John L. Mathis

BNSF ES44DC 7251 climbs westward out of Belen, NM and the Rio Grande river valley toward Dalies, NM on January 2, 2010. This locomotive has also taken the number formerly held by SD40-2 7251 which had been repainted into the BNSF heritage scheme and is shown at Belmont, NE as a Crawford Hill helper unit in another image in the BNSF Gallery. While much of the country was shivering in icy winter weather. Here, the temperature is a balmy 50 degrees.

Canon 5DMKII - 1/800sec - f/8.0 - ISO 320 - EF100-400mmL IS f/4.5-5.6 lens @ 100mm.

 

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