It Doesn’t Look Like a GP30 From This Angle!

Built in March 1963 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30 1257. The Santa Fe later renumbered it to ATSF 3257 and, later still... (more)

A BNSF Railway freight has arrived off the BNSF Hastings Sub behind Dash 8-40B 8610 (ex-ATSF 7420) and "GP39-2R" 2751 (ex-Burlington Northern "GP39E" 2761, ex-Norfolk Southern ... (more)

Approaching the end of the BNSF Railway's Akron Sub is eastbound freight H-DENLIN1-12A. This 70-car freight originated in Denver, Colorado, and is heading for Lincoln, Nebraska, behind BNSF ES44D... (more)

In a railroad world dominated by GE wide-nosed six-axle power for the past 35 or so years, it is always nice to encounter something a bit different. I was stoked to find GP30s and SD40-2s as loca... (more)

Having returned to McCook Yard for the day, BNSF Railway "GP39-3" 2548 (built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in March 1963 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30 1221, which was l... (more)

Rolling to a stop just a mile or so after its crew change because, apparently, they forgot to stock more water on this hot afternoon, is BNSF "High Priority Merchandise" train H-KCKDEN1-... (more)

Laying over for the weekend in McCook Yard are a pair of diesels – BNSF SD40-2 1958 and "GP39-3" (ex-GP30) 2548 – which handle duties on locals between here and Brush, Colorado. This SD40-2 w... (more)

Heading east 9 hours 4 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak 6, the California Zephyr heading from Emeryville Ca to Chicago IL, approaches McCook NE on a blistering hot morning. Thirty-one-year-... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s of varied heritage sit in McCook Yard, cooling their wheels over the weekend until called to duty in local service once again on Monday. BNSF Railway 1600 was built by EMD as At... (more)

BNSF Railway Unit Train U-WGNKRF0-04 makes a stop for a crew change in McCook, the point at which the Railway's Akron Sub changes to the Hastings Sub. BNSF ES44AC 5850 and Norfolk Southern AC44C6... (more)

Burlington Northern GP20 2047 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Chicago Burlington & Quincy 911 in February 1961. When the CB&Q merged with Great Northern, Northern Pacific a... (more)

Late in the day, with their work done, a pair of power sets for locals have tied up for the day. Closest to us are BNSF GP39-2 2732 (ex-BN 2732) and GP38-2 2317 (ex-BN 2317, née-SLSF 462) and, o... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 6331 rolled out of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's plant in McCook, Illinois, in February 1972. (McCook, Nebraska – August 5, 1985)

Departing after a crew change (at the brick station in the distance, to the left of the radio antenna), BNSF railway loaded unit train C-GJCTPH-009 heads east on the Hastings Sub (with also begins... (more)

Local power lays over at the BNSF Railway’s McCook Yard. BNSF SD40-2 1653 is the former BNSF 7056, originally Burlington Northern 7056. ON the adjacent track is BNSF GP39-3R 2697 (ex-BNSF GP35... (more)