BNSF Kaiser Yard, Etiwanda, and Cucamonga Rare BNSF Action! 4/1/2022

Today I went to BNSF Kaiser Yard in Fontana to see some of the switching that takes place there. I found the BNSF Pasadena Road Switcher on one side of the yard with BNSF 169 on point and got it switching some loads with a caboose and shoving platform in the mix. After that they got some cars to switch out two industries, Honeyville, and Frito Lay, on their respective Honevill Industrial Lead and Frito Lay Industrial Lead in Rancho Cucamonga. Normally these two industries get switched out at night by the 3rd Kaiser Roadswitcher, however due to a crew shortage for that train, the BNSF Pasadena Road Switcher was tasked with making a rare daylight run to them.

With a very friendly crew today (several viewers), I saw them switch in all three places, as well as making some runbys at CP Rochester and Etiwanda where they ran the power around the train. I also caught two EB Metrolink trains as well, and the BNSF Kaiser Hauler departing the yard which I tagged onto the end of the video.

Thanks to everyone on the trains today, it was very fun chasing it as always! I hope you enjoyed and thanks for watching!

Train #1: BNSF R-CAL0031-01I (BNSF Pasadena Road Switcher)
Head End:
BNSF 169~GP60
BNSF 117~GP60M-3
BNSF 131~GP60M-3

Train #2: Metrolink M312
Consist:
SCAX 916~F125
SCAX 267~BTC-5 Coach
SCAX 203~Gen 3 Coach
SCAX 196~Gen 3 Coach
SCAX 153~Gen 1 Coach (Bike Car)
SCAX 663~CTC-5 Cabcar

Train #3: Metrolink M314
Locomotive:
SCAX 915~F125

Train #4: BNSF L-CAL0121-01T (BNSF Kaiser Hauler)
Head End:
BNSF 5974~ES44AC
BNSF 8241~ES44C4
BNSF 4031~C44-9W
BNSF 4361~C44-9W
BNSF 7715~ES44DC
BNSF 6677~ES44C4