They were pushing these around the edges of the yard
And
BNSF 5232 - Dash 9
BNSF 6329 - SD40
CN 5746 - this was interesting cuz it had GTW under the window - SD40
BNSF 4570 - Dash 9
HLCX 9029 - SD40
CSX 8060 - SD40
and
BNSF 783 - Dash 9
All headend power - pulling a mixed freight - quietly sitting and waiting to get into the yard!
I was thrilled out of my mind since we usually only see single maybe two engines on the head end.
Now the questions -
Saw a couple we aren’t sure of - #5545 - gray body, white /// and red nose (his description, since he had the binoculars) What possible railroad? Maybe NREX?
And a red white and blue engine # 6208 - Maybe HELX? Anyone able to tell me for sure?
Red/White & Blue 6208 may have been an ex-British Columbia RR (BC Rail) SD40-2 unit (“Borg-ed” by CN) Have seen them twice in Denver in recent history on drag freights. (same heritage as the green Alco locomotive you had a cab ride in last year, R/W/B was the new BC Rail color scheme) http://www.scenic-railroads.com/BCR/pages/BC%20767%20approaching%20Lillloett_jpg.htm
5545 Could be a former CP SD40-2 (NREX has a 5500 class that appears to be SD40-2’s all from CP)
Helm 6204-6210 are ex BC Rail 736-742, these are EMDs first built for Kennecott Copper. These went to Helm in 1995, so CN is innocent-This time.
CP 5545 is now DME 6073(plain SD-40) so NREX is not using CP’s numbers on the SD40-2s
The number doesn’t sound right, but the description of the gray-with-red-nose unit sounds like one of those old LMX GE units (Dash 8s?) that BN used. They went to Helm, I’m sure, but I don’t know if they were renumbered. They were 8500s as LMX units, I recall.
OK - I will do research from that info - there was one we couldn’t get a name or # on - but it was Maroon - like old WC, and had cream/white stripes - in a big V shape on the nose. I think there were maybe two-three of them? Sound like anything to anyone? I checked WC - not the same face.