CLOVIS NM May 25 1985 -- Santa Fe C30-7 8087 pauses at the west end fuel racks. Scanner traffic identified the train as 189.

Under a full Moon BN C30-7's 5545 & 5549 sit on the north side of Alliance Locomotive Shop

West Tennessee Railroad's pair of former BN C30-7s soaks up the morning sun in Iselin Yard at Jackson, Tennessee. WTNN 5517 was built for BN in June 1977, retired sold to Atel Leasing Corporation ... (more)

West Tennessee Railroad's pair of former BN C30-7s stand tall during the early hours of September 11, 2016 in Iselin Yard at Jackson, Tennessee. WTNN 5543 was built for BN in December 1977, retire... (more)

West Tennessee Railroad's pair of former BN C30-7s soaks up the morning sun in Iselin Yard at Jackson, Tennessee. WTNN 5517 was built for BN in June 1977, retired sold to Atel Leasing Corporation ... (more)

West Tennessee Railroad's pair of former BN C30-7s stand tall during the early hours of September 11, 2016 in Iselin Yard at Jackson, Tennessee. WTNN 5543 was built for BN in December 1977, retire... (more)

KAW JUNCTION KS March 11 1979 -- As the fireman doffs his ball cap UP C30-7 2444 and MOP U23B 2266 round a curve.

Empty BN coal train returning to the coal fields of Wyoming, with 4 big GE's and an EMD SD40-2.

The first one! BN 5500, the first C30-7 produced, brings an empty coal train into Bill, WY on a beautiful day in May of 1990.

BN 5502 passes Palmer Lake on the Joint Line with a coal train as storms form to the north in June of 1989.

BELVA OK April 27 1980 -- Santa Fe C30-7 8035 rounds the curve at Belva on a westbound train. GE built the unit in June 1978.

Out in cow and coal train country, BN 5078 is in charge of an old school set of power as it leads an empty coal train up the grade from Seneca to Mullen in the vastness of central Nebraska's sandh... (more)

The Burlington Northern logo is rare to see on any of today’s locomotives, but can still be seen on two BN C30-7s at Alliance, Nebraska. The rust-flecked white logo is seen on the cab of BN 5549... (more)

Derelicts
Burlington Northern GE C30-7 Nos. 5545 and 5549 sit on the north side of Nebraska’s Alliance yard on May 23, 2014. Both were heavily used in coal service for for much of the... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph