Along with BNSF 1776, BNSF painted a second ES44AH and numbered it 2026. In 1976, for the bicentennial, many railroads painted two units in red, white, and blue and numbered them 1776 and 1976.
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A few miles east of Berea, BNSF 1776 leads with BNSF 3336 on a westbound journey on the Butte Sub west of Alliance.
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BNSF 1776 leads a mix of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe passenger equipment. The train is headed west on Main 1. It will need to meet a coal load at Berea, where two main tracks drop to a single track, so it is not moving at track speed.
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BNSF setup their Employee Appreciate Special in a push-pull configuration. BNSF 2026 is bringing up the rear for the trip west on the Butte Sub to Crawford Hill. It will be the leader for the trip back east to Alliance.
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At West Alliance, a BNSF Officer's Special is rolling west (geographically north) toward the BNSF Butte Sub and Crawford Hill.
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In my opinion, BNSF designed a really classy paint scheme to apply to BNSF 1776. Railroads created special schemes for a few units to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976, so it was cool to see them do the same thing for the semiquincentennial in 2026.
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BNSF 1776 sports a special paint scheme for the 250th Anniversary of the United States. It, along with BNSF 3336, are on the west end of an Employee Appreciation special. The train is departing Alliance toward the Butte Sub for a 9am trip to Crawford Hill.
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For the 250th Anniversary of the United States, railroads are applying special, commemorative paint schemes to one or two units, similar to what they did in 1976. One of BNSF's units is an ES44AH, #2026. It is seen here as part of an Employee Appreciate Special on Track 101 in Alliance, NE.
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An SD70ACe and an ES44AC are currently serving as power for a local that runs out of Bridgeport, NE. It is a Sunday morning, so the local will not be running today.
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An eastbound Q-Train is stopped at the Sterling Yard Office for a recrew. Denver-based crews take trains as far as Sterling. An Alliance-based crew then gets on board to take the train north on the Angora Sub. A pair of Boeing 737 fuselages are on the train this morning.
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Just minutes before the sun dipped behind the mountains, the last bit of sunlight lights up the side of this eastbound BNSF Q-train, including three Boeing 737 fuselages.
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This eastbound BNSF Q-train finally has a green signal to depart the siding of Tonville eastbound. The last bit of direct sunlight lights up the six units leading this eastbound BNSF Q-train under some beautiful, stormy clouds.
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Some dramatic evening storm clouds are lit as the sun breaks through the clouds to the west, illuminating three Boeing fuselages on this Q-train at Tonville. The first fuselage is a 737-9 MAX and the second two are 737-8 MAXs. They are headed to final assembly at Renton in Seattle.
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A pair of Canadian Pacific units (an ES44AC and a AC4400CWM) are on this eastbound BNSF Q-train, stopping in the siding at Tonville. The CP paint scheme is, of course, one that will be disappearing in the months and years to come after the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, creating CPKC.
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Sunset is not far off as BNSF's Z-train streaks by two Boeing fuselages that are currently in the siding at Tonville. Once the Z-train, which is clipping along at 50+ MPH, clears the east switch, the Q-train will get a light to proceed east.
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