Then and Now. BNSF 8586 (SD70ACe) and BNSF 2745 (GP39E) were built 52 years apart. 2745 was built in 1962 as a GP30 for the CB&Q, and 8586 was built in 2014. Any bets on which one will survive ... (more)
BNSF 8586 (SD70ACe) and mate wait in the Denver Yard for a loaded coal to pass and will lash on the back as helper units for the run over the Palmer Divide south of Greenland, Colorado.
BNSF 8586 has reached more gentle grades after climbing Whitetail Hill north of Caballo Jct., Wyoming with this loaded coal train. It will shortly reach Donkey Cr. Jct and the end of the Orin Sub.... (more)
BNSF 8586 heads east (south) through Alma, WI with a manifest freight train as a barge prepares to work its way through the lock and dam on the Mississippi River.