The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck derailed.

BN 8 was BN's Fire Prevention Instruction Car and was used throughout the railroad. It is pictured here at Dale St. Shops in St. Paul. This was previously made and used by the Great Northern.

Some Interlay employee had a little fun with some of the soon to be retired SD45s making a "Rocky Lives" stencil and applying it to several units. This unit was done operating and featur... (more)

BN SD45s 6428 & 6555 are accompanied by GP9 BN 1702 (chop nosed) and SW1200 BN 187 at Seattle's Interlay roundhouse and turntable. For the SD45s, this period of time was their twilight and soon LM... (more)

BN 8159 leads an eastbound intermodal train onto double track at MP 18 in Edmonds, WA on its ways between Seattle and the climb over Stevens Pass for the trip to Chicago. BNSF has graded between E... (more)

BN 6599's head end brakeman inspects BN 8159 and its eastbound train as it enters double track just north of the Edmonds station at MP 18 along Puget Sound. This location was a bottleneck for BN a... (more)

BN 9984 dressed in an early attempt at a BN color scheme for former CB&Q E units idles at a platform in Chicago Union Station with a "Dinky", the nickname often associated with Burlingto... (more)

Before a Fairhaven transportation center was built south of downtown, Bellingham relied on these two former Great Northern structures for accessing GN, BN and later Amtrak passenger service. BN an... (more)

BN 5761 mates up with another U33C and Alco C-424 4243 between runs at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S yard and crew change between Pasco & Vancouver, WA. This unit was delivered to BN in September 1... (more)

BN F9A no. 840 (Northern Pacific heritage) idles outside the wood engine house at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S crew change location between Pasco and Vancouver, WA. Immediately west of Wishram the... (more)

BN F7A 758 leads a trio of EMD hood units on a southbound freight crossing the diamonds and interchange at Argo Tower south of downtown Seattle. This location saw all railroads serving Seattle, BN... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SW1000 switchers Nos. 394 and 393 haul a BN transfer freight through West Hoffman past Dayton’s Bluff in St. Paul, Minnesota, in September 1984. Both locomotives were bui... (more)

A quintet of Cascade green Burglinton Northern motors power a westbound BN coal train through Orella, Nebraska, on July 3, 1989. Orella is located at milepost 440 between Joder and Ardmore on the ... (more)

BN 972500 sits in Skykomish, WA awaiting the next call to clear snow on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline. Snow volume and traffic density will determine if the machine will be called to duty. This uni... (more)

BN 6603, former GN 430, operates Great Northern longhood first, handling train 3, once known as the "Pacific Zip" through Rock Island, WA on the last lap into Wenatchee where it will rec... (more)