Plainview, TX
POM Pomona, WA
PPS Thompson Falls, MT (MRL)
PRY Perry, OK
PTL Portland, OR
PTR Port Terminal Ry Assn (Houston)
PUE Pueblo, CO
PVO Provo, UT (UP)
QUA Quanah, TX
QUI Quincy, IL
RAV Ravenna, NE
RCI Rock Island, IL
RED Red Oak, IA
REM Remington, IN (TPW)
RGT River Gate, OR
RIC Richmond, CA
RJW Reno Jct, WY
ROB Roberts Bank, BC
ROC Rocky Point, WA
ROO Roosevelt, WA
ROS Roseland, NE
ROT Robstown, TX
RRB Riverbank, CA
RSP Rustler Springs, TX
RTN Raton, NM
RUS Rush City, MN
RYM Rudyard, MT
SAG Saginaw, TX
SAN Sandpoint, ID
SAU Saunders, WI
SAV Savanna, IL
SBD San Bernadino, CA
SDG San Diego, CA
SEA Seattle, WA
SEL Sealy, TX
SFA Sioux Falls, SD
SHA Shattuck, OK
SHM Shelby, MT
SHT Sherman, TX
SHW Sheridan, WY
SIM Simpson, CO
SIO Sioux City, IA
SJO St. Joseph, MO
SLA Slaton, TX
SLC Salt Lake City, UT (UP)
SLO Sloan, AR
SMA San Marcia, NM
SMR Summerfield, TX
SNJ San Angelo Jct,.TX
SNT San Antonio, TX
SNY Synder, OK
SPL Split Rock, MN
SPM Springfield, MO
SPO Spokane, WA
SRV Schreiver, LA
SSB Silsbee, TX
BNSF Train Symbols and Destinations (2/3)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Symbols
Example:
Q – DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNATION
CHC – STARTING LOCATION
SEH – ENDING LOCATION
9 – SECTION NUMBERS/PRIORTY
08 – DAY OF THE MONTH
DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNATION:
A Amtrak
B Bare Table Intermodal
C Loaded Unit Coal
D Light Engines
E Empty Unit Coal
F Foreign Railroad Detour
G Loaded Unit Grain
H High Priority Merchandise
I Deadhead Crew Move
J High/wide Dimensional
K Helper Service
L Local Train
M Regular Merchandise
N Hours Of Service Relief
O Officer Special
P Premium Service Intermodal
Q Guaranteed Service Intermodal
R Road Switcher
S Intermodal Stacks
T Transfer Service
U Unspecified Unit Train
V Vehicle Manifest
W Work Train
X Empty Unit Grain
Y Yard Job (regularly scheduled)
Z Priority UPS – LTL Intermodal
SECTION NUMBERS:
GENERAL:
1 1st section
2 2nd section
3 Unscheduled train
4 HAZMAT train
5 Unscheduled train
7 Electric Brake or Distributed Power
8 Critical Arrival 2nd Section
9 Critical Arrival 1st Section
GRAIN:
6 Beans
7 Wheat
8 Corn
9 Shuttle Train
DOUBLE STACKS:
2 2nd Section
3 Cosco or Extra Section
4 NYK or Hanjin
5 Maersk
6 K Line or Sealand
7 OOCL
8 Hyundai
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BNSF Train Symbols
INTERMODAL:
2 2nd Section Primary
3 Extra
4 3rd Section Primary
5 2nd Section Hot
6 1st Section Hot
7 3rd Section Critical
8 2nd Section Critical
9 1st Section Critical
VEHICLE:
3 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
MANIFEST:
2 2nd Section
3 Extra
5 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
SSE South Seattle, WA
SMM Sumner, MO
SSP South Spring, NM
STA Staples, MN
STC St. Cloud, MN
STE Sterling, CO
STL St. Louis, MO
STO Stockton, CA
STP St. Paul, MN
STR Stratford, TX
SUM Sumas, WA
SUP Superior, WI
SUR Superior, NE
SVL Somerville, TX
SWE Sweet Grass, MT
SWR Sweetwater, TX
SXR Streator, IL
TAC Tacoma, WA
TCB Tacoma, WA (Blair Terminal)
TCY Texas City, TX
TDF Thedford, NE
TEA Teague, TX
TEX Texline, TX
THA Thayer, MO
THR Thoreau, NM
TOL Toland, IL
TOM Tomball, TX
TOP Topeka, KS
TPL Temple, TX
TRA TRRA E. St. Louis, IL
TRI Trinidad, CO
TRO Troy, ID
TUL Tulsa, OK
TUR Turrell, AR
UPT Upton, WY
VAU Vaughn, NM
VAW Vancouver, WA
VBC Vancouver, BC
VIE Vienna, SD
VIR Virginia, MN
VPK Valley Park, MO
VVC Victorville, CA
WAT Watson, CA
WAW Wallula, WA (UP)
WCF Wichita Falls, TX
WEL Wellington, KS
WEN Wenatchee, WA
WFI Winfield, KS
WHH Whitehall, MT
WHI Whitefish, MT
WIC Wichita, KS
WIL Williston, ND
WIN Winslow, AZ
WIS Wishram, WA
WLM Willmar, MN
WLT Walton, KS
WND Wendover, WY
WNK Waynoka, OK
WNP Winnipeg, MB
WOI Woodlawn, IL
WOL Wolsey, SD
WOM Wolf Point, MT
WQM West Quincy, MO
WRK Wright, KS
WRN Warren, MT
WSB Walsenburg, CO
WSP Willow Springs, IL
WTR Watertown, SD
YAK Yakima, WA
ABM Kuehn, MT (Absaloka Mine)
ATM Converse Jct, WY (Antelope)
AVM Beulah, ND (Antelope Valley)
BAM Belle Ayr Jct, WY (Belle Ay)
BDM Auburn, WA (Black Diamond)
BHM Kiewit, WY (Big Horn Mine)
BKM Buckskin Jct, WY (Buckskin)
BMM St. Louis, MO (Burning Star)
BSM Big Sky, MT (Big Sky Mine)
BTM Black Thunder Jct, WY
BUM Bull Mountain, MT
CAM Caballo Jct, WY (Caballo Mine)
CAR Carcoa
CDM Cordero Mine, WY
CKM Coal Creek Mine, WY
CPM Clovis Point Jct, WY
CRM Rojo Jct, WY (Cabollo Rojo Mine)
CTM Girard, IL (Crown Two Mine)
DFM Dry Fork Mine, WY
DKM Decker, MT (Decker Mine)
EBM Eagle Jct, WY (Eagle Butte Mine)
EDM Decker, MT (East Decker Mine)
EYM Energy 2 Mine, CO (UP)
FUM Union Jct, WY (Fort Union)
GAM Galatia Mine (St. Louis, MO)
GGM Knife River, ND (Gasgoyne)
JRM Jacob’s Ranch Jct , WY
LRM Lee Ranch Mine, NM
MCM McKinnley, NM (P&M N. Tipple)
MGM Paducah, KY (PAL) (Magic Mine)
NAM Nacco Jct, WY (North Antelope)
NEM New Elk ,CO (New Elk Mine)
NRM North Rochelle Mine, WY
OBM Sesser, IL (Old Ben Mine 24/26)
ORM Orient Mine #6, IL
RBM Colstrip, WY (Rosebud Mine)
RCM Rochelle, WY (Rochelle Mine)
RLM Rend Lake, IL (Rend Lake Mine)
RWM Rawhide Jct, WY
SCM Nerco Jct, WY (Spring Creek)
SKM Skyline, UT (Skyline Mine – UP)
SMI South Mine, NM
WDM Decker, WY (W. Decker Mine)
♥♥♥ Wood, IL
YCM York Canyon Mine, NM
AJC Aberdeen Line Jct, MN
ALD Alma, WI
ALM Alma, WI
AMH Amarillo, TX
AMW Amarillo, TX
ARN Arbor, NE
BEI Ottumwa, IA (IMRL)
BEN Becker, MN
BES Becker, MN
BLC Billings, MT
BOX Box, TX
BRM Breckenridge, MN
BSB Big Stone City, SD
BUM Roundup, MT
CAE Canton, IL
CAR Defiance, NM
CBC Council Bluffs, IA
CDJ Clayton, WY
CEC Centralia, WA
CED Newton, IL
CEG Centralia, IL
CEN Centralia, IL (IC)
CGK Chicago, IL (CN)
CGM Chicago, IL (CN)
CGR Chicago, IL (CN)
CGW Chicago, IL (CN)
CHG Chicago, IL (RTW)
CHJ Chicago, IL (IC Plaines, IL)
CHL Chicago, IL (CN Lansing, MI)
CHS Chicago, IL (NS Wheatfield, IN)
CIA Chicago, IL
CIE Chicago, IL
CIJ Chicago, IL (CN/IC – Plaines, IL)
CIK Chicago, IL (BRC)
CKC Chicago, IL (BRC)
CKD Chicago, IL (BRC)
CLO Chillicothe, IA
CLS Chiles, KY (IC)
CNA Chicago, IL (NS – Avon Lake, OH)
CNB Chicago, IL (NS)
CNM Chicago, IL (NS Monroe, MI)
CNR Chicago, IL (NS)
CNS Chicago. IL (NS)
CNT Chicago, IL (NS)
COB Cohasset, MN
CRD Coronado, AZ
CSN Colorado Springs, CO
CXA Chicago, IL (CSX – Cleveland)
CXC Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXD Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXE Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXK Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXO Chicago, IL (CSX Conneaut, OH)
CXS Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXT Chicago, IL (CSX)
CXW Chicago, IL (CSX)
DCH Deming, NM (Cochise, AZ)
DIR Deming, NM
DLH Dilworth, MN
DNA Denver, CO
DNV Denver, CO
DOL Donie, TX
DUD Dunfermline, IL
ELD Elmendorf, TX
EOM Eola, IL (EJE Gary, IN)
EOR Eola, IL (Coal)
EOS Eola, IL (EJE Hammond, IN)
EYM Kansas City, KS (UP)
♥♥♥ Falls City, NE (UP Nearman, KS)
FSM Ft. Scott, KS (UP Ladue, MO)
FWD Ft. Worth, TX (UP Elmendorf, TX)
GAD Gateway, IA
GAI Gateway, IA
GCM Granite City, IL (GWWE)
GFA Grand Forks, ND
HAF Halsted, TX (UP)
HLB Hillsboro, ND
HLS Holbrook, AZ
HOH Holcomb, KS
IOG Iola, TX
IOW Council Bluffs, IA
ISU Ottumwa, IA
JCC Joseph City, AZ
JOJ Joppa, IL
KBB Kirvin, TX
KCC Kansas City, MO (UP Pryor, OK)
KCF Kansas City (KCS Flint Creek, AR)
KCH Kansas City, MO (KCS Hawthorn)
KCL Kansas City, MO (KCS Amsterdam)
KCN Kansas City (KCS Mossville, LA)
KCS Kansas City (APS Shady Point)
KCW Kansas City, MO (KCS Welsh, TX)
KEB Kemper, IA
KIS Kissick, MO
KMH Kings Mill, TX
KMT Kings Mill, TX
LBE Long Beach, CA (Export)
LEW Eola, IL (EJE/WC Leithton, WI)
LRT Lawrence, KS
MAH Madill, OK (KRR)
MAS Machens, MO
MCC Cushenberry, CA
MCO McCook, IL
MEA Metropolis, IL
MEC Metropolis, IL
MEG Metropolis, IL
MEP Metropolis, IL
MET Metropolis, IL
MHD Memphis, TN (IC Coal)
MHK Memphis, TN (NS Kingsport, TN)
MHS Memphis, TN (NS)
MHW Memphis, TN
MIB Minot, ND (CP)
MIC Minnequa, CO
MKM Muskogee, OK
MLT Mill, TX
MOG Mobile, AL (Export)
MOL Moba, WY
MON Mossville, LA
MPW Cohasset, MN
NOS Noyes, MN
NPG Northport, NE
NPJ Northport, NE (UP Jeffrey, KS)
NSL N. St. Louis, MO
OGR Oro Grande, CA
OKO Oklahoma Union, TX
OLN Oologah, OK
OMN Omaha, NE (UP North Omaha)
OMW Omaha, NE (UP Waukegan, IL)
OTB Ottumwa, IA (IMRL Beloit, WI)
OTL Ottumwa, IA (IMRL Fruitland, IA)
OTM Ottumwa, IA (IMRL Muscatine, IA)
OTR Ottumwa, IA
PAD Paducah, KY
PAE Palos, AL
PAM Palos, AL
PAP Pawnee Jct, CO
PAT Palos, AL
PDT Paducah, KY
PEH Peoria, IL (IM Havana, IL)
PEK Peoria, IL (IM Kincaid, IL)
PEP Peoria, IL (IM Powerton, IL)
PRR Platte River, CO
RBE Roberts Bank, BC (Export Coal)
RIP Rock Island, IL
ROB Roberts Bank, BC
RRS Red Rock, OK
RTR Rush Tower, MO
RTT Rush Tower, MO
RXM Memphis, TN
SCA Sioux City, IA (IC E. Dubuque, IA)
SCC Sioux City, IA
SFB Springfield, MO
SHG Shattuc, IL (CSX)
SFK Springfield, MO
SIB Sibley, MO
SIS Sibley, MO
SJL St. Joseph, MO
SKS Sikeston, MO
SLA N. St. Louis, IL
SLC N. St. Louis, MO
SLG St. Louis, MO (TRRA)
SLJ N. St. Louis, MO
SLP Smithers Lake, TX
SPB Spokane, WA (UP Castle, OR)
SPV Springerville, AZ
SPW St. Paul, MN (CP Weston, WI)
STL Stanton, ND
STS Stanton, ND
SUD Superior, WI
TCN Daytons Bluff, MN
THH Thomas Hill, MO
TUM Monticello, TX
UNK Union Yard, MN (UP)
VAS Valmy, NV (UP)
VIL Virginia, MN
VNA Valmont, CO
WAG Wallace, NE
BNSF Train Symbols and Destinations (3/3)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Symbols
Example:
Q – DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNATION
CHC – STARTING LOCATION
SEH – ENDING LOCATION
9 – SECTION NUMBERS/PRIORTY
08 – DAY OF THE MONTH
DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNATION:
A Amtrak
B Bare Table Intermodal
C Loaded Unit Coal
D Light Engines
E Empty Unit Coal
F Foreign Railroad Detour
G Loaded Unit Grain
H High Priority Merchandise
I Deadhead Crew Move
J High/wide Dimensional
K Helper Service
L Local Train
M Regular Merchandise
N Hours Of Service Relief
O Officer Special
P Premium Service Intermodal
Q Guaranteed Service Intermodal
R Road Switcher
S Intermodal Stacks
T Transfer Service
U Unspecified Unit Train
V Vehicle Manifest
W Work Train
X Empty Unit Grain
Y Yard Job (regularly scheduled)
Z Priority UPS – LTL Intermodal
SECTION NUMBERS:
GENERAL:
1 1st section
2 2nd section
3 Unscheduled train
4 HAZMAT train
5 Unscheduled train
7 Electric Brake or Distributed Power
8 Critical Arrival 2nd Section
9 Critical Arrival 1st Section
GRAIN:
6 Beans
7 Wheat
8 Corn
9 Shuttle Train
DOUBLE STACKS:
2 2nd Section
3 Cosco or Extra Section
4 NYK or Hanjin
5 Maersk
6 K Line or Sealand
7 OOCL
8 Hyundai
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BNSF Train Symbols
INTERMODAL:
2 2nd Section Primary
3 Extra
4 3rd Section Primary
5 2nd Section Hot
6 1st Section Hot
7 3rd Section Critical
8 2nd Section Critical
9 1st Section Critical
VEHICLE:
3 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
MANIFEST:
2 2nd Section
3 Extra
5 Extra
9 Critical Arrival
WLL West Labadie, MO
WSS Los Angeles Harbor, CA
UP Train Symbols and Destinations (1/4)
The Union Pacific Railroad currently uses Alpha Numeric train symbols consisting of a one or
two character prefix that designates the type of train followed by a two character code for the
point of origin and a two character destination code. This train symbol is followed by a two
numeral code (01 to31) showing the day of the month the train was scheduled to depart the
originating terminal.
For example the ZCSLT 12 would be a Z train traveling from the Canal Street intermodal
terminal in Chicago to the Lathrop intermodal facility in Northern California that had been
scheduled to leave Canal Street on the 12th day of that month.
This date is always the scheduled day of departure, and if a train scheduled to leave late in the
evening on one date does not depart until early in the morning of the next day it still runs under
the date of scheduled departure. Not under the date of actual departure.
The two character origin and destination codes for trains are almost unlimited and are listed at
the bottom of this web posting.
The following is a list of prefixes used by the Union Pacific Railroad to designate train type.
Z = The highest priority trains on the railroad. Most of the Z trains are intermodal trains and
they frequently carry UPS traffic as well as other high priority intermodal business. Speed and
reliability are high for these trains. The Z symbol is not limited to intermodal trains though anda few high priority trains of other types also run under the Z symbol, including the ZDLSKP (Z
Delfar California to Selkirk New York (Via CSX interchange at Chicago)) This high speed
perishable train and others like it have earned the nickname of Salad Shooters on the Union
Pacific.
The perishable Z trains mentioned above carry the SK destination code for Selkirk NY and a
few other trains on the UP also carry the destination codes for cities and terminals beyond the
Union Pacific. However many other trains only carry a destination code for the interchange
point even if the train will continue on unchanged beyond that point.
K = This symbol has only been in use for a few years and these are the second highest priority
intermodal trains. Many trains now running under the K symbol had formerly been symboled
as Z trains, but even when running under the Z symbol had been considered second tier Z
trains.
I = All intermodal trains other than the K and Z trains. Considered 3rd string intermodal trains
and roughly equal in priority to Auto and Quality trains detailed below.
A = Auto These trains are frequently filled with other traffic, including intermodal or manifest
traffic. Loaded auto racks are also frequently run on I, K, and Z intermodal trains and empty
auto racks are frequently run on manifest trains. Trains running under the A symbol though are
trains that are scheduled as Auto trains and run as part of the auto manufacturers’ distribution
networks. The presence of, or lack of, auto traffic on a train does not dictate its inclusion in the
A category.
M = Manifest These trains are of relatively low priority and carry a wide range of traffic
gathered from various industries. These trains usually run between medium size and larger
yards on the system and carry “carload” traffic concentrated at those yards from local
customers and connecting trains.
The Union Pacific Railroad operates a vast network of Manifest trains across the system that
interconnect at various yards (especially the large hump yards such as North Platte and West
Colton) to allow single or small lot car shipments to move from any point on the railroad to any
other point on the railroad, including interchange points with other railroads.
Some manifest trains also pick up and set out large blocks of cars at intermediate yards enroute.
They do not usually perform local switching though.
Q = Quality These are the higher priority manifest trains of the Union Pacific and operate in a
fashion similar to the manifest trains. The on time performance of these trains is more closely
monitored though and they operate on faster schedules than do the manifest trains. Carloads
originating from customers that are paying for the Q level of service are placed on these trains
first and those cars are frequently scheduled so as to make connections with other Q trains at
large yards. The Q trains are then frequently filled to maximum tonnage and length with
standard manifest traffic as long as the additional cars do not interfere with the Q train
schedule.
When the Q symbol was created after the Southern Pacific merger, the Union Pacific
established Q trains on almost every long distance manifest route, but the number of Q trainswas later trimmed after many routes failed to attract enough customer interest in the Q level of
service. On some corridors there are Q trains operating in one direction while only M trains
operate in the other direction.
The following are the different types of prefixes used to designate different types of unit trains
on the Union Pacific.
C = Coal unit trains, loaded or empty
G = Grain unit trains. The G symbol is also frequently followed by a second character
denoting type, including L for loaded, E for empty, and S for Shuttle Train cycling between
dedicated endpoints.
O = Ore unit trains. This character is used for all types of metallic and nonmetallic ore, from
iron ore to soda ash. The Oil Can trains running in California also carry the O prefix.
U = Unit trains other than those mentioned above. The types of commodities carried in unit
trains is almost limitless and this character is used freely for any type of unit train that may
appear. A second character may appear after the U to indicate what type of unit train it is, for
example the UE prefix would indicate a unit train of Ethanol
Remember that unit trains are only trains running with consists unchanged from one originating
point to one terminating point. This condition has recently been stretched to include two (or in
rare instances more) points of origin or two destination points, but the two separate endpoints
are usually close to each other geographically with long distances in between where the train
consist is not changed. One common example of this are ethanol unit trains that are
consolidated into large unit trains (80 cars or more) from two separate blocks of (40 to 50 cars
each) from separate ethanol plants. This allows smaller plants in the Midwest to run unit trains
to distant ethanol terminals in California or on the East Coast.
Simply carrying a single commodity does not make a train a unit train. A train may consist
entirely of soda ash or coal, but if the cars have originated at different customer facilities and
are traveling to multiple unloading points, the train is not a unit train. The MWVNP (Manifest
Westvaco Wyoming to North Platte Nebraska) symbol is a perfect example of this. Run daily
from the five Soda Ash mines west of Green River Wyoming to Bailey Yard at North Platte
Nebraska the train usually consists of 100 to 130 loaded cars of soda ash, but those cars
originated at three or four different mines and will be dispersed to dozens of different
customers after making connections to other trains at North Platte.
The OGRT4 (Ore Green River Wyoming to Barnes Yard Oregon) on the other hand is
symboled as a unit train even though the cars are collected from more than one of the four
active soda ash mines west of Green River Wyoming. It carries a unit train symbol because it
is then run as a solid train unchanged to the unloading point of Barnes Oregon for export to
Asia.The main determining factor in whether a train carries a unit train symbol is the contractual
relationship between the railroad and the customer for that movement.
It is even possible for unit trains to carry more than one type of commodity at a time.
UP Train Symbols and Destinations (2/4)
S = Special This covers a wide range of trains from non Amtrak passenger movements and
military movements to wide load specials and special unit trains such as those carrying wind
turbine parts to be assembled on site.
E = Engines This train symbol is frequently used for all types of light engine moves from long
distance power transfers traveling hundreds or thousands of miles to short distance engine
moves to assist stalled trains. An example of the former is an ERVNP repositioning
locomotives from Roseville CA to North Platte NE due to a power imbalance. An example of
the latter would is an EOGEV moving light engines from Ogden Utah to Evanston Wyoming to
be added to a train that needs additional locomotives due to a power problem that developed
enroute.
H = Helper This symbol is used for helper engines and these differ from light engine moves in
that the helpers operate from a fixed base of operations and usually return there after helping a
train over a grade. They do not remain attached to that train to its termination point, nor do
they move over long distances.
W = Work This symbol prefix is used for all types of work trains (company maintenance of
way equipment) and a second character is used after the origin and destination codes to
designate what type of work train it is.
These work train suffix codes include
B for ballast (loaded and empty) For example WCYLVB (Work Cheyenne Wyoming to Las
Vegas NV Ballast)
Z for special Herzog Ballast trains capable of automated unloading at 20 MPH
G for gang (Trains moving the machines and vehicles used by the large system Maintenance of
Way gangs to their next work site)
R for rail (loaded and empty)
T for ties (loaded and empty)
O for Other Track Material This includes everything other than rail and ties and is usually used
for trains carrying gondola loads of spikes, tie plates, rail anchors, etc to work sites.
W for derricks and other derailment clean up equipmentA single work train may change train symbols enroute more than once. For example a welded
rail train leaving the rail welding plant at Laramie Wyoming enroute to an area near Elko
Nevada may originally carry the symbol of WLREKR 12 (Work Laramie to Elko Rail
departing on the 12th of the month). The train may carry this symbol as far as Wells Nevada
where it is handed over to an extra board crew from Elko Nevada that had been temporarily
assigned to operate the train during the unloading operation. This might take several days and
during that time the rail train could carry the symbol of WEKEKR 14 (Work Elko to Elko Rail
originating on the 14th of the month). This symbol would reflect the fact that the train was
operating in turn around service out of the Elko terminal with the crew returning to Elko every
night even if the train itself was left on line at various locations for the night. The date would
progress from 14 through 15 to 16 during the unloading operation, but the WEKEKR would
remain until the train was unloaded or moved to another unloading location in a different area.
If only half of the rail was needed in that area the train symbol might change again to WEKSPR
17 (Work Elko NV to Sparks NV Rail departing on the 17th). There another crew and train
symbol could be assigned for unloading before the empty train returned to Laramie under yet
another symbol (perhaps the WSPLRR 20).
In addition to the work train suffixes listed above the following suffixes are also used by the
Union Pacific on trains other than work trains.
P = Perishable, usually assigned as a suffix to Q trains that frequently carry a large amount of
produce and other perishable commodities including QFRNPP (Q Fresno CA to North Platte
Perishable) and QRVNPP (Q Roseville CA to North Platte Perishable). The P suffix is also
used on the ZWASKP (Z Wallula Washington to Selkirk NY Perishable) and the other Salad
Shooter Z trains consisting of refrigerator cars.
X= Extra This suffix is used when an unscheduled train is run. For example Green River
Wyoming no longer runs a daily manifest to Roseville California, but if special conditions
warrant a manifest from Green River to Roseville it would be symboled MGRRVX.
B, C, and D suffixes are used to designate multiple scheduled departures run at different times
of the day. These are not second sections or multiple sections. For example before the
widespread use of Distributed Power and the philosophy of longer, heavier, trains Roseville
California would originate three manifest trains a day for North Platte. These trains were
designated as the MRVNP, MRVNPB, and the MRVNPC with their scheduled departure times
staggered throughout the day.
Now the QRVNPP and the QFRNPP (filling with tonnage at Roseville) usually handle all of
the traffic between these two large hump yards. These two trains frequently run 120 to 170
cars in length. With the UP system more fluid than it has been in decades MRVNPs now
originate only on weekends when the priority Q schedule is not required by customers.
Westbound North Platte still originates an MNPRV and an MNPRVB every day, roughly
twelve hours apart. There are no QNPRVs or QNPFRs scheduled.R = Reposition or Repo This suffix is used for trains repositioning large blocks of empty cars.
It is most frequently used on A and I symbols that are being run to reposition dozens of auto
racks or intermodal cars to another location for loading.
J = Joint This designates trackage rights trains from other railroads running on the Union
Pacific lines. For example the QPVS8J is the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train with a Q level
of service running from Provo Utah to home BNSF rails at El Pinal California. The rest of the
train symbol on these joint trains is usually close to Union Pacific standard symbols, but
sometimes not exactly the same.
If more than one train is run on a certain schedule in a single day due to heavy traffic it receives
a 2 prefix designating it as a Second Section. For example the 2 ZCSLT 12 would be the
second section of the ZCSLT 12. The second section of modern freight trains are of course not
governed by timetable operations can run at any time during the day, from a few minutes
behind the first section to many hours behind the first section. The second section can even
precede the first section. It is also possible, but extremely rare, for there to be a third, fourth,
etc section of a certain train symbol, each designated by the proper prefix number.
Not all of the origin and destination codes below have been verified. There are many identical
two letter/digit codes being used for different locations simply because the modern Union
Pacific serves too many locations for each one to have a unique code.
Some of the codes below might not be in regular use.
AA or AL ALAMOSA, CO
AB ALBINA YARD (PORTLAND, OR)
AC ACCO, CO
AC ALBERT CITY, IA
AC ARCOLA, TX
AD ADAMS, WI
AD ADDIS, LA
AD AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES (DETROIT, MI)
AE ALPINE, TX
AE ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC (NEW MADRID, MO)
AG ANGELTON, TX
AH ASHLAND AVE, IL (CR)
AI AXIAL MINE WEST, CO
AL ALEXANDRIA, LA
AL ALTOONA, WI
AM AMA, LA
AM AMARILLO, TXAM AMES, IA (POWER PLANT)
AN ANAHEIM, CA
AN ANTIONE, MI
AO AMARILLO, TX
AO ARCO MINE, CO
AO ARENAL, TX
AP ARAPAHOE POWER PLANT (DENVER, CO)
AR ARCH MINERAL MINE (HANNA, WY)
AR ARENAL, TX
AR ARLINGTON, TX
AS ALTON & SOUTHERN (EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL)
AS GATEWAY YARD (EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL)
AT ANTELOPE MINE, WY
AT ATLANTA, GA (NS)
AU AUSTIN, TX
AV AVONDALE YARD (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
AY ALBANY, OR
AY AMELIA YARD, TX
AZ AZTEC, AZ
B4 BURNING STAR MINE, IL
BA BARNES OR (Soda Ash Export Terminal) Redesignated T4 circa 2005
BA BARSTOW, CA
BA BAY AREA (TOFC, OAKLAND, CA)
BB BLACK BUTTE MINE, WY
BC BARBOURS CUT, TX
BC BARSTOW, CA (POWER PLANT)
BC BRUSHY CREEK MINE, IL
BD BENDER, TX
BE BEAUMONT, TX
BE BELVIDERE, IL
BG BANNING MINE, UT
BG BANNING, CA
BH BIRMINGHAM, AL (NS)
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BI BIEBER, CA
BI BLUE ISLAND, IL
BK BAKERSFIELD, CA
BL BLESSING, TX
BL BLOOMINGTON, TX
BM BECKMAN, TX
BM BELLE AYR MINE, WY
BN BLOOMINGTON, IL
BO BOND, CO
BO BOONE, IA
BP BAYPORT, MN (WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT)
BP BAYPORT, TX
BP BEDFORD PARK, IL (CSX)
BQ BALDWIN, FL (CSX)BR BIEBER, CA
BR BROOKLYN YARD (PORTLAND, OR)
BR CHICAGO, IL (POWER PLANT)
BS BIG SPRING, TX
BS BLUE STREAK MERCHANDISE
BT BEAUMONT, TX
BT BLACK THUNDER MINE, WY
BU BURNHAM, IL
BU BUTLER, WI
BV BEVERLY YARD (GRANDE RAPIDS, IA)
BV BROWNSVILLE, TX
BV DES MOINES, IA (ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND)
BW BARSTOW, CA
BW BERWICK, LA
BY BAILEYTOWN, IN (POWER PLANT) (CR)
BY BEVERLY YARD (CEDAR RAPIDS, IA)
BY BYERS,CO
CA CAMEO MINE, CO
CA CASTLE, OR (POWER PLANT)
CB CARBONDALE MINE, CO
CB COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
CC CARBON COUNTY MINE, WY
CC CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
CD CLODINE, TX
CD CORA DOCK, IL (CR)
CD CORDERO MINE, WY
CE CEDER RAPIDS, IA (POWER PLANT)
CE CENTRAL CITY, NE
CE CLINE, TX
CF CLEARFIELD, UT
CF Chaffee CA
CG COAL CREEK MINE, WY
CG CRAIG, CO
CH BRC CLEARING YARD (CHICAGO, IL)
CI CHICO, TX
CI CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA
CK CHEROKEE POWER PLANT (DENVER, CO)
CK CHICKASHA, OK
CK COAL CREEK MINE, WY
CL CLINTON, IA
CL CLODINE, TX
CL COLETO CREEK POWER PLANT, TX
CM CAMEO, CO
CM CAPTAIN MINE, IL
CM COLUMBUS, NE
CM COMSTOCK MINE, UT
CN CARLIN, NV
CO COLORADOCO COLTON, CA (MAY ALSO BE CN)
CO COZARD, NE
CP CANADIAN PACIFIC (EASTPORT, ID)
CP COLUMBIA, WI (POWER PLANT)
CP CO-OP MINE, UT (ACCO SPUR)
CQ CHAPPELL, NE
CQ COCHISE POWER PLANT, AZ
CR CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
CR DETROIT EDISON, MI (CR)
CS CANAL STREET Intermodal Facility (CHICAGO, IL)
CS CASTLE GATE MINE, UT
CS Chiles Kentucky
CS NEWTON, IL
CT CAMP STANLEY, TX
CV COFFEEVILLE, KS
CV CONVERSE MINE, CO
CV CONVERSE MINE, CO
CW CALDWELL, TX
CY CHEYENNE, WY
CY CLINTON, IA (ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND)
CZ CARRIZZOZO, NM
DA ACCO SPUR MINE, UT
DA DALLAS, TX
DB BANNING MINE, UT
DB DABNEY, TX
DB DUBUQUE, IA (POWER PLANT)
DC CARBONDALE MINE, CO
DC DUNCAN, TX
DE DEMING, NM
DG DAGGETT, CA (POWER PLANT)
DG DOUGLAS, AZ
DG DRAGOON, AZ
DH DALHART, TX
DI DILLON, MT
DK DECKER MINE, WY
DK DRAKE, CO
DL DELHI, CA
DM AURORA, MN (POWER PLANT)
DM DES MOINES, IA
DN DENISON, TX
DO DOLORES YARD (LONG BEACH, CA)
DO DON, ID
DO DOWS, IA
DQ DE QUINCY, LA
DQ DUBUQUE, IA (BARGE)
DR DEL RIO, TX
DR DRAKE POWER PLANT (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO)
DS SUNNYSIDE MINE, UTDT DETROIT TERMINAL (COAL) ?
DT DITTLINGER, TX (NEW BRUNSFELS, TX)
DU DUNSMUIR, CA
DU DUPO YARD, IL
DV DENVER, CO
DY DAYTON, TX
DY DAYTONS BLUFF, MN (POWER PLANT)
EA EAGLE GROVE, MN
EB EAGLE BUTTE MINE, WY (FROM BNSF)
EB EAST BAYTOWN STORAGE, TX
EB NORTPORT, NE (BNSF)
EC EAST CABALLO MINE, WY
EC EL CENTRO, CA
EC ELM CREEK, NE
ED ASBURY, MO
ED EL DORADO, AR
ED ELMENDORF, TX
EG EAGLE GROVE, IA
EG EAGLE PASS, TX
EK EIGHTEENTH ST YARD (KANSAS CITY, KS)
EK ELKO, NV
EL EAGLE LAKE, TX
EL ELKHART, IN (CR)
EL ELMENDORF, TX
EM EAST MINNEAPOLIS, MN
EM EMPIRE MINE, CO
EN ENCINAL, TX
EN ENNIS, TX
EO ECHO, TX
EP EL PASO, TX
ER EL RENO, OK
ES EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL
ET EASTPORT, ID (CANADIAN PACIFIC )
EU EUGENE, OR
EV ELVAS, CA
EW ENGLEWOOD YARD, TX
EY EDDYVILLE, IA
EY ENERGY MINE, CO
FC FALLS CITY, NE
FC FRENCH CAMP, CA
FD FORT DODGE, IA
FE FERNLEY, NV
FG FORT GIBSON, OK (OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC POWER PLANT)
FH FOREST HILL (CHICAGO, IL)
FL FRUITLAND, IA
FN FLATONIA, TX
FO FORMOSA, TXFO FORT ORD, CA
FP FREEPORT, TX
FR FREMONT, NE
FR FRESNO, CA
FW FORT WORTH, TX
FX FAIRFAX YARD (KANSAS CITY, KS)
G1 GLOBAL #1 Intermodal Facility (Global Container Hub) CHICAGO, IL
G2 GLOBAL #2 Intermodal Facility (Global Container Hub) CHICAGO, IL
G3 GLOBAL #3 Intermodal Facility (Global Container Hub) Rochelle IL (west of
Chicago)
GA GALVESTON, TX
GB GIBBON, TX
GB GRANBY, CO
GB GREEN BAY, WI
GD GARFIELD, UT
GD GIDDINGS, TX
GD PRYOR, OK (POWER PLANT)
GF GRIFFITH, IN
GF NEW GULF, TX
GG GENTLEMAN, NE (NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER, POWER PLANT)
GH GADS HILL, MO
GI GRAND ISLAND, NE (POWER PLANT)
GJ GRAND JUNCTION, CO
GJ GRAND JUNCTION. IA
GK GALENA PARK, TX
GK GHENT, KY (POWER PLANT)
GK GOULD, KY (POWER PLANT)
GL GILLIAM, OR
GL GLIDDEN, TX
GM GEMCO (VAN NUYS, CA)
GN GOTHENBURG, NE
GO GLOBAL ONE YARD (CHICAGO, IL)
GO Gonzales CA
GP GUADALUPE, CA
GP SCHERER, GA (NS) (POWER PLANT)
GR GRANITE CITY, IL
GR GREEN RIVER, WY
GR Grover Beach CA
GS Global South @ Terminal Island CA
GT KERR YARD (ROUND ROCK , TX)
GT MONROE, LA (POWER PLANT)
GU GURDON, AR
GV GALVESTON, TX
GV GENEVA STEEL (PROVO, UT)
GY GARY, ID
HD HAMMOND, IN
HE HEARNE, TX
HF HERMOSILLO, MEX (FORD PLANT)HG HARLINGEN, TX
HI HILAND, CA
HI HAVILAND, KS
HK HINKLE, OR
HM HAMMOND, TX
HN HERINGTON, KS
HO HOUSTON, TX (ENGLEWOOD YARD)
HP HELPER, UT
HP SMITHER’S LAKE, TX (HOUSTON, TX POWER PLANT)
HS HALSTEAD, TX POWER PLANT)
HT HASTINGS, NE (POWER PLANT)
HT HUNTER, TX
HU HUTCHINSON, KS
HV HAVANA, IL (POWER PLANT)
HW HANNA, WY
HW HAWTHORNE, CA
HX HANJIN STEAMSHIP LINES
HY HAYLAND, NE
HY HAYDEN MINE, CO
IC ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
IF IDAHO FALLS, ID
IL ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
IL ILLMO, MO
IM IMX INTERMODAL TERMINAL (CHICAGO)
IM IRON MOUNTAIN, UT
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN (CR)
IN INDIO, CA
IO IONE, CA
IP INTERMOUNTAIN POWER (DELTA, UT)
IP LYNNDYYL, UT (POWER PLANT)
IP IMPERIAL, CA
IS Iron Springs Utah (Iron Ore Mine)
IT ITASCA YARD (SUPERIOR, WI)
JA JANESVILLE, WI
JA JANSEN, CO
JB Jim Bridger Power Plant northeast of Rock Springs Wyoming on Branchline from Point of
Rocks Wyoming
JB JULESBURG, CO
JC JEFFERSON CITY, MO
JK JEFFERY, KS (POWER PLANT)
JL JOLIET, IL
JN JANSEN, CO
JO JONESBORO, AR
JO JOPPA, IL (POWER PLANT)
JO ST JOESPH, MO
JR JACOBS RANCH MINE, WY
JR JAMES RIVER (PORTLAND, OR)
JU JUNCTION CITY, KSJY J YARD (LOS ANGELES, CA)
KA KAISER, CA (STEEL PLANT)
KA KALAMA, WA (GRAIN EXPORT)
KB KIMBALL, NE
KC AMSTERDAM, MO (POWER PLANT)
KC FRUITLAND, IA (POWER PLANT)
KC KANSAS CITY, KS
KC KANSAS CITY, MO (NEFF YARD)
KD KEDDIE, CA
KE KEARNEY, NE
KE KENEDY, TX
KF KLAMATH FALLS, OR
KI KINCAID BARGE LOADOUT
KK KELKER, CO
KL K-LINE STACKS (CHICAGO, IL)
KM KEMMERER, WY (On Oregon Short Line)
KN KENT, WA
KN KNIPPA, TX
KR KERR, TX
KS KANSAS CITY, KS (EIGHTEENTH STREET YARD)
KT KAISER TERMINAL, CA (COAL)
KV KINGSVILLE, TX
KY K YARD
LA LOS ANGELES, CA
LB LONG BEACH, CA
LC LAKE CHARLES, LA
LC LATC or “the shops”
LD LAREDO, TX
LD LORDSBURG, NM
LF LAFAYETTE, LA
LG LA GRANDE, OR
LH LOS ANGELES HARBOR, CA
LI LIVONIA, LA
LL LANSING BOARD OF WATER & LIGHT, LANSING, MI
LN LINCOLN, NE
LN LOS NEITOS, CA
LO LOLITA, TX
LP LONE PINE, CA
LR LITTLE ROCK, AR
LR LORDSBURG, NM
LS LOS FRESNOS, TX
LT LATHROP, CA
LT LONGVIEW, TX
LU LA DUE, MO (POWER PLANT)
LU LUFKIN, TX
LV LAS VEGAS, NV
LV LONGVIEW, WALV LOVELOCK, NV
LW LONGVIEW, TX
LX I.C.T.F LONG BEACH, CA
LX LEXINGTON, NE
MA MADISON, IA
MA MADISON, IL
MA MARSHALL, TX
MA MARATHON, IA
MA MARICOPA, AZ
MA MOAPA, NV (POWER PLANT)
MB MEDICINE BOW MINE, WY
MB MOBILE, AL (CSX)
MC MASON CITY, IA
MC MICHIGAN CITY, IN (POWER PLANT) (CR)
ME ASHBURY, MO (POWER PLANT)
ME MEDFORD, OR
ME MEMPHIS, TN
MF MEMPHIS, TN
MG MAGMA, AZ
MG MCGEHEE, AR
MG METROPOLIS, IL (BARGE)
MG MUSKOGEE, OK (FORT HOWARD PAPER CO.)
MI MILPITAS, CA
MI MINNETAC, MI
MI MITSUI STACKS
MJ MARJORIE, TX
MJ MOJAVE, CA
MK MAERSK LINES
MK MANKATO, MN
MK McKay CA (Camp Roberts)
MK Milliken CO
ML MIRA LOMA, CA
MN MARION, AR
MN MINNESOTA (TACONITE – COAL)
MN MONTCLAIR, CA
MO MOAPA, NV (NEVADA POWER )
MO MONROE, LA
MP SIBLEY, MO (POWER PLANT)
MQ MESQUITE, TX (DALLAS, TX)
MR MARSHALL, TX
MS MASON CITY, IA
MS MISSISSIPPI POWER (COAL)
MT MARSHALTOWN, IA
MT MINTURN, CO
MT MONTFORT, CO
MU MULFORD, CA
MU Murdock Utah
MU MUSKOGEE, OKMV KELLOGG, IL (KELLOGG DOCK)
MV MARYSVILLE, KS
MX MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
MX MITSUI OSK LINES (STACKS)
MY MELENDY, TX
NA NACCO JUNCTION, WY
NA NACOGDOCHES, TX
NA NAMPA, ID
NA NORTH ANTELOPE MINE, WY
NB NORTHBEND, NE
NC CORA, IL (NERCO)
ND NAGODOCHES, TX
ND NILAND, CA
NS NORFOLK, SOUTHERN
NG NOGALES, AZ
NI NEWTON, IA (IAIS)
NI New Iberia LA
NJ NAVAJO, IL (SALT RIVER PROJECT)
NK NEWARK, CA
NL NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR
NM NEARMAN, KS (POWER PLANT)
NM NEW MADRID, MO
UP Train Symbols and Destinations (4/4)
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NN NIXON POWER PLANT (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO)
NO Dumphy NV (Power Plant on former WP/SP paired track near Carlin Nevada)
NO NEW ORLEANS, LA
NO NORTH AVE YARD (CHICAGO, IL)
NP NORTH PLATTE, NE
NR NORTH ROCHELLE MINE, WY
NR NORTHPORT, NE
NS NORFOLK SOUTHERN
NV NAVASOTA, TX
NW NEWARK, AR (POWER PLANT)
NW NEWPORT, AR
NY NEW YORK, NY (CR)
NY NEY YARD, TX
OA OAKLAND, CA
OC OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
OG OGDEN JUNCTION, TX
OG OGDEN, UT
OK OAK CREEK, WI (POWER PLANT)
OK OAKRIDGE MINE, CO
OL OOLAGAH, OK (POWER PLANT)
OM OMAHA, NE (POWER PLANT)
ON ONTARIO, CA
OO ORO GRANDE, CA
OR OROVILLE, CA
OS OSKALOOSA, IA
OV CORA DOCK, ILOX OXNARD, CA
OZ OZAL YARD, MARTINEZ, CA
PA PADUCAH, KY
PA PORT ARTHUR, TX
PB PINE BLUFF, AR
PB RELIANCE MINE
PC POCATELLO, ID
PR PROSPECT POINTE MINE, WY
PD NORTH PORTLAND JUNCTION
PE PEORIA, IL
PE Pequop Nevada
PF POPLAR BLUFF, MO
PG PITTSBURG, CA
PG PORT CHICAGO, CA
PG PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANT (CASTLE OR)
PH PHIPPSBURG, CA
PI PITTSBURG, CA
PI PITTSBURG, TX
PI PITTSBURGH, PA (CR)
PL PALESTINE, TX
PL PLAINES, IL (POWER PLANT) (IC)
PM PERMANENTE CEMENT PLANT, CA
PM PULLIAM POWER PLANT (GREEN BAY, WI)
PN PLANO, TX
PN PONTIAC, IL
PN PORT ALLEN, LA
PN PLAINS, KS
PO PAONIA, CO
PO PONTIAC, IL
PO POPLAR BLUFF, MO
PO PORTOLA, CA
PP PLEASENT PRAIRIE, WI
PQ PLAQUEMINE, LA (POWER PLANT)
PR PROVISO YARD (CHICAGO, IL)
PR PROVO, UT
PR PRATT, KS
PS PARSONS, KS
PT PORTLAND, OR (BNSF RUN-THROUGHS)
PT PORTOLA, CA
PR PROVISO YARD (CHICAGO, IL)
PU PUEBLO, CO
PU PULLIAM GENERATING STATION (GREEN BAY, WI)
PV PROVO, UT
PW POWERTON, IL (POWER PLANT)
PX PHOENIX, AZ
PY PERRY, IA
RB RED BLUFF, CA
RB ROSEBUD MINE, WYRB ROSEBURG, OR
RD RODEMACHER, LA (POWER PLANT)
RE REISOR, LA
RF ROLFE, IA
RH RAWHIDE MINE, WY
RI RICHMOND, CA
RL REND LAKE MINE, IL
RL ROLLA, CA
RM Richmond California
RM ROCHELLE MINE, WY
RN RENO, NV
RN ROSENBERG, TX
RO CABALLO ROJO MINE, WY
RO ROPER YARD (SALT LAKE CITY, UT)
RO ROWLEY, UT
RR RED ROCK, OK (POWER PLANT) (BNSF)
RS ORE GRANDE, CO (RIVERSIDE CEMENT, CO)
RS RIVERSIDE, CA
RS ROCK SPRINGS, WI
RT RUSH POWER, MO (POWER PLANT)
RV RIVERSIDE, CA
RV ROSEVILLE, CA
SA SAN ANTONIO, TX
SB SANTA BARBARA, CA
SB SARGENTS BLUFF, IA (POWER PLANT)
SB SILVER BOW, MT
SB SIERRA BLANCA, TX
SC SACRAMENTO, CA
SC SALT LAKE CITY, UT
SD STAFFORD, TX
SD SUNNYSIDE, UT
SD SEDAN, NE
SE SEATTLE, WA
SF SPRINGFIELD, IL
SG SAUGET, IL
SG SCHAFER, NE
SH SHEBOYGAN, WI
SH SHREVEPORT, LA
SI SALINA, KS
SJ SAINT JOSEPH, MO
SJ SAN JOSE, CA
SK SIKESTON, MO (BARGE)
SK SKYLINE MINE, WY (COULD BE SN)
SK SPOKANE, WA
SL DUPO YARD (SAINT LOUIS, IL)
SM SALEM, IL
SM SAN MIGUEL, TX
SM SOMERSET MINE, COSM STERLING HEIGHTS, MI (CR)
SN SOUTH NEIL, IA
SN SHELTON, NE
SO STONEHAM, TX
SP LLOYD YARD (SPRING, TX)
SP SOUTH PEKIN, IL
SQ SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA SL (SQ is used for the helpers HSQSQ) SQ is the old SP
Telegraph code
SR SHARP MINE, UT (FROM UTAH)
SR STRANG YARD (LA PORTE, TX)
SR SHARON SPRINGS, KS
SS SCHERER, GA (POWER PLANT) (NS)
SS SHEFFELD, AL
SS SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN
SS SUISUN, CA
ST STOCKTON, CA
SU SUNNYSIDE MINE, UT
SU SURF, CA
SU SUNRAY, OK
SV SAVAGE, MN
SV SAVAGE MINE, UT
SV SMITHVILLE, TX
SW SWEETWATER, TX
SX SPARKS, NV
SX SIOUX CITY, IA
SY SALINAS, CA
SY SCHUYLER, NE
SZ SALT LAKE CITY, UT
TA TACOMA, WA
TA TAYLOR, TX
TA TRONA RAILROAD
TC TERROR CREEK MINE, CO
TC TEXAS CITY JUNCTION, TX
TD THE DALLES, OR
TE TEHAMA, CA
TH THORNE, NV
TH THUMEL, NE
TI TUCUMCARI, NM
TK TEXARKANA, TX
TK TURLOCK, CA
TL TECUMSEH, KS (POWER PLANT) (BNSF)
TL TOPEKA, KS
TL TULARE, CA
TM TEX-MEX RAILROAD
TN TENAHA, TX
TO TOLEDO, OH (NS) (POWER PLANT)
TP TOPEKA, KS
TR TAYLOR, TXTR TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSN. (ST LOUIS, MO)
TR TRACY, CA
TR TRAVER CA
TS CHILES, KY (IC) (POWER PLANT)
TU TURLOCK, CA
TU TUSCON, AZ
TU WINFIELD, TX (POWER PLANT)
TV TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (POWER PLANT)
TW TACOMA, WA
TX TENAHA, TX (TEXAS EASTMAN)
TX TEXARKANA, TX/AR
TY TYLER, TX
UC MOHRLAND MINE, UT (UTAH)
UE UTE POWER PLANT, CO
UF SMITHERS LAKE, TX (POWER PLANT)
UP UPTON, IL
UP WATTIS MINE, UT (UTAH)
UR URSA, LA
US HIAWATHA MINE, UT (UTAH)
US US STEEL, PA
UT UTAH MINE, UTAH
UV UVALDE, TX
UW WILDCAT MINE, UT (UTAH)
VA VALLA, CA
VB VAN BUREN, AR
VC VALLY CAMP MINE, UT (VALCAM)
VG VILLA GROVE, IL
VI VICTORIA, TX
VL VALLEY, NE
VL VALMONT POWER PLANT ?
VL VALMY, NV
VN VAUGHN, NM
VP VALLEY PARK YARD (SAVAGE, MN)
VV VICTORVILLE, CA
VY VALMY, NV (POWER PLANT)
WA Wallula WA
WA WANN, IL
WA WASH MINE (PRICE, UT)
WA WESTERN AVE YARD (SAINT PAUL, MN)
WB WHITE BLUFF, AR (POWER PLANT)
WC WEST CHICAGO, IL
WC WEST COLTON, CA
WD WOODLAND, CA
WE OELWEIN, IA
WE WEST ELK MINE, CO
WE WHEATFIELD, IN (POWER PLANT)
WF WESTFIELD, TX
WF WHEATFIELD, IN (CR) (POWER PLANT)WG WEST CHICAGO, IL
WI TUNNAL CITY, WI
WI WILLMONT
WI WINONA, MN
WJ WATSONVILLE JUNCTION, CA
WK WAUKEGAN, IL
WL WENDEL, CA
WL WEST LA BADIE, MO (POWER PLANT)
WN WELLTON, CA
WO WORTHINGTON, MN
WP Wunpost CA (Oil Cans)
WR WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (CONSOLADATED PAPER CO.)
WR WOOD RIVER, IL
WS WARM SPRINGS, CA
WT WESTON. WI (POWER PLANT)
WT WICHITA, KS
WU WAUSAU, WI
WV Westvaco Wyoming (FMC Soda Ash Mine/Processing Complex and the center of
the Soda Ash gathering operations for Union Pacific)
WV WOOLEY VALLEY MINE, UT
WW WESTWEGO, LA
WY WYODAK, WY
YC YARD CENTER (CHICAGO, IL)
YR YERMO, CA
YU YUMA, AZ
ZI ZEIGLER MINE, IL
Conclusion
I hope this helps with some BNSF and UP Scenario builders trying to make their scenarios more realsitic!
~ACB