Yeah, they're dragging out everything that's in storage. Been seeing alot of weird stuff-yesterday alone, 3 CP rail units alone on a Z-train, then 2 CN units as sole power on a baretable, plus everything else you'll normally see on the BNSF. Reminds me of the 90's when everything was mis-mashed together after the merger!
Talking with friends on the BNSF, they are hurting for power. The new non-maintenance program is proving to be problematic, at best. Lots of stored 70MAC's are being fired up, and some of the older stored -9's. Maybe they will figure it out, but probably not. Got the 777 the other day. Solo powering on a smoky day,
Crossing the Sunset Route in Rosenberg back in November 2006. They added a pony to the hitch to pull the load.