What is happening to me? I get so excited now watching the BNSF mainline, trackside. The mainline has been there within 5 minutes of driving ever since I was BORN! Sometimes before the real heat hit this year I rode my bike quite far (for excercise of course) and the mainline was my final goal. I have a blast watching all the consists from 5pm to 6:30 (and if you wait until 7:30, you get to see the shiny Amtrak Southwest Cheif with double or triple head Genesis locos).
What I need to know is what the head-end power is classified now??. Those shiny diesels with the "lightning" style livery of BNSF in orange I don't believe are no longer nicknamed "Dash 8s" but I'm not sure. Some of the newer engines have ACxxxx on the side of the loco. Tower 55 and Kato I think puts out these models and I plan to purchase some, but I really need to know what is still in service on the main.
Some point me to some references for all the newer engines....thankxxx!!.
Regards,
Thomas P. Metzger
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
There's a whole bunch of BNSF info here (plus many other lines!).
http://alstom.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=ggg