Western Railroad Discussion > Some Snow Yesterday

I had sometime to kill yesterday so I decided to turn on the scanner hoping to hear something. With luck, BNSF had called an extra Longmont Switcher to make a run up to Fort Collins. Seen here are three SD40-2s (BNSF 1933, 1791, and 1966) racing out of Longmont, CO with a cut of cars bound for the Great Western Railway.

Thanks for looking and Happy Veterans Day!

John Crisanti
Longmont, CO

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IMHO best locomotives ever made. Thanks for the pics...

FrontRangeTrains Wrote:
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> I had sometime to kill yesterday so I decided to
> turn on the scanner hoping to hear something. With
> luck, BNSF had called an extra Longmont Switcher
> to make a run up to Fort Collins. Seen here are
> three SD40-2s (BNSF 1933, 1791, and 1966) racing
> out of Longmont, CO with a cut of cars bound for
> the Great Western Railway.
>
> Thanks for looking and Happy Veterans Day!

Great photo John. Definitely Christmas card material. And I concur with the gentleman's comment that the SD40-2's were the best. When we would get called for trains the SD40-2's would out perform any GE. As for the heavy grain trains a pair of SD40-2's with a U30C made the best for tonnage hauling with the GE for assisting with starts and the SD's for speed running and train handling.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Uh Bob, that's why BN assigned U30/C30's to the coal trains? Cause the SD40's were better???

SD40-2's were far and away MY favorite power ever. BN probably used GE's because they were cheaper.
JB