BNSF Railway (BNSF) 685 - GE C44-9W

Believe this is the L-CHI663 local out of Galesburg, arriving in Burlington to do some work.

A side shot of the classic late 90s duo. A local crew would grab this power later in the evening to use, but I was long gone by that point.

So, with that, it was back into Burlington proper to get the shot I had planned on all day; a downtown scene amongst all the brick buildings. Things were quiet which allowed me to quick check out the BNSF power. Three different paint schemes were sitting in the yard, one of which was a very worn Warbonnet Dash 9.

In the yard at Burlington IA

BNSF 685 Still in faded Santa Fe Paint Trails an Eastbound Port Stack Through Fullerton on track 3 crossing over to track 2

2 Santa Fe dash9's live on in 2024.

Faded warbonnet working the Cargill plant at Eddyville.

The hallowed cigar band still says "Santa Fe" on this Santa Fe veteran.

Tied Down at Rana A Westbound BNSF Manifest Train waits with both Ex Santa Fe Warbonnet 685 and Ex Santa Fe Yellowbonnet GP60 169 Trailing the Lashup. Rare Sight these days

BNSF's former Santa Fe C44-9W 685 was resplendent in its <I>SUPERFLEET</I> paint scheme as it, and the BNSF C44-9W 5460, were waiting for a grain train to be unloaded along the Canadian National at Reserve, Louisiana.

Preparing to depart as the Abilene-Newton

BNSF 4394, CN 8815, BNSF 685, BNSF 7117 roll south out of Elsberry, Mo. on the BNSF Hannibal Sub. with their freight train in tow as the sun has ended my photo opportunities.

BNSF 685

A pair of Santa Fe Warbonnets lead a westbound BNSF manifest.

An ATSF war bonnet leads ATSF 604,CSX 8734 and CSX 5242

And while we're in Hammond, K690 comes off the State Line diamonds. What a lovely face.

BNSF 685 and BNSF 604, both in full ATSF paint, lead K657 south towards Leipsic and Lima on the Toledo Subdivision.

BNSF!685 - Since these Warbonnets are becoming harder to catch, I chased it down just before Foley, Mo. The quality is kind of rough but I figured this is the last shot I was ever going to get of a Warbonnet.

BNSF 685 - When the voice on the scanner said BNSF 685....my friend and I almost fell over. The yinal train of the night was a warbonnet and on the lead! I thought these!all ended up in storage about a month ago? Thankfully BNSF missed one.

BNSF train V_PTLLPC (Logistics Park, IL) Joliet rolls past the Forest Grove golf course.

Trailing in the lead power on the eastbound M STOBAR1 09.

Eastbound stacktrain coming in for a crew change.

685 leads a westbound NS train through Whiting, IN.

How long will the warbonet scheme last...

Apparently someone isn't a fan of warbonets!