Burlington Northern grain train G02 passes the cantilever signal at Townsend, Montana, on September 12, 1995. Nicknamed “the first city on the Missouri River”, Townsend sits nearby the souther... (more)
Burlington Northern SD9 6111 switching near 28th St. in Superior April 1971. The 6111 was built as Great Northern 584 in January 1957 and retired by the BN in November 1986. Robert C. Anderson Pho... (more)
Burlington Northern GP9 1913 resting on one of the Dirt House tracks at Belknap Roundhouse in Superior September 1974. The 1913 was built as Northern Pacific 328 in July 1957 and lasted into the B... (more)
Burlington Northern S4 920 switching at Rices Point Yard in Duluth August 1970. Built as NP 720 in December 1953 and retired in May 1973. J.W. Stubblefield Photo from my Collection.
Tom Golden photo.
Taking Chicago by surprise, one of the last BN painted GPs, still sporting a GP30 carbody, roars over the Des Plaines River in some beautiful Golden Light. H1 GP60B, H4 SD60M, & Gevos in trail.
On the Fourth of July 1989, a northbound Burlington Northern coal train passes by the siding at Walker as it heads for a Powder River Basin coal mine. BN GE C30-7 No. 5037 leads a quartet of EMD S... (more)
Burlington Northern EMD GP38-2 No. 2353 leads a southbound BNSF freight through Tunnel 2 in rugged Wind River Canyon just south of Dornick on October 13, 1997.
For as long as the eye can see, a cut of brand new Burlington Northern three-bay covered hoppers make their way west on a B&O freight for interchange in Chicago to their owner. Tom Golden photo.
Burlington Northern SW1500 301 switching at Hillyard June 1970. James C. Herold Photo from my Collection.
Tom Kidd photo.
Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.
On Burlington Northern’s triple-track main line from Chicago to Aurora, another commuter train, or “dinky” as they are called locally, heads west on Track 1 at Highlands, Illinois, on August... (more)
