Fresh From the Paint Shop?

For the past few weeks, the "little BN" job that operates out of Fernley's small yard across the street from our house has been using a Union Pacific locomotive. Today, however, BNSF has returned one of their own to serve their customers here in Fernley.

( Shiny )

There is one downside to having this locomotive here overnight: unlike the relatively well-behaved UP locomotive, this one keeps starting and stopping, and sounds asthmatic while it restarts. As the weather warms, this will be less of an issue, as these locomotives have fuel-saving features that let them shut themselves off unless it gets cold enough that they need to restart automatically to keep the engine coolant from freezing.