A 27 unit BNSF power move from Alliance is rolling just east of Sterling, NE on the St. Joseph Sub. The train is DP'ed 2x1 moving 24 Dash9's which are to be returned to service at Topeka Shop. Tha... (more)
After work yesterday, and before meeting a colleague for dinner, I had a little time to kill, so I took a side trip to BNSF’s yard in Eola, Illinois. I saw what I thought was a pair of leasers w... (more)
BNSF H3 and smurf geeps sit at GM yard in Hodgkins.
BNSF GP60 198 is unique on the railway - it is the only engine in a solid red paint scheme. Built by EMD in May 1990 as Texas Mexican 869. TM sold it to Helm Leasing (as HLCX 7700), and Helm, in... (more)
19th Street Switcher, BNSF Train Y KCM1911 20 drops down out of BNSF Murray Yard through Old Union Depot onto the KCT looking not much different than it did in the 80's and 90's.
Locomotives... (more)
It's four axle mania! BNSF Train L NEB6911 29I, the Spring Hill Local is returning to BNSF Murray Yard at The Gooseneck with a ton of Geeps, and even a switch engine. Included in this consist are ... (more)
19th Street Yard Job, BNSF Train Y KCM1911 04I, drags through 12th Street as it arrives at its namesake yard behind a pair of recently relettered SW1500's. That's right, these are both GN units n... (more)
RailPower Gensets are now a common sight on UP's Proviso hump jobs, as are the SD40's these units were rebuilt from. UPY 889 (ex-UP SD40-2 3359) and UPY 888 (ex-UP SD40-2 3331) work the hump on a ... (more)
Ex-MILW,SOO, GMTX Smurf leads the St. Cloud roadswitch into Becker with coal loads and boxcar empties for the industries in town.
Wearing reporting marks of the former Great Northern. This recently repainted BNSF switcher now spends it's days in Vancouver. The former BN paint can be seen underneath the radiator grill.
A vintage BN SW1500 switcher that's nearing 46 years old after having been delivered to the Frisco in 1969 takes a breather from shoving cars around and enjoys the calm before a midday storm.
Rush hour begins in Duluth and a BNSF transfer job heads south parrallel to I35.
A pair of BNSF SW1500's shove north of 25th St. heading for the former Frisco 19th Street Yard in Kansas City's West Bottoms.
BNSF's Aurora Local works a spur track in the late afternoon with smurf painted 2043 leading.
Running west in the sweet evening light, Y JOL202 sports BN and BNSF Geeps at the front and ATSF and BNSF (Smurf) Geeps at the rear. A nice surprise!
