BNSF 2810

The conductor of Amtrak #27 guides the shove into the station.

The conductor of Amtrak #27 guides the shove into the station.

BNSF 2810 waits to start the day's work next to the Vancouver Amtrak station.

BNSF 2810 waits to start the day's work next to the Vancouver Amtrak station.

BNSF 2810 waits to start the day's work next to the Vancouver Amtrak station.

Ken Church photo

Ex Santa Fe GP39-2 2949 & BNSF H1 GP39M 2810 round the Tehachapi Loop on a Southbound BNSF Manifest at Sunset

BNSF 2810

BNSF 2810

BNSF 2298

BNSF 2298 waits for the block in the morning

(Big thanks to Sir Robert Garton for the power correction!)

BN 2810 was built as Chicago & Eastern Illinois #239. After rebuilding, it is classified as a "GP39-2R". It powers the "Longmont Switch" at Highland.

BNSF 6603 in the power corral with BNSF 1599 - BNSF 2810 sitting below the inspection pit roof as the rain increases in intensity with any significant resemblance of light having long dissipated by this 4:40PM shot.

BNSF 7534 - BNSF 4357 with BNSF 2810 immediately to the pairs backend looking up into the service/maintenance/top-off station area as morning breaks through Vancouver on the last day of Daylight Savings Time up our way, plunging us into darkness, it would seem, most of the time.

BNSF locos switch a cut of cars at Mormon Yard. BNSF 2810 is a rebuilt GP30.

BNSF 2810 working the switch-yard bottle-neck while northbound BNSF 4956 pusher shoots up the main under stormy conditions.

BNSF 2810 switching out on the Clark County local stub to Brush Prairie off the BNSF main along Lake Shore Drive. BN 12216 and TILX 270634 back protecting the main while BNSF 405912 covered hopper is slid into position for later pick-up by the local power.

Cojductor withe a belt pack [radio control] making a coupling

Sticker on 2810 reads REMOTE CONTROL E]UIPMENT

BNSF 2810 on sort duty tugging along SOO 14208 covered hopper (which is demonstrating "over-weathering techniques along with lower vandalism).

CSX 7852 meeting up and passing into service track while BNSF 2810 waits to get back into the sort yard.

BNSF 4576 passing BNSF 2810 as both come out from under the 39th Street overpass separating the north sorting yard from the service & sort yards to the south (which blend into the Vancouver Amtrak Station and wye) all to the left of the frame. The waiting CSX in the yard to the north / right just outside of the frame.

BNSF 2810 in yard duty sorting on the flat classification yard in Vancouver, WA under the long shadows of a setting sun finally burning off the clouds as a last hurrah after a day of rain.

BNSF 563331 northbound center beam framing BNSF 2810 doing switching duty behind it across the at-grade crossing on the east end of the Vancouver Station area on a foggy Christmas Eve.

BNSF 2810 remote control switching engine (DCC with walk-around throttle) in Vancouver yards.