BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) runs from the yard in Longmont, Colorado to the depot which is located in the downtown area.

A pair of Geeps runs light in order to get on the end of a waiting string of boxcars at the Broomfield Siding on the Front Range Sub.

A pair of BNSF Geeps take the siding at Broomfield, Colorado before heading back to Burns Junction.

A gaggle of Geeps gather in the BNSF engine servicing facility as they wait for assignments.

Nocturnal Run Home
December nocturne return home for the crew of the Buckwheat. The last glow of a vibrant December sunset glint softly from the doors of the EMD steel.

Buckwheat Dressed in Sunset
Just past sundown the Longmont local on duty at 1100 is returning home through Broomfield, CO. A real classic GP39-3 BNSF 2548 is riding shotgun.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) gets ready to run a string of oil cans from the terminal in Hudson, Colorado to the Commerce City refineries.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads a short oil can train from Hudson and will drop off the cars at an oil refinery in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads an oil can train through West Tonville as it heads to Commerce City.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads a small oil can train through the signals at west Barr Lake on the Brush Sub. It will take the cars to one of the refineries located in Commerce City, Colorado.

BNSF 2548 (GP39-3) leads a cut of oil cans from Hudson to Commerce City, Colorado on the Brush Sub.

A pair of BNSF GP39-3's work the oil can terminal in Hudson, Colorado. After assembling a train they will take the cars to the refinery in Commerce City, Colorado.

A fresh looking 53 year old BNSF 2548, a former ATSF Bluebonnet GP35, sits in a small BNSF yard on the east side of Longmont, Colorado.

Lots of local power rests in the yard at Hastings, NE, as the McCook-Kansas City switches in the background. The GP35/GP38 combo came in from McCook in the afternoon, the GP40X/B40-8W combo came i... (more)