Rebuilds right out of the paint booth

When the railroaders said "Hot Rail" I didn't know this was what they meant.....

BNSF 521's Warbonnet paint still looks fairly good after all these years, albeit a little sunburnt.

Warbonnet 517 (B40-8W) gets ready to take the local out of the BNSF yard in Longmont, Colorado.

Warbonnet 521 (B40-8W) waits at the Longmont Depot for orders.

Late in the evening after the lights have come on, power from a BNSF local arrives at the engine facility. Not long before this, an intense downpour engulfed the entire yard.

Native Colors: Class locomotive No. 500 of Santa Fe's fleet of Dash8-40BWs mated with a BN SD40-2 have a roll on 92 cars in the Heartland. Fuji Velvia.

BNSF L-CHI101-25 the Streator Turn has has arrive after making morning run to Streator, IL , to Galesburg. Now the crew is making a shove move back into the fuel rack lead at the BNSF Galesburg E... (more)

A pair of ATSF B40-8Ws lead L-CHI102 West under the Cantilever.

An ATSF B40-8W and C44-9W lead the L-CHI102 West under the ATSF cantilever.

Not the exact power I was hoping for but none the less. I still got a shot I've wanted for a while. This was my first time getting to shoot the ATSF Cantalievers in Verona, IL. Hope to get a warbo... (more)

For several years following the great western mergers of the 90s just about anything could show up as power. Out here on the Transcon, it was always best to have a warbonnet or blue and yellow in ... (more)

It was a good day - not only was there two B40-8W's working the Longmont turn, one of them was a fairly fresh looking Warbonnet

It's heritage day at the Longmont Depot as a pair of Executives and a Warbonnet wait for orders.