This local heading out of Bakersfield to Edison to switch Simplot. If you squint enough, you won't notice the BNSF on the cabs.. Kel
I almost always see some blue and yellow hanging around the Fallbrook yard. Often with a Dash-9, often in Warbonnet. I think the 30s/35s I see are used for the regular run out to Escondido.
Nice catches... I have always liked the GP30's... in my part of the country, most were high nosed CSX predecessors did have a few that I caught early on. I have not seen any Blue & yellow units in these parts with the exception of an SD45 bodied NREX unit. Harold
GP30's have the greatest lines of any diesel hood unit--the all-time greatest diesel styling, IMHO, is the Alco PA-1. Anyhow, here's another GP30, this time from Denver:
Not a GP30, but a GP35 and worth noteing. In 1998, I caught Santa Fe GP35 #2919 still in its original uniform. It was not patched until March 10'th of 2000. It is now BNSF #2619.
Nice catch Hemi, and you also got BNSF 2811 in there too, a Morrison Knudson Rebuild GP39M from a former GN GP30 #3004!
I have a few BN Geep 30's as well in my collection--however, they are beyond the scope of this thread.
Nice shots guys...And,if ever it was needed, these make me love my Bluebonnet Z scale engines (a F45, a SD40-2, a SD45 and a GP35)!:thumbs_up: Dominique
What is the purpose of the huge fairing that extends to the rear third of the locomotive that makes the GP30 so easy to distinguish? Is it simply for dynamic brakes?
It has been said that the GM design team that designed the Corvette, designed the distinctive cowl of the faring of the GP30. However the design was not cost effective as EMD went back to the standard modular system that is still common today. That is why some of the newer rebuilds have a Dash-2 style cabs.
