L CHI102 makes its shove move into Joliet Yard with a trio of Santa Fe Warbonnets. Along the old Santa Fe main, these old veterans have no doubt made quite a few trips through Joliet in the past!

L CHI102 makes its way west through Romeoville behind a trio of Santa Fe Warbonnets.

On a sunny afternoon in Verona, L CHI102 heads west under the classic searchlights with a trio of Santa Fe Warbonnets and a pair of BNSF Geeps. The searchlights are on borrowed time as work has be... (more)

When the railroaders said "Hot Rail" I didn't know this was what they meant.....

At dusk on a summer evening in Galesburg, IL, BNSF's engine facility is filled with a fleet of locomotives.

There's been a decent run of traffic on this spring morning and BNSF's version of a "short, fast train" comes dropping down the grade off the Arizona Divide behind one of those wild earl... (more)

I miss seeing the SD75M Warbonnets running through the Denver Yard.

Near the end of its career, Santa Fe Warbonnet F45 #92 goes solo with a short intermodal. This locomotive is now at the Illinois Railroad Museum.

A pair of ATSF B40-8Ws lead L-CHI102 West under the Cantilever.

An ATSF B40-8W and C44-9W lead the L-CHI102 West under the ATSF cantilever.

A trio of former Santa Fe Geeps leads a Q-train through Streator, IL. Tom Golden photo.

For several years following the great western mergers of the 90s just about anything could show up as power. Out here on the Transcon, it was always best to have a warbonnet or blue and yellow in ... (more)

It was a good day - not only was there two B40-8W's working the Longmont turn, one of them was a fairly fresh looking Warbonnet

Well after sundown, BNSF 716 South stops in the siding short of a road crossing in Thackerville, OK. His conductor is peering around the lead unit to see if he can spot the westbound the dispatche... (more)

The travelers on the morning California Zephyr get two treats - a faded Dash 9 Warbonnet waiting in the BNSF engine yard and the Rocky Mountains.