A sizeable block of Conrail boxcars follows BN and Santa Fe locomotives on a westbound crossing the UP Coffeyville Sub diamonds at Sheffield interlocking, KCMO.

The unabated decomposition of a once mighty machine marches on. Originally built in the 1950s, these classically styled products of General Motors were the "A" listers of the commuter lo... (more)

It was a crowded avenue through the Sandhills while BNSF was busy adding double track but still had lengthy single track sections amidst the volume of coal traffic at the time. Hence BN 6780 West ... (more)

BN 6328 leads EMDX 6412 - an ex-PC SD40 (6278) bringing a westbound manifest out the Sandhills Sub near Merna, NE. Cornfields yield to cow country near this point west of Broken Bow where scenic a... (more)

Burlington Northern 7130 leads a colorful consist towards Tunnel 2 on Tehachapi Pass a few days after Thanksgiving.

The Everett to Roosevelt garbage loads are a little over 20 miles form their destination at Roosevelt, Washington. Even after the BNSF merger, the lead GE was something of a rare bird in the North... (more)

Passing through the town of Skykomish is an eastbound Burlington Northern freight with 21,600 horsepower up front – six BN SD40-2s (6376, 8180, 8000, 6820, 8075 and 8060) with a lone SD45 (BN 64... (more)

On the morning of June 5, 1993, Burlington Northern train 144 crosses one of the truss bridges over the Sinsinawa River west of Portage, Illinois. This location is on the BN main line along the Mi... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern coal train approaches milepost 146 between Hillrose and Brush, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 13, 1990. Powering the train loaded with Powder River Basin coal a... (more)

On April 9, 1994, Burlington Northern train 104 heads east out of Milledgeville, Illinois behind a pair of BN EMD SD40-2s and a vintage EMD SD9. Some spring crops are already emerging on this earl... (more)

BN SD9 no. 6101 idles near the office on the approach to the ore docks fed by Allouez Yard. The former GN docks were the world's largest and although GN had very little mileage in Wisconsin, it wa... (more)

BN 6118 stopped briefly at the Mora, MN depot and a crew member is about to climb back on board. The job was the Brook Park turn out of St. Cloud, MN and the crew had left their train in Brook Par... (more)

BN 6368 sits at Harrison St. diesel facilities on the BN in Minneapolis in July 1973. Roster lists claim this unit was built in Feb. 1974, but this shot was taken in July 1973. I've seen another p... (more)

BN 2017, former GN 2017 is an example of the first order of GN GP20s made in May 1960. They were set up to operate long hood front, and featured a bell over the front headlight. They also came wit... (more)

A Burlington Northern commuter train storms west after a quick stop at Stone Avenue in La Grange in August 1983. These EMD E9 passenger locomotives were in commuter service on BN’s Chicago to Au... (more)