A trio of BN GEs leads an empty coal train west on the B&OCT to connect back to home rails. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of BN EMDs passes through Berwyn with an intermodal train. Tom Golden photo.

A MKM rebuild pulls a cut of double stack cars along the BN's Racetrack. Tom Golden photo.

Fresh out of the paint booth, BN's Pulling for Freedom SD60M sits outside the Cicero Yard roundhouse awaiting its first revenue move. Tom Golden photo.

Burlington Northern NW2 451 switching at Grand Forks, ND August 1970. The 451 was built in March 1939 as Great Northern 5303 and was renumbered to GN 103 in 1943. This NW2 was retired in April 198... (more)

Burlington Northern SD7 6019 at Virginia MN August 1974. This SD7 was built as Great Northern 569 in April 1953 and rebuilt in June 1968 after being fire damaged in Superior in September 1967. The... (more)

On a snowy March 3, 1988, a trio of Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2s pull a westbound intermodal train downgrade on the west slope of Marias Pass east of Java, Montana.

A southbound Burlington Northern freight approaches Douglas, Wyoming, on the BN’s Casper Subdivision on the morning of May 12, 1995. BN No. 3100 is the railroad’s first EMD GP50, ordered by Fr... (more)

Raising is own rooster tail of blowing snow is an eastbound Burlington Northern freight at Grizzly, Montana, beneath the towering peaks of Glacier National Park on March 3, 1989. The train is led ... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train heads east out of Glendive, Montana, headed for a climb over Beaver Hill into North Dakota on July 27, 1992. Four EMD SD60-series locomotive power the eastbound tr... (more)

As the late summer sun sets, BN 12574 brings up the end of a short UP switch job. Still retaining most of its BN aesthetics, the shoving platform looks pretty at home with two former BN 60ft woodc... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight cruises along the Yellowstone River just east of Elton, Montana, on the morning of June 29, 2000. For power on the eastbound train, a pair of Cascade green B... (more)

Seven six-axle locomotives power a Burlington Northern empty coal train over the impressive 640-foot North Platte River Bridge at Guernsey, Wyoming, on July 4, 1988. Locomotives up front are as fo... (more)

Burlington Northern SD40-2 #8101 and B30-7AB, awaiting fueling in East Thomas Yard. #8101 was built May 1980 and later became FURX #8101

Burlington Northern GP15-1 #1399, one of 25 former Frisco GP15-1's on the roster, in East Thomas Yard. #1399 was built September 1977 as Frisco #124, the last unit of a 25 unit order and later be... (more)