Warbonnet BNSF 4705 (Dash9) gets ready to enter Tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado.

Warbonnet 4705 passes some of the last searchlight signals still in operation in Denver. From this spot it is only minutes from the Denver Yard, where it will drop off the freight cars and get re... (more)

Warbonnet BNSF 4705 (Dash9) leads three other BNSF Pumpkins in an elephant formation as they drop down from Tunnel #1 and head into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

BNSF Warbonnet 4705 (Dash9) leans into the curve in Coal Creek Canyon as it heads towards Blue Mountain. Notice the replacement door with the different size font.

After running down the Moffat line BNSF 4705 leads three other engines and a short freight under the signal tower at Federal Boulevard prior to entering the home stretch into Denver, Colorado.

It is rare to see a Warbonnet leading a train these days and it was extra special to be able to get BNSF 4705 leading the PROVO train through the Moffat Tunnel District. Here it emerges from Tunn... (more)

Storming Warbonnet in the Brush

Classic Knickerbocker Red and Yellow with a touch of Native American legend storms the remains of the Moffat Sub for Denver.

Warbonnet Leader at Plainview in 2021

Eastbound HPVODEN1 was especially short today and with a most unusual visitor, first time in many years I’ve had the rare privilege ... (more)

On a chilly, windy afternoon in Crozier Canyon, BNSF 4705, and three other GE locomotives, grind away at the 1.42% grade as they lug 7,100' of Chinese products to a distribution center in Alliance... (more)

BNSF train S-LPCLHG1-08 arrived at Esperanza (milepost 35.6 on the San Bernardino Sub) at 5:56 pm (17:56) the previous evening, having originated in Chicago’s Logistics Park. And it was still t... (more)

S-LPCSCO3 passes the grain elevator at Verdemont behind a warbonnet leader.

A warbonnet Dash 9 leads an over 13,000 ft stack train down Cajon Pass.

A long extra LPCSCO heads down Cajon Pass with a warbonnet Dash 9 leader.

A nice surprise in the form of a warbonnet leader brings an over 13,000 foot, 15,000 ton S-LPCSCO3 down Cajon Pass. With 4 units up front and 3 in the middle, this massive consist was still able t... (more)

A Logistics Park to Terminal Island stack train heads under the searchlights in Highgrove as they near their destination with a rare (for SoCal) warbonnet painted leader.