In what could be a scene from decades past, an ex-Santa Fe SD40-2 gets ready to set out some cars at a building materials business in Golden, Colorado.

BNSF Bluebonnet 1638 (SD40-2) heads to the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.

A pair of Bluebonnets head towards the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.

Matching Bluebonnets work the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.

BNSF 1638 (SD40-2) passes through Terrell Junction as it leads a load of wood cars to a client in Golden, Colorado.

BNSF 1638 (SD40-2) leads a matching Bluebonnet towards the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.

A matched set of Bluebonnets head to the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado where they will tie down for the night.

BNSF 1638 (SD40-2) drops off a cut of lumber cars at a business in Golden, Colorado.

The BNSF dispatched a treat on July 4th, which was a pair of Bluebonnets working the Golden local. Great to see these two together carrying the Santa Fe livery.

BNSF 1638 still in Santa Fe paint leads a westbound local.

The snow is starting to pile up as BNSF bluebonnet 1638 (SD40-2) and other engines wait for orders at the downtown servicing facility in Denver, Colorado.

Perhaps BNSF 1638 is known as a yard mule at Donkey Creek Yard on the Black Hills Subdivision near Rozet, Wyoming.

Santa Fe in the Pacific NorthWest. Ex ATSF 5098 brings up the rear of the Roy Turn. A few mile south at Nisqually, the train will reverse directions and take the old NP Prairie line up to about ... (more)