A colorful cast of characters fill the engine tracks at BNSF's Galesburg Yard. At first glance, one can easily make out warbonnets, bluebonnets and other schemes from NS, CSX and KCS.
Cool power, man! An EMD from 3 decades ago leads a slightly newer wide cab EMD sister, on a January 2009 edition of the Warm Springs Local over the Alameda Creek, moments after pounding the... (more)
H1 painted GP30 rebuild idles at a high rpm keeping warm.
One of the highlights on my trip to Illinois was seeing this nice ex-ATSF GP30 in BNSF's yard at Rochelle.
BNSF 2421 rests on a Saturday morning in the small yard at Ardmore, OK. The beautifully restored depot in the background plays host to Amtrak's daily Heartland Flyer train between Oklahoma ... (more)
Back from a trip out the Redlands Branch, Santa Fe's first GP30 waits out the evening forty-six years to the month after its builder's date.
Sitting on the south side of the plant waiting for a crew.
Heading up the BNSF Pasadena Sub Local on this Friday afternoon is BNSF 2436, an ex-Santa Fe GP30u, about to duck under the Foothill Freeway in Glendora on its return trip to Kaiser Yard in Fontan... (more)
An empty Santa Fe - UP coal train is led by a venerable GP30 over Tehachapi Creek just beyond the east switch of Woodford.
A GP30/GP35 combo work in the ATSF yard at Pueblo.
BNSF East local from La Crosse, WI - Savanna, IL heads east through La Crosse with a rare engine leading.