One of the more uniquely painted BNSF power units was BNSF 2043 (GP38-2). This engine started life in 1971 as a GP38 for the Penn Central Railroad, then worked for Conrail and then GATX before be... (more)

BNSF's Aurora Local works a spur track in the late afternoon with smurf painted 2043 leading.

Fresh out of Denver, a BNSF "smurf" leads the Hudson Turn on July 20, 2013. The train has just dimmed its ditchlights for a meet.

A lone ex GATX Locomotive Group GP38-2 now patched for BNSF rolls along the Lyons Branch at the authorized track speed of 10 MPH as they pass by farm fields and houses. The unit is headed to Lyons... (more)

It's a pleasant evening here in Hygiene, Colorado as the Longmont Turn led by a lone Smurf GP38-2 rolls along the 10 MPH jointed rail next to Sunset Pond on the old CB&Q Lyons Branch.

With Penn Central and Conrail Heritage, this ex GMTX GP38-2 patched for BNSF trundles along the jointed rail at 10 MPH through the small town on Hygiene on their way to the Cemex Plant at Medberry... (more)

The BNSF 'blue light special' - 2043, sporting a limited blue swoosh scheme, is caught waiting to enter the BNSF engine shop for servicing.

BNSF 2043 (GP38-2), acquired from GMTX and still in the ‘smurf’ blue paint scheme, waits alone in the BNSF Engine shop yard in Denver.