In the late 1990s, BNSF Railway had just completed its merger and the new company needed more locomotives immediately. General Electric Transportation constructed several orders of C44-9W “Dash-9” type locomotives for BNSF, including an order for about 100 locomotives that was placed by the Santa Fe railroad prior to the merger. These locomotives were delivered in the classic Santa Fe red and silver “Superfleet” paint scheme, but with BNSF lettering. You can still see many of these locomotives p

BNSF Railway (short for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America with over 8,000 locomotives It operates over 32,500 miles of track across 28 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett (acquired in 2010). While Union Pacific owns the Tehachapi Loop seen here, BNSF has trackage rights, allowing its trains to use this route. | Dean Croke

A serious variety of power in the early BNSF era rolls through Crozier Canyon on the Seligman Subdivision. From the WB Video Productions show "BNSF A Time of Change, Part 2" https://rfd.video/BNSFChange2 | Railfan Depot