Early phase unit. Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

Nicely equipped with options. I wasn't aware that the flexicoil truck was around that early. Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

Nicely equipped with options. I wasn't aware that the flexicoil truck was around that early. Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

A colorful Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, during its westbound journey over BNSF’s Hi Line Subdivision crossing of Marias Pas... (more)

SAGINAW TX (February) 1986 — Burlington Northern GP40-2s 3049 and 3047 handle a mixed freight. Both are former St.Louis San Francisco locomotives. My photo.

BN 6820 rolls west through Nebraska.

an Eastbound coal load snakes through Burlington Iowa approaching the Mississippi River bridge on a wet rainy June day

A westbound Burlington Northern freight rumbles through Aurora, Illinois, and passes BN/Metra commuter trains laying over in Hill Yard on Saturday, April 16, 1988. The second unit on the freight i... (more)

On August 8, 1991, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train, led by new EMD SD60M No. 9297, passes the old grain elevators at Taylor, North Dakota.

Built in 1956, this GP9 was still hustling freight trains on the BNSF mainline 40 years later in 1996.

A westbound Modoc Line train awaits a rested crew at Wendel, California. The exotic mix of locomotives makes quite a sight in the Honey Lake Valley. For some unknown reason, the train has been par... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal train flies through Highlands, Illinois, on April 18, 1987. Leading the train is EMD GP50 Nos. 3107 and 3118, followed by a fuel tender, a GE B30-7A “B... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7042 leads an eastbound BNSF priority freight through the mile 37.7 semaphores at Belknap, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision on September 10, ... (more)

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)