It is Old School days at the BNSF engine facility in downtown Denver as three Burlington Northern Cascade Green units and a former AT&SF Blue Bonnet wait for servicing or assignments.

BNSF 2745 (GP39E) in original Cascade Green paint, leads the local back from Hudson, Colorado after picking up a load of oil cans for Denver.

The sun begins to rise over a pair of veteran EMD's waiting for a crew. BNSF GP39E #2745 started life in 1962 as CB&Q GP30 #964. The second unit, BNSF GP50 #3192, started life in 1981 as ATSF #383... (more)

BNSF 2749 (ex-Burlington Northern GP39E) sits at the historic depot in Longmont, Colorado.

BNSF 2749 (GP39E) runs through the trees at Lyons, Colorado.

BNSF 2749 (GP-39E) runs from Lyons, Colorado to Longmont with a short cut of hoppers.

The eastbound 431 local led by BNSF 2745 & 2625 returning to Aurora.

Westbound local power returning to Aurora light. BNSF 2745 is the trailing unit. Ex-BN 2236 & 2241 < nee CB&Q 959 & 964.

A westbound Burlington Northern detour heads west on Chicago & North Western’s Adams line in Wisconsin. On the afternoon of June 25, 1993, BN GP39E No. 2766 leads two GE cabless B30-7ABs leads t... (more)

The local is switching an industry. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Westbound BNSF local at Enid, OK.

3 Geeps sit adjacent to the sand tower at Willmar.

After the HLCX in the consist having a bad brake shoe and requiring a quick fix, BNSF 2740, a rebuilt GP39E still wearing its Burlington Northern colors shoves L-CHI105 at the last bit of golden h... (more)

On a crystal clear evening, BNSFs famed 105 local rockets out of Streator with an ABA set of EMDs, with the leader being a former Burlington Northern GP30.

Kicking off September with some Cascade Green on the Transcon, as a late L-CHI105 thunders over the Des Planes River with GP39E 2740, H1 GP60B 334 and H4 SD40-2 1680.