The last seconds of sunlight shine brightly on the orange hood of the BNSF 3982 as it slowly battles the steep grade of the Arizona Divide. Only a couple of miles away from the 7,335' high summit, all four locomotives can be heard working hard, as they struggle for air at this high altitude.
Tier IV locomotives are the safest, cleanest, and most fuel efficient locomotives on the rails today. Unfortunately, most of them are ugly and are as quiet as an ACS-64.
