Santa Fe warbonnet leads MASSIVE local freight!

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Merch, anyone? okieprint.com/SPR/shop/home

[@Oklahomarailroadproductions]

That Amtrak train was the heartland flyer which I’ve been trying to get tickets to ride to texas for years now

[@tramtrak629]

I have seen this local war bonnet several times but never with #629 front locomotive! Awesome video!

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Thank you!

[@Railfann_Ben]

0:28 those camera speedy reflexes⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@AlikStansberry]

Sweet old Warbonnets! Those 2 really don’t look bad for their age, as I’ve certainly seen ones in worse conditions.(the Dash 8 ones come to mind)

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Yeah, the Dash-9 warbonnets could definitely be in better shape, but some of those Dash-8 warbonnets are ROUGH.

[@AlikStansberry]

Yeah and due to their rough condition, they've been nicknamed "Trashbonnets". Most didn't get the repaint treatment and were worked pretty hard until retirement.

[@JV-qe7ez]

The horn you mentioned isn’t a rs3l, it’s a k3la. The only Santa Fe warbonnets with rs3l’s or rs3k’s are 621, 628, 640, 644, 646, 651, 664, 667, 676, 678, 684(h2 paint), 688 and 692. I might’ve missed 1, but that’s most of them

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Oh my bad. I’m not much of a horn guy, so I thought all warbonnets had rs3l’s. Thanks for letting me know.

[@LMR78]

Caught this local with 629 leading this weekend. It’s funny that I have a model of the locomotive, that I got about a year before I even saw it.

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Cool! Did it have the double ATSF warbonnet lashup?

[@LMR78]

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan yep, one Fakebonnet and a Santa Fe.

[@notspectacularsam10]

bnsf geeps feel like they’ve been upgraded at least once in its service

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Oh yeah, all standard cab engines today are either pretty darn old or starting to get up there in years. All Class 1 railroads usually regularly upgrade them to keep them in ship shape.

[@cxmx3295]

The Trainyard in my town of the union pacific yard

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

That was a cool and, enjoyable video our friend!

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Thank you so much!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Your welcome.

[@rbd1303]

You should look at the 673. I caught it idling in Texas once. There was nothing on the nose!

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

I actually caught 673 a year or two ago and noticed the same thing. Did it get in a wreck or does it just have bad paint?

[@rbd1303]

I have no clue. I'm no geek on railroading. Might've hit a semi and gotten badly repainted H1 or H2 doors 🤔

[@danielferrovias]

That’s a k3la

[@Thedodgerpro]

Hey southern plains railfan, do you have advice for railfanning in Southern California?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

Sorry, I don’t. I’ve never truly railfanned there.

[@BNSFrailfan01]

I plan to go to Oklahoma sometime soon, any tips on where this local ends on the north side?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

If you do go, just know that they have been switching around the power on it, so your chances of seeing a warbonnet aren’t going to be 100%. The northernmost industry the local switches is in Wynnewood, OK. Some good places to see it in passing are Central Park in Moore, and there’s a nice gravel patch on the west side of the tracks in Norman. It’s right by the Amtrak depot. Central Park is going to be the northernmost place you’ll be able to catch it, however I’d recommend Norman, because it has fantastic sight lines looking south.

[@tramtrak629]

I would recommend the Amtrak depot down in Norman. I have recorded almost 100 videos there.

[@Railfann_Ben]

Southern Plains Railfan can you please tell me we’re this is at!?

[@geac9100]

At 8:10 the shot was fine.

[@newenglander1551]

Good stuff, what do you use to record/photos?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

I use a a Rebel T7 by Canon. It’s a basic model, but it gets the job done.

[@newenglander1551]

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan ain’t nothing wrong with that

[@achannelaboutplayinggamesa2025]

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan in what city did you record?

[@Southern_Plains_Railfan]

@@achannelaboutplayinggamesa2025 The switching was in Wynnewood, OK, and at the end of the video when the local passed by was in Norman, OK.