BNSF 4813 eases a manifest freight downgrade on the lower side of Trinidad Loop with light snow on the ground just after New Years 2001. Aided by a BN SD40-2 and leased SD45, the 4813 shows off ab... (more)

BN 7155 leads a mix of BN and ATSF power as well as a CN unit east through Abo Canyon on a manifest freight in spring 1998. By this time Heritage I was history on new locomotive orders, replaced b... (more)

During the summer of Heritage I (1997), a pair set up with Conrail and BN GEs, heads an eastbound stack train along the Columbia River below Rodk Island Dam, east of Wenatchee, WA. The site is a ... (more)

After a snowless Christmas, BN 8094 hustles a Q train through Chana, IL, just west of Rochelle on the former CB&Q mainline to the Twin Cities. The Santa Fe Dash 8 is the give away that this is now... (more)

A pair of MILW GP40s roll under the old water tower and the passenger station as they move between the roundhouse (west of the depot) and the yard (east of the depot). Note the old CMSTP&P letteri... (more)

MILW 131 (and Bi-centenniel 156) hold the main at the east end of Beverly, WA siding. Soon westbound train 201 will take the siding and 131 will continue east to a crew change at Othello, WA. Note... (more)

MILW 853 and caboose are parked at Rochelle, IL along the BN mainline, east of the CNW diamonds. Milwaukee Road shared track with BN from Rockford to Rochelle, and operated south of Rochelle on a ... (more)

BNSF 5466 leads an eastbound manifest across a causeway and into Lyle, WA on the former SP&S mainline with the Columbia River in the background. Note the concrete arch bridge in the foreground.

Seasonal traffic reductions and recession conditions in fall 1982 combined to require Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range to store some of their power at Proctor, MN. Their SD9/18 fleet may appear all th... (more)

A nice mix of power featuring an SD45, SD40-2, GP7 and X-SOU SD24 head up westbound train 483 at Altoona. This priority train operated daily between Chicago and East Minneapolis via Milwaukee, Ada... (more)

CNW train 472 from East Minneapolis to Green Bay, WI rolls through Eau Claire, WI on its way to a crew change and some switching in Altoona. At this time there was still a short stretch of double ... (more)

Passengers enjoy a river level view of the Hells Gate area of the Fraser River Canyon aboard the Super Continental as it heads westward towards Vancouver, BC. The highway is several hundred feet a... (more)

A spring 1998 trip to Abo Canyon led to an interesting mix of power in the early BNSF era. Here a westbound stack train exits Abo with a mix of BN/Santa Fe and BNSF power. The two blue and yellow ... (more)

BN 7111 leads a quartet of BN power on a manifest freight westbound at Dryden, WA. Spring run off is still in full force on the Wenatchee River, and in four months BN will be BNSF. the train is en... (more)

The frog pond near Trout Creek made for a nice late afternoon reflection as an MRL westbound manifest freight cruised west on the causeway just west of Trout Creek, MT along the Clark Fork.