BN 9732, former GN 366A, built in Oct. 1947 shares space with other vintage power at Auburn, WA in Mary 1975. Sort of a "skies are blue, seas of green" feeling as Cascade Green intrudes ... (more)

BN 6901 is ready to depart Shelby, MT with an eastbound freight in May of 1990. The scene looks much the same today except that all the buildings to the left of the engines are gone.

By late 1970 things were pretty quite around the Minneapolis BN station. Only a handful of passenger trains made it to BN from its predecessors. I was wandering around the platform when all of a s... (more)

It's October 1975 and the Cascadian Cold Storage is loading up with this season's fruit, much of which still ships by rail at this point. BN 1771 is the rear unit of a trio of helpers ready to giv... (more)

Burlington Northern GP9M 1365 resting in the Old Town Yard in East End Superior July 1975. The 1365 was built as Great Northern 915 in April 1959 from trade in components from EX GN FT-B 426C. Reb... (more)

Burlington Northern SD9 6124 in hump service at Pasco WA July 1972. The 6124 was built as Great Northern 597 in April 1958 and retired in October 1983. Vincent Porrecca Photo from my Collection.

Heading west on the famed Keddie Wye is a Western Pacific freight train pulled by a solid set of Burlington Northern diesels: BN U33C 5719 (ex-Northern Pacific 3304) and three BN C425s (4258 [ex-... (more)

Burlington Northern NW5 988 resting at Hillyard in October 1970. The 988 was built as GN 188 in December 1946 and was retired in April 1982. The NW5 was an unpopular model and only 13 were built w... (more)

Burlington Northern S4 919 resting in front of the yard office at Rices Point Yard in Duluth October 1970. Robert C Anderson Photo from my Collection.

BN 8002 was the only SD40-2 to wear the Tiger Striped scheme.

BN EMD SDP45 6597 ex-Great Northern 331.

Burlington Northern S2 912 switching the flour mills in East End Superior October 1970. The 912 was built in December 1949 as NP 712 and was retired in May 1973. Notice the cardboard taped over th... (more)

Burlington Northern SD9 6105 resting between assignments at Hillyard April 1970. Built as Great Northern 578 in February 1954 and retired in June 1986. On the right side of the photo is SP&S 750, ... (more)

Burlington Northern F7A 640 and SD7 6022 running through the wash rack at Grand Forks August 1970. Richard Vartebedian Photo from my Collection.

Burlington Northern SD7 6014 resting in front of the yard office at 17th St. Yard in Superior after an afternoon thunderstorm May 1973. Built as GN 564 in October 1952 and retired in September 198... (more)