BUTTE MT Sept 26 1978 — Burlington Northern GP30 2215 is idled by a nationwide railroad strike. EMD built the unit in May 1963 as Great Northern 3015 and delivered it in Simple Empire Builder pa... (more)
The storm that left a skiff of snow in its wake still shrouds the peaks of Glacier National Park in light snow and fog on the morning of March 1, 1992. In a different look at a popular location, T... (more)
A couple Burlington Northern SD60M's 9298, and 9277. Are work a Montana coal branch. (Tom Ellis photo)
Covered Wagon Convergence. A quartet of vintage EMDs occupies the exhibit tracks ned to Central Avenue at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois on August 28, 2022. BN-3 (née-CBQ 9... (more)
BN SD60MAC`s testing on CSX in Atlanta , Ga
"Don't go to Pasco, dude. They're a bunch of nepotistic tire slashers who hate anyone from the Coast"...This was music to my ears as a 24-year-old new hire fresh out of the Corps (Marines, not Pea... (more)
Burlington Northern’s freight operating between Great Falls and Helena is getting close to Silver City, Montana, on August 25, 1993. Unfortunately, BNSF stopped operating this former Great North... (more)
Passing the towering grain elevators at Meridan, Illinois, is an eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train on May 10, 1992. Apparently, the engineer aboard EMD SD40-2 No. 7234 has tied a red ... (more)
Lone GE LMX B39-8 8521 pulls Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal train 41 around a curve just east of Burke, Illinois, late in the day of October 25, 1992.
On the afternoon of December 28, 1995, a Burlington Northern local freight, arrives at Rochelle, Illinois. The “caboose hop” is powered by BN GP9 No. 1977, a former Spokane, Portland & Seattle... (more)
Southbound unit coal. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler. From my collection.
Former SLSF. Photo by unknown. From my collection.
Former NP unit. No real idea where. It's been a while.
Former NP unit. I have a weak spot for "torpedo boats". Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.
Former CB&Q unit, not dressed for the occasion. In fact somebody put on a GP9 door under the cab. Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.