I find a few BNSF GP locomotives in Newton Kansas last weekend. Also a GP7u (I think the unit number was GN #2005) at the Newton shops.
The pictures are not the best. It was very cold outside and I stayed in my pickup using my cell phone.
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Newton Kansas is a regular stop for me a couple times a year. Always something going on. Short turntable still exists.
Just missed Newton once back in the good old Santa Fe days. Have the Lionel Newton derrick - I guess it reminds me of a missed opportunity. 
What's the blue & white BNSF unit?
I get there a half dozen times a year and there's always something interesting on the diesel rack. Haven't seen that many geeps though! Be interesting to see how much the traffic drops once they get the transcon double tracked.
@breezinup posted:Just missed Newton once back in the good old Santa Fe days. Have the Lionel Newton derrick - I guess it reminds me of a missed opportunity.
Those blue GP38-2s are former EMD lease units that BNSF acquired, and re-lettered rather than repaint. Referred to as the “Smurf” units. LOL. MTH produced some of those units previously.
Thanks, Jeff. (and Keith). Interesting. I just noticed in Keith's picture, on the forward battery box, the now faint lettering "Power you can rely on."
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