BNSF Railway (BNSF) 6347 - EMD SD40-2

BNSF Yard Denver

BNSF Yard Denver

After BNSF discontinued a unit stationed in Colorado Springs, They now run one local from Denver to all the industries on the Joint Line, and return. I actually like this better, as for this reason, Great power.

The snow started falling the night before, so I knew it would be a good day to go shoot some trains. Here is the BNSF Big Lift Local. There used to be a local working out of Colorado Springs but they consolidated it. Maybe when traffic picks up again they will return the Colorado Springs Local.

BNSF Line Denver

BNSF Line Denver

BNSF 6943 + 6347 + 6826 (SD 40-2)

With the snow covered bluffs in the background, the H-GFDBRC departs La Crosse

A real clean ex-ATSF SD40-2 leads the H-GFDBRC out La Crosse

NS 15N

NS 15N

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=216966&nseq=0 ................................................. The Perfect day, cold weather, snow hitting the camera hard, and wind. Interesting story to go along with this picture. The BNSF stack train had full clearence and all greens to Flag Staff. I was origionally standing at the 9'th street grade crossing, and I see the train. I heard what I thought was another horn and turned around to find out it was only an echo. As I am looking back, I see the signal change from green to red. The train is then put into Emergency. As soon as the train passed me, it changed back to a green, but the engineers were to close to see that. The train was in emergency for a good 10 minutes. It didn't stop over the diomand, but because it was stopped past the signal, the UP mainfest could not pass.

Former Santa Fe engine passing through Panhandle, Texas.

Eastbound% just west of Conneaut.

Eastbound mixed freighŽ approaches Conneaut

Two ex-Santa Fe SD40-2s, the 6336 and 6347, bracket ex-Burlington Northern SD40-2 7830 on a long westbound train at Milepost 215.