Burlington Northern coal trains meet at Cairo, Nebraska, on the railroad’s busy conduit for coal tonnage, the Ravenna Subdivision, on the afternoon of July 19, 1985. Cairo is a small town locate... (more)

A trio of new EMD SD70MAC locomotives are doing what they were built for—hauling coal—grinding upgrade as they approach the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska, on July 9, 1994.

Burlington Northern EMD E9A No. 9922 on a BN/Metra commuter train rests for the weekend at Hill Yard in Aurora, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 15, 1992. Twenty-five former Burlington E8A and ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train rolls through the St. Croix interlocking with Milwaukee Road near Hastings, Minnesota, on November 21, 1987. BN EMD SD40-2 No. 7099, built in Nove... (more)

DENVER CO Oct 3 1983 — Burlington Northern GP20 2048 rests at the engine facility. My photo.

From passengers to beer
For many years, Burlington Northern operated a trio of EMD SDP40s on the branch to Golden serving the sprawling Coors Brewery—on trains called the “Beer Runâ... (more)

On a crystal clear and icy cold March 3, 1989, a Burlington Northern freight heads east at Grizzly, Montana, beneath the jagged snow-covered peaks of Glacier National Park. The train is led by BN ... (more)

PUEBLO CO June 16 1979 — BN U30C 5364 leads BN U30C 5368 and a Santa Fe caboose in the Pueblo yard. Unit 5360 was retired in September 1990. Unit 5368 was retired in December 1990. My photo.

BN GP39M 2819 (former CB&Q GP30 941), BN GP39M 2801 (former UP GP30 827) Santa Fe C30-7 8072 in merger paint scheme and BN GP39M 2822 (former GN GP30 3012) at Kansas City, KS on December 20, 1... (more)

A quartet of SD60MACs were built by EMD to test Siemens alternating current traction equipment and the builder’s HTCR-II radial (steerable) truck. Constructed on a 74-foot frame, the 3,800 hp SD... (more)

CASTLE ROCK CO July 24 1982 — BN SD40-2s 7283, 7277 and another SD40-2 are tied down. The 7283 was built in March 1980. My photo.

After a long walk in, and a long work window, trains flooded the tracks through Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 8, 1994. Finding track time between th... (more)

Burlington Northern’s local to Kalispell is about to cross the Pioneer Road grade crossing as it departs La Salle, Montana, on a snowy November 1, 1991. This branch runs from Columbia Falls to K... (more)

MARYHILL WA June 4 2005 — Westbound FURX SD40-2 7281 takes the mainline after an eastbound trash train has cleared the switch.

Burlington Northern freight 103 heads west through Hazelhurst located between Polo and Milledgeville, Illinois, on the BN’s C&I line on April 6, 1991.