Western Railroad Discussion > Santa Fe GP60M #135 Warbonnet In Boise, Idaho Today

I posted on these engines a few days ago after seeing them hiding under the Kings Road overpass in Nampa, Idaho last weekend.
I couldn't get a shot Sunday due to poor lighting, then I went back Monday and couldn't find them.
By sheer luck, I walked out of a meeting this morning near the Boise local track and heard a train.
When I turned around to look, the same three engines I saw in Nampa last weekend were trundling eastward, headed for MPI on the other side of Boise.
I gave chase, easily outrunning the train, and got the following shots.
#1 - Boise Local with two BNSF pumpkins and the rare Santa Fe (BNSF) GP60M #135 original Warbonnet trailing.
#2 - Going away shot with the three MPI-bound engines trailing.
#3 - Santa Fe GP60M Warbonnet on the tail end of the Boise local.
This has to be a very rare catch with a Santa Fe GP60M Warbonnet in original (good!) paint in UP territory in Boise, Idaho! 

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Nice paint condition on the war bonnet, even the BNSF is fairly small.  Great catch.

Bruce Stikkers
St. Joseph, IL

    To MPI for what ??

Nice catch on the Warbonnet, it sure looks good.

Nathan

Posted from iPhone

Thanks for posting that interesting consist. Don't see Boise locals too often either.

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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>     To MPI for what ??

PTC equipment installation.  There have been a number of posts about this already.

What was powering the local on the other end?  I can just barely see it in photo 2, it doesn't look like Boise Valley blue.

philhoov Wrote:
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> I posted on these engines a few days ago after
> seeing them hiding under the Kings Road overpass
> in Nampa, Idaho last weekend.
> I couldn't get a shot Sunday due to poor lighting,
> then I went back Monday and couldn't find them.
> By sheer luck, I walked out of a meeting this
> morning near the Boise local track and heard a
> train.
> When I turned around to look, the same three
> engines I saw in Nampa last weekend were trundling
> eastward, headed for MPI on the other side of
> Boise.
> I gave chase, easily outrunning the train, and got
> the following shots.
> #1 - Boise Local with two BNSF pumpkins and the
> rare Santa Fe (BNSF) GP60M #135 original Warbonnet
> trailing.
> #2 - Going away shot with the three MPI-bound
> engines trailing.
> #3 - Santa Fe GP60M Warbonnet on the tail end of
> the Boise local.
> This has to be a very rare catch with a Santa Fe
> GP60M Warbonnet in original (good!) paint in UP
> territory in Boise, Idaho! 

Here's a shot of today's power.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/15 20:59 by philhoov.

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