This is why I love the Joint Line! When you are lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, you can catch a northbound and a southbound in the same frame. In this shot, a southbound coal load is approaching on the left as an empty darts north over to the right.
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The former Santa Fe "Yellow Bonnets" are definitely becoming less and less common. While I don't dislike BNSF's New Image scheme, I was always very fond of Santa Fe's paint jobs. Here, a Yellow Bonnet SD40-2 sits with a Heritage I SD40-2 near the house in Denver.
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Ten years ago you could count on finding SD70MACs on BNSF's coal train on the Joint Line. While the SD70MACs certainly haven't disappeared completed, ES44ACs and SD70ACes have become far more prevalent. Here, a northbound (about to turn eastbound) coal empty is pulling through the yard.
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A trio of SD40-2's, all of which have been renumbered and two of which have been rebuilt, are being wyed at the engine facility in Denver.
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An interesting combo for yard switching, this former GP30 and an SD40-2 are on the Salt Mine job. I'm quite fond of the matching New Image schemes.
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As more and more older units undergo rebuilds, they are also receiving repaints! This former GP30 (which is now a GP39-2 "under the hood") looks pretty sharp in its New Image scheme.
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A very colorful consist leads up BNSF's daily Kansas City to Denver manifest. Among the three BNSF C44-9Ws is a CSX AC4400CW and a Hollis & Eastern GP10!
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Definitely a good morning for interesting power in the BNSF yard in Denver! Internally, this is now an SD40-2...however, externally, it still looks exactly like the SD45-2 that it was built as over thirty years ago.
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BNSF 2745 was once a GP30 but it has since been rebuilt. Note the fact that the middle radiator fan is missing. It is now a GP39-2R. And, it is paired up with a GP28M.
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A rebuilt GP39-2M (which looks like a GP30) is paired up with a GP39-2 to work on some switching in the yard.
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I have been reading that BNSF has been getting rid of their GP30s (or, former/rebuilt GP30s, as the case may be). However, this former GP30 is looking pretty sharp in the New Image scheme. It is a GP30 in appearance only. It has in fact been rebuilt into a GP39-2M.
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Some of BNSF SD70MACs will be coming up on 20 years of service soon. These work horses have spent the majority of their tenure in coal service and seem to have worked really well.
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I certainly prefer "action" shots to "roster" shots, but I think it's also good to get some roster shots of the current power roaming the rails!
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It's actually been several months since I went down to the yards, but it seems I picked the right Sunday to do so! Check out this string of classic EMD power sitting near the house.
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As a blade train wraps around the fill in Westminster, commuters work to get through the construction on Wadsworth Blvd. The road has been under construction for a couple months as CDOT works to repave the road, changing it from asphalt to concrete in the process.
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