Western Railroad Discussion > Snowy Santa Fe Friday

1. The H-DENLAU roars through the Fort Collins Colorado NOrth Yard...Hudson Bay 6526 gives them a roll by...
2-3. BNSF 1802 on the local, I am at a street crossing and they are going backwards away from me switching...

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One more going away shot...

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Nice,

I do have one question. I saw two 1800 or (maybe) 1700 series engines coming off
a branch line to the Boron plant last Wednesday (west of Barstow, CA) and I'm wondering if these
are SD40-2's or what, since the BNSF is renumbering engines like crazy.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

TopCat

TopCat Wrote:
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> Nice,
>
> I do have one question. I saw two 1800 or (maybe)
> 1700 series engines coming off
> a branch line to the Boron plant last Wednesday
> (west of Barstow, CA) and I'm wondering if these
> are SD40-2's or what, since the BNSF is
> renumbering engines like crazy.
> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TopCat

They weren't 1500 class rebuilt SD45-2's were they?

KC

I believe all the now #1800 series are ex-SD40-2's. I don't think there are any SD45-2's left, that haven't been converted to 3000 HP.