Its the weekend, so most of the BN commuter trains are parked at Aurora, IL waiting for Monday morning's commuter rush. Although a little road worn, the rebuilt BN Es still exude a lot of class as... (more)

A Union Pacific officer's special from Silver Bow, Montana departs Dillon after changing crews at the UP depot on Oct. 11, 1993. After navigating the entire 255 mile Montana Subdivision, the 11 ca... (more)

BN 9901 brings a commuter train thru Brookfield, IL in March of 1986.

At first glance this might appear to be New York Central's Harmon shop in 1958. In reality all three of these locomotives -- E9 4096, FPA4 1390, and FL9 2013 -- originally worked for the Union Pac... (more)

A westbound San Joaquin with an ex-UP E-unit for power rumbles through the SP-Santa Fe diamonds as the tower operator looks on.

CN 102 hustles thru Burlington, WI with a business train in July of 2003. This scheme sure looked good on these units.

A group of Burlington Northern E9s lays over in the commuter yard at Aurora, Illinois, on June 8, 1991.

The Afternoon Hiawatha. A Roger Puta Photograph

At the LAUPT 50th anniversary celebration

Alaska RR 2401 and a sister sit in the National Railcar yard in Cudahy. Originally UP 957, the E9 would eventually end up in Wisconsin and Southern colors.

Two Burlington Northern E9s sit in the BN Hill Yard at Aurora, Illinois, waiting for the call to duty hauling trains to Union Station in Chicago on a sunny April 16, 1988.

The UP 949 takes it's turn on the roundtable at Spencer during the Streamliners at Spencer weekend.

Ex-BN/CB&Q E9-rebuilds, elephant-style, running out their last days in MARC commuter service. No. 69 was built by EMD in December, 1955 as the CB&Q 9986B and was later renumbered to 9981 and then... (more)

WSOR 101 is ready to depart Horicon with a business train for Milwaukee on a beautiful Spring day in 2009.

UP 951 charges thru Atchison, KS with an excursion train on a brutally hot August day.