A trio of BNSF GEs lead a westbound manifest at the Blue Mountain Road grade crossing. The second unit is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "Goat Boat". The "goat" portion of the term comes first from the Great Northern Railway, a predecessor of BNSF (and Burlington Northern). The Great Northern used a goat in its logo and had a paint scheme very similar to the "Heritage" paint scheme worn by this second unit. The "boat" portion of the term comes from the old reference to GE units as "U-Boats".
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