BNSF Locomotive Tier List 

The GEVO rant is SO TRUE tho 😭🙏

You are right, BNSF does have a lot of GEVOS on their roster. For instance, it currently has over 700 ES44DCs and over a whopping 1000 ES44C4s

And about your Gevo rant: Remember this, back in the day people were saying the same exact thing about the SD40-2’s. “Everywhere and boring”. Now people are saying the same thing about the Gevo’s and the SD40-2’s are rare engines everyone tries to catch. One day the Gevo’s will join the same category the SD40-2’s are in and you will be happy that you documented them.

Great video! My favorites are the B40-8W and C40-8W. When the ATSF used to run them a lot, they looked great at 70 mph pulling piggyback and intermodal trains. Also, their Leslie RS3L's are to die for. Also, in my opinion, they're underrated compared to the future GE's simply because the Dash 8 pioneered the GE Wide Cab which is now the standard. Watching them on train videos (mostly "Santa Fe Mainline Memories) is what got me hooked on to them. I've also nicknamed them the "Great 8's."

Honestly, I love GEVOs and GEs in general. I love the sounds and the looks. Me personally I dont like the looks of the SD70MAC, the lack of a pronounced radiator like a GE or the ACe's is just uncanny to my monkey brain. Maybe little me watching Unstoppable on repeat to see and hear AWVR 777 has something to do with my love for anything GE

5:01 the hell? That looks like a gp40 sneezed it's cab smaller and painte it's windshield. Also the rage about the GEVOs made me laugh especially when the train horn came out

Very nice! BNSF's Fakebonnets and their own H1 units are very nice, and BN SD40-2 are pretty cool too. But if it's anything ATSF from the super fleet, hands down. I'm all about ATSF itself and it's super fleet. Like the tier list, I LOVE the B and C40-8Ws, along with ATSF's 600 Series Dash 9s. Love those locomotives.

Seeing your reaction to the Gevo made me laugh!!🤣 But seriously, we need to see something besides a Gevo because there are way too many.

As someone who is new to the world of railways and railfanning I'm kinda blown away on how much some people know here. I come from the world of aviation so i don't know much about trains and locomotives. My favourite train is probably the EC44C4 ( totally not because theres a game called train sim world 3 that kinda got me into this rail stuff ) Also being from the UK i quite like the class 195, class 801s and my favourite class 390 pendilinos!

9:32 when my friend BNSF 3815 rants about my new trains i recently got and screams in my ears saying "HOW MANY TRAINS DID YOU GET?!?!?!?!":

"Screw the Warbonnets, these are the best things in the world! In fact, they're _SO_ good, that I'ma put them _right_ here"! That was my favorite part, especially how they ended up in D tier despite you talking about how good they were, lol.

Okay, I might be a sucker for the Gevos but the ones I prefer on the BNSF roster is the Thundercab SD70ACe, the sound was so iconic

I railfan CN and totally agree with you on the GEVO thing!

The bit about there being too many Gevos on the BNSF lineup is way too accurate. I see them on various NS trains over here in the east and it drives me mad (except Golden Swoosh, I got to see that engine once)

I’m a pre 2000 GE dude: B23-7 (ex southern) so cool U23B’s are pretty cool too I respect all opinions but also reserve mine.

I can respect that you don't like the gevos because it's true that there's a majority of them on the roster for railroad's like CSX, and Norfolk Southern. They're my favorite locomotive though because I really like how powerful they are on the rails, and of course the K5HL horn that they blast at crossings.💙💛🧡

Finally, someone that I can agree with about GEVOs

SD40-2 and SD45 go straight to the top for me regardless of paint scheme. They were so plentiful back in the 70s and 80s and led every long haul heavy freight. So many still survive because of their quality and durability. Timeless looking and before the wide cabs made everything look the same.

You forgot the BEEP, it was briefly owned by BNSF before being donated to the Western American Railroad Museum in Barstow.

Hot take but I really like the ET44s and the ES44s. Purely just the design is kinda satisfying.

You’re Back!!!!!!! I’ve missed your videos!

BNSF making the 25th anniversary unit: ahh what a great "HerItAgE UnIt"

Spokane has a local with exclusively GP60Ms and Bs.. one has a P3 too, so if you ever are in the area ask about the “Chewelah turn” because it is one hell of a train to see

Just got to it and YESSS GP60M WOOOOO LES GOOO!!!! I've got a LOT of photos of specifically BNSF GP60M-3 #129 since it was part of local jobs in my town. Sadly, it's not in it's Warbonnet livery anymore since the photos are pretty recent. It's been a bit since I've seen 129 though, and I'm a little worried because it quickly became my favorite. Either way, I'd totally send you photos loll

BNSF has an entire fleet of SD70MAC's in Green and Cream livery whose primary revenue service is hauling coal from the Powder River coal mine in Wyoming.

I once saw a 5 locomotive train on the Wayzata sub, I don’t have a recording of it unfortunately, as I wasn’t expecting a train, just checking out the area. NONE OF THEM WERE GEVOs! (Gasp!) The leading locomotive was an SD70ACe in the H3 scheme, while the rest were all SD40s, the middle three were in the H1 scheme, while the last was in the BN Cascade Green.

I've only seen a warbonnet like maybe once or twice, so I'm also a sucker for those, no matter the model. Same for SD75M, although I don't hardly see them anymore. I pretty much agree with you on all of these models. (especially on the GEVO's)

You forgotten the ac44c4m

Fun fact: I saw a thundercab SD70ACe lead a local train on the Carlsbad Subdivision in December of last year

Honestly gonna have to agree with u here

Can you rank the SD60M Triclops?

I actually saw 7 BNSF locomotives all being gevos with one of them 1063 the third BNSF engine i saw, was the only H1 locomotive I've ever saw

8:48 how to blow up your eardrums:

There were a couple units not in this tier list such as the C30-7, SD70ACe-P4, and GP9.

As a GEVO Enjoyer That rant was hilarious 😂 And true most of the paint schemes are the same Not much of a fan of the ET44’s tho the radiator looks way too big and the logo is way too small for my liking But I also love the dash 9’s & AC44’s mainly because of those beautiful H1 & H2 schemes

The only thing I think make dash8’s better with 4 axel is the fact that they are more rare. Other than 100% agree with the warbonnet tier

4:55 That looks to be a former GP7u rebuild into 1/3 BNSF's "RP14BD" (I can agree on how ugly it seems lmao). 5:06 WhY tHe HeLl WoUlD tHeY pAiNt ThAt iNtO tHe BlUeBoNnEt??!?!?! That's an MK1200G Rebuilt from ATSF/LAJ 2571. All three switchers mentioned were very unsuccessful and Geeps were more reliable. 9:44 The ones that are painted into H2 are also AC4400EVs #5718-5747 which are pre-produced GEVOs.

the only odd gevos are when they have a different horn (example: K4HL, K5HLA, K5LLA, K3LA i got gevos with those horns) than the k5hl

gp30s are easy to identifie except for the rebuilds that get rid of the body would like a ranking as the is my favorite locomotive

Just from the crews I talk too here on the Thayer Subdivision, in terms of just straight up performance, both the SD70MAC and SD70ACe are by far the best locomotives on the roster! They say those locomotives will keep pulling when the others quit! Probably my favorite SD70MACs on the BNSF roster are the ones painted in predecessor Burlington Northern's "executive" green and cream scheme (these locomotives were nicknamed "Grinsteins" after then Burlington Northern president Gerald Grinstein who chose the colors). As for the C4 gevos, they're design was alot better on paper than in real world scenarios as these locomotives' weak spot was tractive effort on stiff grades with heavy trains where high adhesion is needed. Being down 2 traction motors, they were prone to wheel slip especially on wet rail! They scored high marks with crews however at high speeds with relatively light intermodal trains. Pretty cool tier list, thanks for sharing!

No joke, your opinions are the same as mines lol.

5:55 I really like the Horizontal headlight. It looks much better then the Vertical Headlights ( On standard cabs only ).

For the other Geeps like GP38-2 and GP40-2, look at the fans in the rear. If its 2 then its a GP38-2, If theres 3 then its a GP40-2.

Do you ever plan on doing the ones you didn’t do? (Leftovers such as the SD45 [Non-Turbocharged], C30-7, SF30C, SD40 [ex CN], MP15, etc.) Otherwise, this tier list is fax. (Except the B23, and NRE 3GS21Bs)

I love the Dash 8-40CW

Can u do the Union Pacific including the 4014 pls I love your channel

Us Railfanners in Colorado, We see way to many SD70ACe's

Can you do Northfolksouthern and union pacific

4:59 the slenderman of trains..

4:54 😂😂😂 i could not stop laughing, i don't think i have ever laughed so hard, bruh 😂😂😂

Don't want gevos? Come to Washington, you'll see the same amount of locals as gevos

4:54 I was dying😂😂😂😂 But you forgot ATSF 3751 (No hate) Facts tho about the GP60M-3 we have em here on the Harbor Subdivision in L.A. and Torrance bruh, but the only ones we have is 127, 102, 145, and 142

You think BNSF has lots of gevos? Let me introduce you to my good friend: *Union Pacific* and your right, nothing beats dash 8s. 4 axle ones look like amtrak passenger locomotives, and not really frieght haulers.

THE bnsf gevo was the first bnsf loco i EVER saw

That rant really cracked me up😂😂😂😂😂

The only way I can identify the B40-8W and the C40-8W is from the road numbers.😅

I approve this and also like you I HATE GEVOS even on metra i see them! In yards! I get so annoyed not seeing a union pacific instead! I have same issue with CP. but id say BNSF had better horn than CP so i give credit for it

What about the BEEP? If you don’t know what it is, Southern Plains Railfan made a video on the BEEP

Compare Union Pacific locomotives next!

Gevos are awesome tho!!

Ngl, I was joking around qouting AmtrakGuy's video with the gensets in-place of the chargers while watching this and lo behold i kinda guessed correctly, lol. Ok that out of the way this video is great, I absolutely loved the widecab tier part. (srry for spoliers) The gevo part is VERY true, BNSF definitely has the most gevo's out of every one of the class I's. BTW what's your opinion on the CF7?

2:27 green bnsf Train jumpscare

"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."

He uploaded!

I’ve been inside an sd9 and the bathroom is not high enough I’m 6 feet 1 inch

Wdym we have to make a BNSF locomotive tier rist? I would just stuff all of them at S tier! They're all amazing!

I have an HO scale GP60 that is Norfolk Southern.

9:32 I can't stop laughing 😂

There's a reason you see a lot more GEVOs than ACEs. Like it or not, they're just better engines. I know that's a hard pill for railfans to swallow, but if you spent your life riding them, you'd be a GE fan in no time flat. They're quiter and for the most part, they ride better. Also, almost every ACE I've been on has had that dried urine "toilet smell." I don't know if it's because of how they build the nose, but I don't get that smell as often or as intensely on the GEs by comparison. EMD was great back in my uncles day. Their older stuff was built like a tank which is why you still see them being used as yard and local power today. They really blew it with the SD50 and lost ground to GE ever since. Their fate was ultimately sealed when the Dash 9 and AC4400CW came out and comfortably outsold the SD70 series. I could go into some more technical reasons why GE is better but that would be a long discussion and I'd say you get the gist of what I'm saying.

What app is this?

You should have added the SW-1500 to the list

I love the Dash 8.

As a BNSF dash 9. I approve this

I like the h1 dash9s tho

Dang I caught a b40-8 and it was also my first Santa fe

bruhhhh not the widecabs being the best. me personally, standard cab supremacy. SD40 type cab, GP15 type cab, U18/U23 type cab, etc (some widecabs are hot tho)

also question for u: Are widecab -8's techincally gevos or are ES/ET only gevos

I love the 25th Anniversary units.

Do sw1000

Yes I agree

hate to break it to you but all the low headlight SD70ACes and SD70Macs have an off center headlight

I can agree with you but WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE CURSED UNITS

9:36 EXPECT A JAVAAAA

Im a big fan for EMD GP38-2's

Could you put the GP50 on there?

Nice video

You missed the BNSF GP7u

9:30 GIVE ME SOMETHING OTHER THAN A GEVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:33

My favorite GEVO is the ES44AC MY LEAST favorite is ES44C4

Santa Fe is Highest rank in BNSF Railway getting Nostalgia Train

9:35 😭

I can tell you if you actually work for bnsf this teir list will change. Alot. Gevos in particular. I’d muuuuuuuuch rather take a gevo than any dash 8.

You should make a gevo tire

I have a b40-8 and a dash 8 in the warbonnet scene in ho scale

I SUBSCRIBED TO YOU BECUASE I love trains so much I give all of the trains to A+++++++++++++++++❤

Do one for CSX !!

Great Job.

You forgot the one gp9

you forgot the smurf