An ex-Santa Fe SD40-2 and a late-phase Soo Line GP38-2.

BNSF6951GB_191005

UPGRADED TO INTERMODAL trailing unit status for the day, Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD40-2 BNSF 6951 was still proudly displaying its excellent Santa Fe blue and yellow Warbonnet scheme as it pounded through Saginaw, Texas, on October 19th, 2005, in company with Dash 9-44CW BNSF 5130. Silver trucks may be one of the most impractible paint scheme additions for freight railroads, but they always look good.

SOO4451GB_081002

One of the final order of just two locomotives, SOO 4451 could be found partnered with sister GP38-2 SOO 4424 at Madison, Wisconsin, on October 8th, 2002. Being delivered in 1983, this batch sports angled ‘laundry chute’ blower duct, a straight sill and quiet or ‘Q’ fans, giving it an overall more modern (at least for 1983) appearance. Despite the faded billboard SOO lettering, this is a Canadian Pacific unit.