Snooty
The display units at the 2021 Galesburg Railroad Days sit at the depot in downtown Galesburg. This year, they consisted of BNSF SD40-2 "Snoot" 1905 (former Santa Fe) and Burlington Northern TEBC6 54 (built from a former CB&Q SD7). These units were chosen for their lack of PTC equipment, and as of June 2021, the Galeburg team has been extremely short on PTC power, so these were the only units that could be spared. In the 15 years that I have attended Railroad Days, these have been the best BNSF units displayed since the pre-BNSF "Golden Era." (The one-off special visit of Milwaukee Road 261 in 2002 or 2003, the 2014 & 2015 visit of Kloke Locomotive Works 4-4-0 Leviathan, and the 2015 Amtrak Exhibit Train not withstanding.)
Special props to the BNSF shop crews who arranged for this display. This year's Railroad Days was hastily thrown together in a matter of 5 or 6 weeks, having not been planned for due to the global Covid pandemic. That the event happened at all is a miracle.
Snooty
The display units at the 2021 Galesburg Railroad Days sit at the depot in downtown Galesburg. This year, they consisted of BNSF SD40-2 "Snoot" 1905 (former Santa Fe) and Burlington Northern TEBC6 54 (built from a former CB&Q SD7). These units were chosen for their lack of PTC equipment, and as of June 2021, the Galeburg team has been extremely short on PTC power, so these were the only units that could be spared. In the 15 years that I have attended Railroad Days, these have been the best BNSF units displayed since the pre-BNSF "Golden Era." (The one-off special visit of Milwaukee Road 261 in 2002 or 2003, the 2014 & 2015 visit of Kloke Locomotive Works 4-4-0 Leviathan, and the 2015 Amtrak Exhibit Train not withstanding.)
Special props to the BNSF shop crews who arranged for this display. This year's Railroad Days was hastily thrown together in a matter of 5 or 6 weeks, having not been planned for due to the global Covid pandemic. That the event happened at all is a miracle.