BNSF is not retiring all their Dash 9s! Some have gone to G&W railroads! Good video! • Well now, I went to Illinois and Iowa to catch CP 2816 returning from Mexico in June/July with my great friend "Mazon!" We saw CP 2816 working at Silvis, IL Railroading Heritage of Midwest America shops! During the shop tour we saw ex BNSF/ATSF B40-8W # 537! This engine is being restored to fresh ATSF "Warbonnet" colors which is amazing! WOW, I cannot wait for this to happen! We to Galesburg, IL for 2024 "Railroad Days!" Did the "VIP" bus tour. My first time to Galesburg since 2005. Saw many "Warbonnets" here. Some were switching and more sitting in the yard! Probably at least 10 "Warbonnets" seen! All of these are C44-9Ws, many with RCO! Also I saw a couple H1 C44-9Ws sitting on a side track during the tour! Even BNSF "Genset" # 1256 now retired! There is always good variety at Galesburg! Good to find SD40-2B # 302 switching the hump in BN green paint! At the yard by the shops was BNSF SD40-2 # 1790 in BN "Cascade Green!" Wow! BNSF has been around longer than BN even existed! I saw an ex ATSF B40-8W in BNSF H2 paint sitting. Even a GP60B in BNSF H1! Hey, displayed at the Amtrak station was BNSF "Warbonnet" C44-9W # 720! What do you think of these? Sure they were built for BNSF in 1997, but sure look nice! Santa Fe ordered these before the official merging which is why they were delivered in these colors. Even the nose had "Santa Fe" lettering! Amazing BNSF did not have a newer engine on display like usual. Also, the 700 series GEs colors look better. They are only three years newer than the others, but look much better. Even better than the 600 series did at the same age. Maybe GE used better paint here. Also when I was 11 years old in 1994 I rode the Amtrak Southwest Chief between Chicago and Flagstaff, AZ. That was cool to ride the rails of ATSF while it still existed! My late Dad (RCJ I) was reading an article about BN and ATSF merging! I was amazed at that! Glad I rode this train! The official combination of ATSF and BN was December 31, 1996.
good stuff
Thanks David!
Nice Tornado Sirens
Yeah, not the first time that has happened to me.
Nice Galesburg action.
Thank you Steven!
@@jefftoft5568 You are welcome.
you got some great videos, the ex GMTX, heritage 1, BN executive paint
Thanks!
Cobra says: 👍97 Greetings from Porto - Portugal!!
Greetings from Iowa!
Tanks Brasil 😎😎😎😎 locomotives BNSF 👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
10a.m. first tues. of the month. haha
Got to love testing the sirens while your filming.
Are bnsf retiring their dash 9s ?
Very good possibility with revenue down.
BNSF is not retiring all their Dash 9s! Some have gone to G&W railroads! Good video! • Well now, I went to Illinois and Iowa to catch CP 2816 returning from Mexico in June/July with my great friend "Mazon!" We saw CP 2816 working at Silvis, IL Railroading Heritage of Midwest America shops! During the shop tour we saw ex BNSF/ATSF B40-8W # 537! This engine is being restored to fresh ATSF "Warbonnet" colors which is amazing! WOW, I cannot wait for this to happen! We to Galesburg, IL for 2024 "Railroad Days!" Did the "VIP" bus tour. My first time to Galesburg since 2005. Saw many "Warbonnets" here. Some were switching and more sitting in the yard! Probably at least 10 "Warbonnets" seen! All of these are C44-9Ws, many with RCO! Also I saw a couple H1 C44-9Ws sitting on a side track during the tour! Even BNSF "Genset" # 1256 now retired! There is always good variety at Galesburg! Good to find SD40-2B # 302 switching the hump in BN green paint! At the yard by the shops was BNSF SD40-2 # 1790 in BN "Cascade Green!" Wow! BNSF has been around longer than BN even existed! I saw an ex ATSF B40-8W in BNSF H2 paint sitting. Even a GP60B in BNSF H1! Hey, displayed at the Amtrak station was BNSF "Warbonnet" C44-9W # 720! What do you think of these? Sure they were built for BNSF in 1997, but sure look nice! Santa Fe ordered these before the official merging which is why they were delivered in these colors. Even the nose had "Santa Fe" lettering! Amazing BNSF did not have a newer engine on display like usual. Also, the 700 series GEs colors look better. They are only three years newer than the others, but look much better. Even better than the 600 series did at the same age. Maybe GE used better paint here. Also when I was 11 years old in 1994 I rode the Amtrak Southwest Chief between Chicago and Flagstaff, AZ. That was cool to ride the rails of ATSF while it still existed! My late Dad (RCJ I) was reading an article about BN and ATSF merging! I was amazed at that! Glad I rode this train! The official combination of ATSF and BN was December 31, 1996.
• RJ
It’s Amazing how many Units are in Storage around the Country because of “Precision Railroading” and Other related and unrelated reasons. 👎
COVID-19 would be another big one.