A four unit manned point helper leads a hot Burlington Northern intermodal train east at West End, Montana on May 26, 1986. The helper set was added to the train at Bozeman and will be cut off at ... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7919, GE B30-7AB No. 4020, and EMD GP9 No. 1729 pull eastbound tonnage up Bozeman Pass at Trail Creek, Montana on May 26, 1986.

Minutes after changing crews, a Burlington Northern intermodal train rolls by the beautiful Northern Pacific station at Livingston, Montana on May 24, 1986. Built in 1902 and designed by the archi... (more)

A Burlington Northern mixed freight passes the old Northern Pacific depot at Belgrade, Montana on May 25, 1986. The 3008 was built EMD GP40 No. 178 for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy in Dec. 1966... (more)

Piercing the basalt rock through Drano Tunnel, BN Intermodal train # 1 hustles westward along the Columbia River Gorge in the last rays of golden sunshine.

Excitement was in the air at Provo Yard the evening of April 3, 1985 when a quartet of Burlington Northern F45s arrived via the UP from Portland. The BN 6613, 6607, 6608, and 6606 were leased from... (more)

Leaving Cape Girardeau, the engineer has just notched-out his trio of EMDs, which respond with a very non-Alco exhaust cloud. No big plumes, just a dirty-looking sky above the train. The geeps ret... (more)

A fun mix of EMD and GE, four and six axle units pull a Burlington Northern mixed freight east out of Bozeman, Montana on May 25, 1986. The two girder bridges in the background once carried the ra... (more)

Seven Cascade Green Burlington Northern EMDs lead a mixed freight down Bozeman Pass on May 25, 1986. By the following year, this former Northern Pacific route will be run by the Montana Rail Link.

Cloudy marine air prevails as a BN manifest rolls east along the Columbia River on the former SP&S mainline west of Bingen, WA. Led by Alco C636, BN 4361, former SP&S 331, the consist features two... (more)

An assortment of EMD power awaits final disposition at Denver's Stockyards in the 1980s.

One of four SD60MACs built by EMD.

Looking like a something seen prior to 1995, a BN caboose and fellow SD40-2 locomotives are moving out of the classification tracks and heading over to the Receiving/Departure portion of the yard ... (more)

Oops! BN GP9 1853 stubbed its toe at the Tacoma turntable, and several unhappy BN employees get the privilege of getting her back on track. I don't envy the guy underneath the coupler! 1853 began ... (more)

A downturn in coal traffic along with newer SD40-2's and C30-7's on the scene have sent many of BN's U30C's into storage. Pictured here at the 31st St. locomotive facility, are a multitude of unit... (more)