BN 1750 leads a quartet of GP9s west on the Cle Elum Turn out of Yakima, WA just east of Cle Elum. The train will exchange trains with an eastbound counterpart from Auburn, WA and the crew will re... (more)
BN RS-11 no. 4182, another RS-11 still in NP paint, and a former SP&S C424 are parked at BN's Hoyt St. Yard in downtown Portland, OR between assignments. Since SP&S was the one Alco heavy railroad... (more)
BN 766 leads a 5 unit set of power at a snowy service area in BN's Belknap Yard near downtown Superior, WI. The former GN facility became BN's main yard for the Twin Ports for non-iron ore traffic... (more)
BN GP7 1582 leads a 6 unit consist of Geeps and SDs as it handles a pickup and set out at Savanna, IL on a snowless early January morning in 1976. Savanna was a crew change and junction point for... (more)
BN 81, still in GN paint and lettering, retained its GN number and spent most if not all its life in Seattle. I moved to Seattle in summer 1974 and would see it around town, often at or near King ... (more)