A typical Burlington Northern coal train on Colorado’s Joint line in the 1980’s was powered by a mix of five 3000-horsepower six-axle units from GE and EMD. This train at Palmer Lake is no exc... (more)

Burlington Northern’s Powder River coal trains usually had a mix of five 3,000-horsepower six-axle units. Here a Southern Pacific tunnel motor has worked its way into the normal solid green lin... (more)

Eastbound freight rolls down from Marias Pass towards Bison.

Train number 3 is approaching the East siding switch at Burke on it's way to the Seattle.

Southbound freight on Oregon Trunk north of Sherars Falls.

Northbound freight on Oregon Trunk north of Sherars Falls.

Westbound freight on BN's ex SP&S Spokane to Pasco line.

Eastbound freight takes the S-curve west of Browning.

Eastbound freight rolling down from Marias Pass towards East Glacier.

Eastern approach to Spokane train station.

Eastbound freight emerges from Nimrod Tunnel east of Clinton.

Nice set of BN power leads a coal train north on the Joint Line north through Palmer Lake.

A trio of BN EMD SD70MACs haul a northbound empty unit coal train north of Barela on February 14, 1998. This location is in between Barela and Beshoar on Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Twin Peak... (more)

Between Brush and Sterling, Colorado, is the small town and siding of Hillrose, where a westbound Burlington Northern coal train heads through on July 13, 1990. The train is powered by three EMD S... (more)

Burlington Northern C30-7 #5531, Union Pacific SD40-2 #3582, SD50 #5004 (ex-MOP) and Kansas City Southern SD60 #743 lug a loaded coal train up Walker Hill. A neat 30-40-50-60 consist!