A heavy duty BN trackmobile works the autorack unloading facility at Daytons Bluff in St. Paul during 1996.

Westbound loaded grain train works up the east side of Marias Pass.

BN 5553, KCS 642, BN 5022 along with KCS 666, 620 thunder east with coal loads at Igloo. On this hot May morning the name Igloo didn't fit the location very well.

Westbound BN freight exits the tunnel at the top of Bozeman Pass.

BN's Pacific Northwest power consisted of Alco's, F's, geeps and early second generation EMD's when I was there in 1979. Here the 2522 and 4260 are going to be added to the wall of Alco's behind t... (more)

On May 23, 1997, at the east end of Alliance Yard, a coal load departs eastbound for the Sand Hills Subdivision while three others wait their turn. Coal trains in this era are the domain of EMD’s ... (more)

Nice first generation yard power mixes with a departing road train while a Soo Line train moves overhead..

A BNSF eastbound manifest freight rolls along the Mississippi River in Glen Haven, WI. The unique all-Burlington Northern lash-up includes a SD40-2, SD9, SD40-2B, and a GP38.

La Crosse in the summer usually has high humidity and the days often start out fairly foggy or just with a milky sky. This early morning shot of 6618, 8099, 8015 and 6446 leading 56 cars of train ... (more)

Shiny BN9517 screams into the 1% climb of Logan Hill. Note: NO DPU....

Three BN test SD60MACs lead train 20 east through Rapids on the MRL. Interesting paint scheme.

A pair of BN GP30's still in the CB&Q's fantastic paint scheme rest at Pasco. Photo from my collection traded for years ago. No photographer listed on slide.

A coal train climbs Crawford Hill, Nebraska, on July 7, 1996, and leading the train is an all-Cascade Green consist of two EMD SD60Ms and two GE C30-7s. This gentle horseshoe curve is below the mo... (more)

An interesting paint scheme on the nose of this SD40-2 as it leads a BN train over MRL track east of Helena.

Cats growl out of Chana: Burlington Northern train No. 43 exits the siding at Chana, Illinois, after meeting No. 2 on the sunny spring day of April 6, 1991. On the point is GP20C No. 2003, a repow... (more)