A typical Burlington Northern grain train of the 1990s climbs Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, with a roar that can’t be repeated today. BN GE C30-7 No. 5022 leads a sister C30-7 and two EMD... (more)
BN freight rolls along the Columbia River towards the Celilo Bridge.
BN freight crosses the Columbia River over the Celilo Bridge.
An southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Freight passes through Walsenburg, Colorado, on February 13, 1998. The train is powered by four EMD SD40-2s, and can be seen curving through town above t... (more)
A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight climbs the front range of the Rockies at Rocky, Colorado, as it circle through “Little 10 Curve” on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande Moffat ... (more)
The BN rails in this Council Bluffs view between 10th and 12th St. were ripped out a few years ago during the city's RR rationalization project that was part of the decade long I-80/I-29 corridor... (more)
An interesting consist with 4 different locomotive models is on a grain train taking the siding at Armour.
Westbound on the High Line a mile or so east of Coram, MT.
A good looking set of BN power showed up in Portage on a run through coal train on a snowless day in February 1998. The power is parked at the engine track at Canadian Pacific's Portage, WI yard w... (more)
Westbound freight climbs towards Mullan Pass east of Austin.
Westbound freight climbs the grade out of Helena.
A GP50 and a SD40-2 with a fuel tender in between on the Wilson Canyon Trestle on BN's ex SP&S Spokane to Pasco line.
A GP50 and a SD40-2 with a fuel tender in between drift down through Devils Canyon on BN's ex SP&S Spokane to Pasco line.
BN #65 departs Omaha as seen from the Bancroft St. Bridge which was torn out a few years later.
A BN yard to yard transfer is returning to Gibson Yard in Omaha from Council Bluffs as it moves by UP's icehouse on the approach to the Missouri River Bridge.