With the exception of different numbers, this photo could have been any time in the last 30 years. 3 ex-BN SD40-2s lead the southbound Longmont switch up the 1.8% Derby Hill that runs from south L... (more)

A trio of cascade green, former BN units run down Mason Street in Fort Collins, heading to Longmont with a string of hoppers.

BNSF 1789 (SD40-2) leads a mixed freight through the horseshoe turn and into the Denver Yard.

Two BN SD40-2's idle on the house track as snow begins to pick up in Longmont, CO.

BNSF's twice weekly Pikes Peak Local to south of Colorado Springs is only two miles from the end of the fifty plus mile climb south out of Denver and was passing the "sag", a short streatch of nea... (more)

Running down the middle of Atwood Street, the Longmont Switch notches up as they pull the train up the hill and start to round the curve before heading north towards Loveland and Fort Collins.

Two SD40's sort a manifest that came in last night.

Running down the middle of Atwood Street, the Longmont Switch notches up as they pull the train up the hill and soon around the curve before heading north towards Loveland and Fort Collins.

Minus the BNSF renumbering, this was a common scene back in the BN Days during the 90s before the merger. Seen here, the Longmont Switch notches up leaving Longmont going up the middle of Atwood S... (more)

After clearing the Short Transfer Switch, the Longmont Switcher pauses on Atwood Street as the brakeman realigns the switch for the main and will walk back to the head end before heading north.

BNSF 1789 (SD40-2) moves out of the Denver Yard under January snowclouds.

A very clean and colorufl looking Cascade Green SD40-2 is about to glide through the switches at Pueblo Junction with loads destined for the old CF&I rail mill. A fitting end to a great week in P... (more)

With the exception of ditch lights, one might think this a scene out of early 1980s as a BN SD40-2 backs its train onto a cut of cars while passing a BN caboose to the left.

A former BN GP30, now modeled as a GP39E, is helping out the Pueblo local as it starts to put together today's train for the large daily customers in the area.

Green Machines In a scene reminiscent of days gone by, five Burlington Northern beauties (4 still in BN colors) are see... (more)