Original uses of GP60Ms

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On June 16, 1990, Santa Fe Railway GP60M No. 114 leads a westbound intermodal train near Ethel, Mo. These locomotives were originally purchased for intermodal service and have since been transitioned by the railroad to switching duties. Tom Danneman Q I’m a fan of BNSF Railway and have seen their ex-Santa Fe GP60Ms used in […]

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Whatever happened to the Santa Fe?

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Railroads included in this map: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Arizona & California; Arizona Central; Blackwell Northern; BNSF Railway; Cimarron Valley; Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Farmrail; Fort Worth & Western; Grand Canyon; Garden City Western; Heart of Texas; Kansas City Southern; Kansas & Oklahoma; Midland; Panhandle Northern; Pacific Sun; Rail Runner Express; Metrolink; Coaster/Sprinter; Santa […]

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Color coordination

  A loaded crude oil train with BNSF Railway power passes a line of matching orange trees on Norfolk Southern’s Chicago Line near Otis, Ind., on Oct. 20, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]

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BNSF Nebraska double-tracking photo gallery NEWSWIRE

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FULL SCREEN Darrell Wendt A westbound empty skirts by onto single track after coming off the double main at Pleasant Dale, Neb. (MP 14.6). FULL SCREEN Darrell Wendt Tree removal and grading have started at MP 15 of BNSF’s “Ravenna Sub”, just west of Pleasant Dale, Neb. A private contractor is clearing land and building up the right-of-way to […]

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BNSF restores dome-observation car to business fleet service NEWSWIRE

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BNSF Railway recently restored former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy lounge-buffet-dome-observation car Silver Veranda as the Canyon View for its business car fleet. Canyon View was once the observation car for the Denver Zephyr. Dennis Stern TOPEKA, Kan. — BNSF Railway’s business fleet now features a newly restored dome observation car. BNSF No. 35, Canyon View […]

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