Remarks: As the second significant early season snow storm is spitting its final few flakes along the front range, UP 1988 leads a Denver, CO - Dalhart, TX special just south of Monument. More info at Front Range Railfanning.
Remarks: Remember when seeing an ex-BN SD40-2 leading a train seemed routine and kinda dull? Well, the times they have changed because shots like this are rare if not impossible anymore. Snaking stacks roll east through Lake Park.
Remarks: More than a month before BNSF would roster its first SD70ACe, the original BNSF 9284 and two sister SD60s lead an Ardoch coal empty off the Glasston sub. Less than four years later, the ACe would multiply in numbers, eventually pushing the SD60M into the 8100-series on BNSF's roster. With the SD60M falling prey and being parked during the recent economic downturn, it's still a mystery if shots like this will ever be possible again. More info at Grand Forks Railfanning.
