BNSF Railway (BNSF) 708 - GE C44-9W

After hastily making my way west in hopes of catching up to the bonnets, I eventually ended up with this golden hour shot west of Wellington.

The prized fakebonnet duo gets blocked by the Q-SBDCHI. Had I been at my usual spot a mile away, they wouldn’t have gotten blocked. Things would work out in the end, though!

Second unit leading an eastbound 3-bay covered hopper grain train

A closeup of the nose of BNSF 708, albeit with the Santa Fe on the front, leading an intermodal with a fellow Warbonnet and a leaser. Date and location approximate.

BNSF D9-44CW flies through Littleton, CO with a G-GATKSH and a Warbonnet in tow.

BNSF 708- 8266- 738, on the WP Feather River Route at James, California. August 3, 1999. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

Leading an empty westbound 115 car 3-bay covered hopper grain unit train

My son got to check out BNSF 708 up close while we were out railfanning

H-NTWGAL1-29A at Alma.

Empty taconite train U-MADALL0-29T.

BNSF 708 trails on NS 14R

BNSF 708 South about to enter Tunnel 3 near Bealville, Ca in December of 2000.

BNSF 4148 leads a westbound manifest through Rochelle.

BNSF 513-(?) - UP 3849(?)- BNSF 708 - BNSF 1828 - BNSF 1406 in a cool color combination where unfortunately I was two minutes too late packing the new camera (meaning clarity of image optional! Nope - still not making progress with this darn Sony poor-excuse-for-a-camera... if anyone from Sony would like to contact me, Id be happy to discuss things and let them prove to me Im doing something wrong - because my partially broken Canon SX260 is still out-shooting the Sony hands down for image quality). Power shuffle headed north and away from the lens... sniff.

BNSF 708 three-of-five (war bonnet) quickly accelerating north under yellow in a fruit basket of color headed out of Vancouver under dark and gloomy skies... and rain... when its not trying to snow.

BNSF 708 trails on an NS 14R

NS 2775 leads an NS 14R

BNSF 708