Chasing The VERY LAST of Santa Fe's Superfleet B40-8W's!
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2023
- In todays video, we go galivanting all over the Midwest, following ATSF 552 and 554, two of the very last B40-8W's still in their original paint.
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I can't believe that 50 year old geeps are still going but Dash 8's that came out in the early 90's are almost gone
It’s because EMD overbuilt their locomotives, and the 50yr old SD’s and Geeps are inherently simpler than the Dash-8’s, so there’s less stuff that can fail.
I was conductor on a CSX train years ago and I asked the Old Head Engineer which engine he liked best.
He said a B40-8, he said it wouldn't quit loading. I liked any thing GE and I liked the soft ride also of the B40-8, that's all we had then of the modern GE's.
Interesting, that’s the first I’ve heard of someone on the railroad liking Dash-8’s. I’m sure they handled a lot better when they were new.
That highway shot was the best. Clouds in the back, pieces of history in front.
I think BNSF should paint some heritage locomotives with Santa Fe paint schemes.
BNSF has dozens and dozens of locomotives in Santa Fe blue and yellow, and in BN green. It's only the warbonnet paint that's rare.
@@beeble2003ain’t it the other way around cuz I never see the Santa fe blue or BN green but I always see at least one warbonnet most every time I’m railfanning
@@TheArizonaRailfan Must just be how it is in your area. I'm pretty sure there are a lot more blues and greens on the network as a whole than warbonnets, but they're mostly Geeps and SD40s, so they're not going to travel far from home.
@@beeble2003 I live right along the Phoenix sub and see the occasional Warbonnet tugging along behind an H2 or H3, but never a Freightbonnet, or H1/H4 for that matter. I did see a pair of BN green SD40-2s once in Glendale, that's about it.
Up here in Minnesota, there are two warbonnet that have been coupled together for over a year now working various different locals and road freights in the Twin Cities area. BNSF 558 and 542
I see 511 also operating regularly out of the Dilworth yard and into Fargo
I've caught them many times coming through Little Falls.
Fyi, BNSF Chicago division conductor here, engine 554 is currently being used as yard power in Eola/Aurora yard. I was on it a couple of times last week.
I was very fortunate to catch 3 B40-8Ws in recent years: BNSF #539, BNSF #529, and ex-AOK #578 (BNSF #578) in Belen, NM and El Paso, TX. I also caught some AZER B39-8 and B40-8s in Lordsburg, NM.
Back in late April of this year, I had the honor of seeing 552 on BNSF H-GALTUL. I knew they were rare, but I didn’t know how rare they became now. Gonna be sad when they disappear
W BNSF for redoing the lettering on 552 instead on repainting it into H4, 11:39 btw this was the same lash up on MCHIGAL on august 12th, it had an SD75I as well which hardly ever come to Chicago so I’m glad I caught it
Love the Santa Fe content... However being from central Massachusetts originally I would like to thank you for the Providence and Worcester shot at the end... Stay safe, Tim
Providence and Worcester has some former ATSF B40-8Ws of the former superfleet out here they have no longer atsf paint but they are still kickin here today and look quite good in p&ws brown white and orange
Perfectly Timed Shot going under the Train Bridge was an Understatement. Great Job and Thanks for Sharing. 👍🙏
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!
If you come up to Minnesota , there is a train that operates and uses two ATSF -8W that are in the video
I’ve seen them twice. They’re a beauty.
@@BNSF8500yt they usually stay out on the hinckley , and not the lakes sadly , but they have once in like 727272171727383 years
@@MinnesotaRailProductions I’ve only seen them at BNSF Northtown yard
I have video from February and I am going to upload it today
@@RLKRAILTIES alright tell me when you upload it
BNSF 549 still wears Santa Fe colors. Its been sitting at Murray Yard in North Kansas City, Missouri for a few years now. I don't think it'll see service again in Santa Fe colors if even.
I hope to one day catch a glimpse of an ATSF B40-8W before they're gone for good. They're nowhere near where I live (SD75I's and SD75M's dominate this area), and the ones that reside where I grew up are all painted H3.
Great video. Thanks! I'm glad someone took the time to capture the Dash-8s before they're gone.
It’s still kinda of a letdown BNSF retired all the C40-8Ws back in 2014, and most of which are still in storage rotting away to an uncertain fate. (likely scrap) we need one of those preserved, but I’m satisfied they donated 537 which is a big win!
I was about to ask why they only partially repainted 552 when they could have just done the whole thing, until I quickly remembered it wasn’t necessary. I do know 524 is gonna be scrapped eventually, although I thought 555 was already gone considering how rough it looks now.
RRHMA Silvis Illinois has B40-8W 537 running again, they still needs donations to have the engine repainted from BNSF Heritage 2 into ATSF Warbonnet.
@@zacharycalgher3978 Let's hope those donations pull though. :) After all... it would be an even more amazing win for die hard Santa Fe fans such as myself. X3
First comment in awhile but..i’ve come to say a B40-8W has been preserved! BNSF 537. It’s in H2 but will thankfully be repainted back into ATSF colors. So thank goodness one has been preserved.
I see every one of those in Los Angeles.
Those are some great shots! I’ve never seen a Warbonnet dash 8 or 9 before, but I do remember spotting a BNSF own fakebonnet pass by TVRM earlier this spring. I believe it was 736. Even still, I’d to see a Warbonnet in service one day, and whatever of the dash 8s still in service for that matter, who knows.
wow great video man. its sad ill never see a warbonnet dash 8 before they go away. I always wanted to see one for my grandpa. he never saw them but wanted to really bad
The Sd60M horn at 2:49,That echo is just so awesome.
The SD60 and SD60M will always be my favorite locomotive from EMD, along with the SD70MAC's.
Yet another Incredibly Interesting and Not Covered Subject. You’re Right about Not Many exist in Operation most of which on Short(er) Regular Runs. Thanks! 👍🙏
Two of these, 558 (Fake Bonnet) and 542 (War Bonnet), are MU’d together without any other additional power and are regularly running between the Twin Cities and Superior. Would be a great catch for your videos if your in the area.
Very nice video! Here in Washington State, we used to have two Dash 8s, but were retired in the late 2010s. They were BNSF 505 (B40-8W) and my favorite BNSF 563 (B40-8) with an awesome RS3L.
I never got to catch 563 on any turn jobs out of Everett, I’m disappointed by that.
Sadly yeah, its in the Northtown deadline now. @@seankaiser2505
Bit of a bummer, I think my dad and I saw them up north in the state before they were retired.
The send set 560-583 weren't even supposed to be built even. Santa Fe wanted B40-8B units like they'd gotten with the 60Ms and 60Bs however GE stated that they'd be able to get 23 more wide cab units for what they're looking to spend just for the first 8 booster units. So they canceled all the booster units and grabbed 23 more cab units. The second group even had the gullwing style of cab roof like the C40-8Ws they got for the York coal mine service.
Omg, B40-8B's would have been so cool!
Being close to West Quincy, Missouri and railfan the man Ive seen 552 many times!
I just love seeing it and look for it! Takes me back to those days of that paint scheme!!
Thanks for the vid
I have seen 777, and 700 and a few other dash 8 here in California with the old war bonnet and still showing them proudly
for those wondering:
555 is still in galveston, went and saw it awhile ago, you can climb right in it.
That's nice. I say the 555 deserves honorary BOI status then.
@willoughby1888 yeah, if anyone lives in the galveston area, this is probably ur last chance EVER to go in a santa fe dash 8's cab.
@@eccotheorca7745 I wish I could buy her and turn her into my apartment! I love Galveston, was born at St. Mary's even! I've been back there many times, too, but haven't lived there since '94.
"Maine" said to say "Hello" for it.
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Around 2 months ago i was trying to find old trains on google maps and at BNSF Galesburg Yard i saw bn sf 555
What a good time it had
We still have a few remaining Santa Fe Warbonnets West of Downtown St. Louis at the BNSF Lindenwood Yard located in Shrewsbury, MO. 👍
As a CN/Via/GO railfan, I caught a Dash 8 once, at Oshawa GO I caught a former UP C40-8, seeing these old units get put in storage and scrapped is pretty bad, railroads should rebuild the Dash 8 like they are doing with the Dash 9.
Come to the Twin Cities; we've got a pair of former Santa Fe B40s running around ALL the time.
549 is also still in warbonnet colors, but it’s laid up in Kansas City, MO
BNSF 552, the B40-8W, at present is camped out in Illinois. Was on the Galesburg to Chicago run earlier today and last week.
The town of Ottumwa Iowa is pronounced "O-tum-wa" with the stress on the second syllable.
This is so cool to see Iowa and Illinois BNSF represented here!
BNSF 549 is parked in Murray Yard in North Kansas City and still retains its Warbonnet with Santa Fe lettering. We can also anticipate recently preserved 537 to be returned to the Warbonnet scheme in Silvis.
Still a good few around Minneapolis and Northtown Yard. I’ve seen them on locals, yard switchers, and even the hump job just in the last year. And that’s just the red & silver ones…
The bridge crossing video segment was amazingly good!
As a Beardstown foamer, we kindly ask BNSF to return 552 to Centralia where its worked nearly its entire life on BNSF.
lol
Gotta whole bunch of BNSF standards cab dash 8, atsf dash 8, 9. Every locomotive you think is rare is sitting on storage tracks in bulk down here in Galveston TX.
Golden windmill back in the late 70s was a bar and grill for a period of time!
Since then it has become a historical site! Pretty cool to see the old wooden mechanisms that make the mill work with wind power!
Golden is a great railfan spit for catching and watching trains! West Quincy used to be too until 9/11.
That’s really interesting, how did 9/11 affect rail traffic in and out of West Quincy?
We couldn't go past the yard entrances anymore! Still in effect! There used to be a rail station there! You could drive back to the station or even past it and across the yard track that came out on to another road!
After the 93 flood which flooded West Quincy for months the demolished the station but we were still allowed to park and watch trains! After 9/11 that all came to an end for security reasons
Wish we had power like that on the El Paso Sub! I have to drive 3½ hours to Belen just to see anything interesting! The line only sees about 5-10 trains a day, anyway.
super cool - we've had at least one of the BNSF respray units up here in Washington, but it's been a bit since I've seen it around....
For 552. The last time I heard about an issue with him was its speedometer and emission issues.
I really enjoy your videos. I saw BNSF 539 (wide cab) between Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska in Nov 2022 and Feb 2023. Two B39-8's (standard cab) numbers 594 and 576 are in the storage line in Lincoln as of Jun 2023.
I live on a property on tomah rd crossing in colorado and I seen at least one every now and then. I was fortunate enough to see a bunch of guys sitting at the crossing getting ready to take pictures of the new engines so I got to take my atv down to my fence line right up next to the tracks
Around the Oklahoma area, there been B40-8W rebuilds, They are using the scrapped dash 8 40cw units to keep this guys going.
Back in 1994-96 we spent our vacations in Ill. photoing all those new red bonnet locos.
solid sets of them too.
All on kodachrome.
I just realized that if you watch the music video for Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker you will se some former BNSF 4-axle dash 8s. The locomotives now belong to the Nashville and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark NERR). The locomotives still wear their BNSF H2 colors, but the logos say N&E. You need to go to 51 seconds into the music video to see the locomotives. Just thought y’all would like to know that.
A couple of those BNSF locomotives work up here in California, but I’m not shure about their whereabouts as of right now
One fact that needs to be mentioned (constantly) is the the term "wide cab" does not refer to the width of the cab, but the length. Most rail fans get this wrong. Proof? Look that the measurements of the standard cab versus the wide cab. They are exactly the same width wise, but not length...get it!?!
i enjoy these videos
Thank you!
Saw the video and asked my dad about them. He said he used to run these in Temple, TX.
That's super cool!
I got to see 554 back in June!
Found your channel a while back and have been enjoying your content. SE IA was my old stomping grounds so appreciate the coverage. BTW,,, it was mentioned earlier, but will repeat in case you missed it, Ottumwa is locally pronounced "uh-TUM-wa". Keep up the great work!
There used to always be -8ws on the power between San Bernardino and Cadiz ca on mixed manifest trains
Great catches and excellent video
6:45 The train crew treat the FRED the same way as the yard crews did when I worked on the trains years ago ( New Zealand)...didn't take long before the Fred's started failing due the the rough handling
Came here to comment on this. Why? Can't be cheap or wise to treat them that way?
@@SpecificationR Apologies for my late...comment. It seemed to be a culture within the Railways here( New Zealand). Certain staff members just didn't care how they treated equipment .
Cool video nice catches
Thanks!
@@Southern_Plains_Railfanyour welcome
542 has been working the Monticello sub. NW of Minneapolis all summer. It’s been lashed up with another war bonnet too. I believe that one says bnsf instead of Santa Fe though. If it wasn’t for your videos I probably never would have noticed.
I wish BNSF didn't slaughter their triclops 60ms and B40s. Also, there are still two SD60MACs in Pueblo, Colorado and all were used in BN freight service.
Someone needs to preserve one of them
BNSF donated one in June
I really hope some get preserved.
I like dash 8’s but I believe in B23-7 supremacy
lol
One of the dash 8, a h4 works the local often here in town. The number being 559.
I love dash 8 locos 😊
Csx has 5 left in service!
Sante Fe 777 is a frequent visitor to the belt road of chicago hump yard
You forgot 539, she worked Albuquerque and Belen for a while and then transferred to Omaha. She’s still in Santa Fe colors
I see some in OKC quite often
Great video
Thank you!
Awesome!!
Thanks!
I would have loved if these units would make a trip down to Texas, but too bad their restricted
Atleast BNSF donated 537 to RRHMA, so atleast this GE model shouldn’t face the risk of extinction. Besides, I won’t be surprised if RRHMA repaints it back into its original warbonnet scheme
Epic video
Thanks!
At least we are thankful that RRHMA was able to save 537. :)
And hopefully in the near future... we'll see that unit back in her iconic Super Fleet colors. ^^
Well done! Great coverage with some excellent motive power
You should definitely try to get back up here to Minnesota within the next few months, because 558 (possibly 542 as well) is slated for scrap within the next 6 months, and 6 months is if we're lucky. If 558 is heading for the torch, it's almost certain 542 will follow, too.
Here in Omaha/Lincoln, NE there BNSF 539, the Santa Fe on the sides was replaced with BNSF but nothing else has changed.
Great content, I enjoy your vast knowledge of the motive power. I am from Chicago and like that you are making videos in the Mid west! Thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed!
I know I’ve seen B40-8Ms switching at Richmond, CA yard, I want to say some of them in ATSF colors but maybe not.
I saw a fakebonnet a year or two ago, it was 701. Though its been too long since I last saw an ATSF in its original paint. The only good catches I get are the executive mac's that I still see to this day in my area.
9:55 The blue "BNSF" lettering on the cab of 1670 was presumably supposed to go on a Santa Fe yellowbonnet. I guess they either didn't have any white letters in stock or goofed and used the wrong colour. It's only on one side, too (see 10:45).
Kinda rare to see a B Unit out on the mainline. I thought BNSF usually kept them in hump-sets like in Galesburg
Only the SD40-2B’s in Galesburg are stricken to hump service. All the other cabless engines on BNSF are treated just like any other local/yard engine.
interesting. Here in WI we rarely see B Units from BNSF or CN on their trackage (at least what I've seen). Super cool to see them on the road! @@Southern_Plains_Railfan
552 was repainted at centralia by some special rail fans one night!
Really? It's one of those "Anti-graffiti" units?
Yes a great group of rail fans cleaned it up! We came back to the yard Monday and it looked amazing!
Yes a great group of rail fans cleaned it up! We came back to the yard Monday and it looked amazing!
Yes a great group of rail fans cleaned it up! We came back to the yard Monday and it looked amazing!
Cabooses should be in use. 3 men crew is necessary
It would of been cool if 552 would be painted Red like it's Logo
The m symbol on BNSF is getting really rare now
The "quite a small load for delivery" I thought it would be at least 10 cars xD
In Omaha NE BNSF Gibson Yard there's two B40-8Ws, #539 still in Santa Fe warbonnet livery with BNSF on long hood, and #522 in H3 livery.
I've seen 557 in CSX's Cumberland yard but I think it was about to be scrapped
554 really is a "white elephant", with all that bleaching!
I’ve got the oil cooler out of the 567 replacing gaskets to stop oil leaks. Hopefully my gaskets come in next week so I can put her back together. Then I will MU her back to the 581 and our set on the AOK in SE Oklahoma will be ready for service again.
I've seen 555 in Galveston. I think it was 2-3 years ago if I remember right.
510 looks pretty good last time I saw it
You got lucky SPR 🎉
Thank god BNSF donated 537 to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis IL
And hopefully with enough donations, we shall see 537 back in her iconic Super Fleet Warbonnet colors :3
I managed to see 549 in Murray Yard in Kansas City in early 2022, which I believe is still there in Santa Fe lettered warbonnet paint about a year later.
Have you ever caught two ATSF B40-8's back to back before?
No, but with 552 and 554 staying somewhat close to Galesburg, it could happen.
@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Cool!
I saw one of those in Barstow!
In a H3!
576 literally slammed into a UP train, on an intermodal with 5 other locos. It was scrapped