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Viewing Album:  BNSF Intermodal & Logistics park
 
By:Greg Elder
Dates:7/27/2013 - 7/27/2013
Album Info:The BNSF Inter-modal & Logistics Park is scheduled to open this fall (2013) after 10 years of planning and development. Located at Gardner, KS, the total project covers 1200 acres, 430 of which are track and switches. The 2 mile long facility will have 5 electric cranes rising 9 stories tall and spanning 253 feet of tracks and service roads capable of straddling 6 trains at once. With 80 men operating each crane, they can unload 1000 containers per day. One of the tenants, DeLong Co., will fill empty containers with grain for a reverse trip to the west coast for export.
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East Entrance
Title:  East Entrance
Description:  East entrance to the new BNSF Intemodal park. Track has been laid, but ballast is not yet installed.
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 5:44:14 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
5 cranes
Title:  5 cranes
Description:  Assembly and testing of the 5 new electric cranes at the BNSF Intermodal Park.
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 5:47:18 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
West Entrance
Title:  West Entrance
Description:  The west entrance to the BNSF Intermodal park. Note the wood ties under the switch, but concrete ties elsewhere. Also, the track is ballasted after the rails are laid. Seems backward to me.
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 5:50:04 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  141   Comments: 0
Track sections
Title:  Track sections
Description:  Track sections waiting to be installed. They all have concrete ties, but they don't all have a full compliment of ties. Note also the section of track that has ballast beneath it that has been compacted with a roller. Now, that makes sense!
Photo Date:  7/27/2013  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 5:53:29 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Lift cables
Title:  Lift cables
Description:  BNSF crane showing the cables attached to the lift mechanism.
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 6:44:47 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Line of cranes
Title:  Line of cranes
Description:  The 2 mile siding with 5 electric lift cranes.
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 6:29:37 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  123   Comments: 1
End crane
Title:  End crane
Description:  The end crane along the 2 mile siding of the BNSF intermodal terminal.
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 6:32:20 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
BNSF Intermodal
Title:  BNSF Intermodal
Description:  Lift for JB Hunt
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 12:10:32 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
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Views:  267   Comments: 1
Sign
Title:  Sign
Description:  Entrance sign
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 12:12:37 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  148   Comments: 0
BNSF Intermodal
Title:  BNSF Intermodal
Description:  Like a scene right out of Star Wars. The massive BNSF Intermodal crane seems to be walking across the Kansas cornfield.
Photo Date:  12/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 12:25:36 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter,Action
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
Container traffic
Title:  Container traffic
Description:  Constant loading and unloading of containers at LPKC
Photo Date:  4/18/2014  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 8:59:42 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
ITSX 7914
Title:  ITSX 7914
Description:  ITSX 7914 switcher working the BNSF LPKC intermodal facility.
Photo Date:  4/18/2014  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 9:01:00 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  ITSX 7914(SD40-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
Tire change
Title:  Tire change
Description:  Repairing damaged/worn truck under trailer train flat car.
Photo Date:  4/18/2014  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 9:02:37 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
Bottom lift
Title:  Bottom lift
Description:  There are 2 kinds of lifts at the BNSF intermodal park in Gardner, top lift for containers and bottom lift for trailers. The long black arms are for bottom lifts.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/1/2015 8:29:42 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Trailer lift
Title:  Trailer lift
Description:  Here a Yellow Freight trailer is picked up by the long black arms.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/1/2015 8:31:51 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
Forklifts
Title:  Forklifts
Description:  Despite all the lifting power of the tower cranes, portable forklifts are still required.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/2/2015 12:59:46 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
Container lift
Title:  Container lift
Description:  Unloading containers at the BNSF Intermodal Park.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/2/2015 1:01:32 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
Container carry
Title:  Container carry
Description:  The operator of the crane must hoist the container to the top in order to carry it forward or backward.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/2/2015 1:02:07 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  108   Comments: 0
Tandem lift
Title:  Tandem lift
Description:  Crane 0ne & Two lift identical containers at the same time, JB Hunt Intermodal.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 1/2/2015 1:02:39 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Bridge expansion
Title:  Bridge expansion
Description:  Expansion continues at the BNSF Intermodal Park. Here a new overpass will free up 3 tracks at a grade crossing.
Photo Date:  9/27/2015  Upload Date: 10/15/2015 2:22:38 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  133   Comments: 0
BNSF crane
Title:  BNSF crane
Description:  Number one crane at BNSF Intermodal center at Gardner, KS
Photo Date:  9/27/2015  Upload Date: 10/15/2015 2:25:41 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Bridge overpass
Title:  Bridge overpass
Description:  When completed, this bridge will eliminate one grade crossing with 3 tracks.
Photo Date:  9/27/2015  Upload Date: 10/15/2015 2:23:58 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Dollie surplus
Title:  Dollie surplus
Description:  The parking area for excess container dollies.
Photo Date:  9/27/2015  Upload Date: 10/15/2015 2:26:57 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Snow delay
Title:  Snow delay
Description:  Bridge construction is halted due to inclement weather.
Photo Date:  1/10/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 1:58:37 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
JB Hunt stacks
Title:  JB Hunt stacks
Description:  JB Hunt empty containers held on the industrail park site.
Photo Date:  1/10/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 2:00:06 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Bridge construction
Title:  Bridge construction
Description:  South side of bridge under construction at BNSF Intermodal Park.
Photo Date:  1/10/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 2:01:16 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
Construction continues
Title:  Construction continues
Description:  Road construction and site improvements are going on continually. Here a new access road is under construction.
Photo Date:  1/10/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 2:03:11 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Winter,Yard
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Lift cranes
Title:  Lift cranes
Description:  From the new overpass
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 7/17/2016 12:59:51 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
Down the alley
Title:  Down the alley
Description:  From the overpass before the fence obstruction is installed.
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 7/17/2016 1:01:03 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
Warehouse continued
Title:  Warehouse continued
Description:  Warehouse expansion continues nonstop at the Gardner-Edgerton Intermodal warehouse park.
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 7/17/2016 1:04:59 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories: 
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Views:  40   Comments: 0
New warehouse
Title:  New warehouse
Description:  There has been millions of square feet of warehouse space added to the Logistic Park.
Photo Date:  6/26/2016  Upload Date: 7/17/2016 1:03:27 PM
Location:  Gardner, KS
Author:  Greg Elder
Categories: 
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Views:  58   Comments: 0

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