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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. BNSF FAN

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    A pair of Santa Fe geeps working the yard in Birmingham AL. June 2008 IMG_8672.JPG
     
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    BNSF's done a nice job of prettying that old locomotive up, eh? Look, it's even got air conditioning!

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  3. Kurt Moose

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    Interesting, look at the front numberboard area, it sticks out so far. I've never seen that on any other BNSF loco.o_O
     
  4. MaxDaemon

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    Yea, it's kind of an odd duck. I wonder if it's something to do with the air conditioning? Or possibly that little .. um .. "catwalk" thing up there? Maybe it's a place to stand to direct the training or some such?

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    Interesting, the GP25 is apparently a downrated GP50, 2500hp. Looks like all of them that have been rebuilt have air conditioning, or at least the several pictures I saw. None of them seem to have that odd overhang though, so I expect that is something to do with the hazmat training.
     
  6. r_i_straw

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    Stuffed and mounted, in Smithville, Texas.
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  7. BNSF FAN

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    Here's another stuffed and mounted. Gallup NM July 2017

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    Flynn Yard, Oklahoma City.
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    Shreveport LA - July 2017
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    But wait, there's more......KCS that is. ;) March 8, 2017 in Wharton, Texas.
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    Third Street crossing in Rosenberg. February 28, 2016.
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    Eastbound at Gallup NM - July 2017
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    Another from my b&w days, with B&O GP-40-2 No. 4226 at East Lansing, MI on former C&O in the fall of 1976 I think. The line being crossed is the GTW.

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    From June 23, 1975 is C&NW F No. 425 leading a commuter train westbound at Mt. Prospect, IL.

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  15. gjslsffan

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    Great photos. Very sharp and clear images sure wish we hadn't loss all these RRs to the mega mergers.
     
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    Great shots. Would have loved to have been able to see the Chicago area commuter scene back then. So much variety.
     
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    Some slightly newer Chicagoland commuter power. Next to the former Soo Line yard in Bensenville - May 2010
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  18. Hardcoaler

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    Thanks much Tom and BNSF FAN. I wish I'd have captured more photos at the time, but I was a teen with no car and no money. I'm so glad that these photos were saved.
     
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    Nice! I like the look of the F40PH, a sort of modern F. A friend and I stopped at Bensenville in February 1976 where I shot almost new MP15ACs 480 and 485.

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  20. BNSF FAN

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    Yet another classic and fantastic photo.
     
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