With rumors flying around of this one of a kind paint scheme being covered up, I figured my chances of seeing it were dashed. Even when it was planned to come through again, it would be in the we... (more)
The one and only Barf Bonnet leads an Alma empty through Frazee after sunset. The Barf Bonnet is scheduled to be repainted into Heritage 3 (Swoosh) sometime in the very near future.
An eastbound coal train is about to crossover at CTC Connett enroute to Galesburg. This train has just crossed the Mississippi River at Burlington, IA, and is now on the Illinois side of the river... (more)
RON THUR photo from my collection
BNSF 9647 & 9151 have just pulled these empties from DTE Railcar and are heading west.
BNSF 9647, BNSF 8239 and NS 9581 pass the southbound signal at PD as they take the east leg of the wye into Port Reading Yard.
The last time BNSF 9647 a.k.a. the ""Vomit Bonnet" showed up on RP.net, the year was 2009 and it was making its rounds in Wisconsin and Minnesota on CP. Now it's 2011 and the one-of-a-kind SD70MAC... (more)
The BNSF 9647 leads another MAC on empty coal train that is nearing the Mississippi River Bridge and the crossing from Illinois to Iowa at Burlington, IA. The 9647 was the first locomotive to bear... (more)
The one of kind painted BNSF 9647 leads NS 168 west as it leans into a curve departing Huntingburg Indiana.
A famous or infamous BNSF unit leads coal loads into Superior as stormy skies move out.
This one of a kind is looking good!
The one of kind painted BNSF SD70MAC 9647 leads NS 168 west into Princeton Indiana.
One of a kind engine leading a empty Big Brown coal.
The infamous Vomit Bonnet works as a DPU on a NB coal train in to Denver.
The barf bonnet leads empties toward the Powder River Basin at the west end of Willard as Q383 gets a recrew in the upper left of the frame.