BNSF 3012

You'd never know this was a former Santa Fe yard from this shot.

BNSF 7617 brings a westbound manifest over the top of the grade from Belen past Dalies, junction with the old passenger main via Raton Pass, where several classic Santa Fe cantilevers still stand with their ornate metal framework and right-side display alluding to the era of long boilers or geep-style cabs. So many of these aesthetically appealing cantilevers have fallen that their once ubiquitous presence about the system is now a matter of the unique and of almost quaint reflection upon a different era when each railroad had its individual character and style.

BNSF #3012 on the head of the local on the BNSF Cuba Sub making a run west of Cuba, MO.

BNSF #3012 on the head of the local on the BNSF Cuba Sub making a run west of Cuba, MO.

BNSF #3012 on the head of the local on the BNSF Cuba Sub making a run west of Cuba, MO.

The local on the BNSF Cuba Sub making a run west of Cuba, MO.

The BNSF Cuba Turn takes the main at Cuba, MO, to proceed East to St. Louis.

BNSF GP38-2 #2026 is the lead unit on the Cuba Turn, stopped in Cuba, MO for some switching.

The BNSF Cuba Turn, with BNSF #2026 and #3012 for power, is stopped in the Cuba, MO yard.

BNSF #2026/#3012, the power or the Cuba Turn, back down to the rest of the train in the Cuba, MO yard.

BNSF GP38-2 #2026 and GP40M #3012 are the power for the Cuba Turn today, seen here in the Cuba, MO yard.

A switchman throws a switch so the Cuba Turn can back down to the rest of its train in the Cuba, MO yard.

The Cuba Turn, having just picked up ATSF covered hopper #311864 from the Georgia Pacific plant in town, is in the Cuba, MO yard.

BNSF #3012 and #2026 head west into the sunset on the BNSF Cuba sub., with two cars in tow. MP 89

BNSF #3012 and #2026 head west into the sunset on the BNSF Cuba sub., with two cars in tow. MP 89

BNSF #3012 and #2026 head west into the sunset on the BNSF Cuba sub., with two cars in tow. MP 89

BNSF #3012 and #2026 approach MP 89 headed West on the BNSF Cuba sub., with two cars in tow.

BNSF GP 40-M 3012 St. Louis September 1, 2004