After delivering their train to the Arizona & California Railroad at Castle Hot Springs, the Phoenix based local heads back to Mobest Yard light just after sunrise. The freshly painted power on t... (more)
The 101 job switches customers west of Mobest Yard in Phoenix.
The 203 job arrives back at Mobest in the late evening with an ex-ATSF SD40-2 and ex-BN GP39-2 for power.
Fronted by an ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Yellowbonnet, a line of power waits to be broken up, including the NS 1073 (Norfolk Southern's Penn Central heritage unit) which came into the yard on ... (more)
A bluebonnet SD40-2 leads a power set into the engine terminal in Galesburg.
BNSF SD40-2 1621 rolls past Galesburg,Illinois's Amtrak station.
The best leader of the ABA set returns to Galesburg after a run to drop a train on the Mendota sub to free room in the yard.
In the day and age where SD40-2's are being retired at a good rate, and with fewer and fewer bluebonnet's being left over, seeing one lead a train in 2011 reminds of better days.
