A nifty EMD/GE/EMD combo lead Burlington Northern & Santa Fe's Stockton to Denver freight through Sutro Cut in Spanish Fork.

The BNSF merger years - a pure Burlington Northern train on the former Sante Fe transcon passes some derelict vintage automobiles in the backyard of the small hamlet of Essex, CA.

BNSF’s westbound manifest freight that operates on the Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is westbound on the approach to Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on April 5, 1999. Leading the... (more)

A WP workman sands BN Century No. 4254 at the engine facility.

Back to back EMD SD40-2s lead Burlington Northern & Santa Fe's Stockton - Denver trackage rights train through Rio in Spanish Fork Canyon.

BN 4361, an Alco C636 revs up to head out of Cook Siding on the Washington side of the Columbia River. The eastbound train headed from Vancouver, WA to Wishram has just met two westbound freights ... (more)

BN5935 with upcoming storm in the background

Loaded coal train eases through downtown Minneapolis.

A Burlington Northern coal train slinks through Wendover Canyon, just north (west) of Wendover, Wyoming, on July 8, 1994. On the point is BN SD40-2 No. 7198, with three C30-7s and another SD40-2 t... (more)

A pair of GEs rest as an eastbound breaks the stillness of an early summer morning in Billings. I believe the red number boards on the GEs were used to indicate a lube oil test.

Burlington Northern train No. 103 crosses the Rock River Bridge at Oregon, Illinois, on the nice spring day of April 6, 1991. On this day, the train was restricted to 35 mph, making for a nice cha... (more)

Former NP RS-11 905 (BN 4185) was purchased in 1988 as a parts source and by 2000 it had done its part to keep the LTV RS-11 fleet running and was about to be scrapped. Two other BN RS-11s were al... (more)

Elevator M looms in the background as BN 1547 gets ready to move a cut of boxcars in place for loading

These solid green unit grain trains with matching units were the pinnacle for Cascade Green fans. Here a pair of helpers shove a loaded train towards the summit of Marias Pass.

Amtrak No. 3, the Southwest Chief, is climbing Glorieta Pass at Glorieta, New Mexico, on May 20, 1999. Apparently some power issues further east on the trip has required the assistance of a Burlin... (more)