A little over-exposed here, but still a nice catch!

*nods* I was using an old point and shoot camera from the 1990s at the time, and the lighting was not that great, so, it didn't turn out quite as well as I would have liked.

I'm still glad to have a picture of one of these though. :)

It was nice to see a GP30 style locomotive in every paint scheme BNSF had for a while.

I used to have one of those, but the I started using my mother's old camera, much better control there.

Not overexposed so much as shot with reflecting sun. But like I would have done, with something rare and the only other option being no shot at all, I would have taken it too. :3

Yeah, that is a good point; didn't think about the reflection. It is a good shot, certainly.

YAY TRAINS!!!!!!!!!!

Yay indeed! :3

Wow, an unmolested GP30 that still has its original 567D3A engine...there can't be any of those on Class Is anymore by now...Conrad Yelvington's got one that came from the B&O! http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/sh.....spx?id=3308917

Ah, I know. The yard here is always a good place to find rare power typically.

Though, with most of BNSF's older locomotives starting to be retired now.... it is becoming hard to find things like this.
I know all of these are retired or are in storage now. Sitting in dead lines or ready to go if needed lines.

That's an interesting GP-30 that Conrad Yelvington has.
I have never seen one of them with a cage cab.

Those were added to prevent stray rocks damaging the glass I hear BNSF still has SD9s in yard service...can you confirm this?

Nice.

Well, they don't use those around here, but, I can confirm through this youtube video that they are still in use for remote operations in some yards. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlSybOA4d8

That's pretty freaking cool.